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Meet the Member Sam & Cassidy Beasley

For Mid-States Rodeo Association members, Sam and Cassidy Beasley, rodeo and horses are a major part of life. Sam’s family transplanted to Michigan from Illinois 11 years ago, and Cassidy came to Michigan with her family close to 15 years ago. The couple married two years ago and have a one-year-old daughter named Abilene Rose. The couple has taken the experience they gained from their own families and upbringing with horses and combined it to…

Meet the Member Emily Botsford

story by Michele Toberer Botsford Performance Horses represents a lifetime of horse passion for Emily Botsford of Sparta, Michigan. Horses have been a constant in Emily’s life, which started out in Bailey, Michigan where she competed for many years in Appaloosa breed shows in multiple disciplines. However, she moved to Sparta 12 years ago, and in addition to showing, Emily started barrel racing approximately 7 years ago, and rodeo has become a major part of…

Meet the Member Cheyenne Honigman

story by Michele Toberer The Morrison women of Cheyenne Honigman’s family have passed on the barrel racing gene to the 21-year-old Mid-States Rodeo Association cowgirl. Growing up in Seville, Ohio, Cheyenne was surrounded by horses and her mom and aunts racing them around the cloverleaf barrel pattern. “I have been riding on a horse with family members since I was in a baby carrier, and long before I could walk or talk. It has been…

Meet the Member Colt Hayes

story by Michele Toberer Colt Hayes is competing in the Mid-States Rodeo Association for the first time this year and has hopes of qualifying for the season finals his rookie year. He is no stranger to rodeo competition, and as a second-generation calf roper, he’s been surrounded by it most of his life. The MSRA seemed like a perfect fit for him this season, as he now lives in Brownsburg, Indiana and has a multitude…

Meet the Member John “Lefty” Kee

story by Michele Toberer Originally from Johnston City, Illinois, John “Lefty” Kee started under the radar with his rodeo career as a 13-year-old cowboy that was already breaking horses for clients with his 17-year-old cousin, Randy Etherton. He and Randy learned that staying on the horses they were training hurt far less than the alternative and decided to hit the rodeo trail to ride bareback horses for buckles and cash. His parents, Bill and Yolanda…

Meet the Member Ky Kreder

story by Michele Toberer Last year was Ky Kreder’s rookie year with the Mid-States Rodeo Association, and the fourth-generation cowboy from Ochelata, Oklahoma made quite an entrance. At just 18 years old, he looks forward to a lifetime of rodeo competition, and is grateful for every step he’s made along the way so far. Ky ended the 2018 MSRA season as the champion header and champion rookie of the year. “I really enjoyed last season…

Meet the Member Matt Walsworth

story by Michele Toberer Matt Walsworth of Valparaiso, Indiana has a lifetime of riding horses behind him, but it wasn’t until he was in high school that riding bucking horses became a passion. His mom, Teresa Walsworth, barrel raced, and Matt also competed in barrel racing before they started training their own horses. “We were learning about how to start and train our own horses, so I got on some bucky colts and thought it…

Meet the Member Liz Michael

story by Michele Toberer When you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life, and for Mid-State Rodeo Association member, Liz Michael, she couldn’t be happier about how she spends her days. “I’m able to live my dream, training barrel horses and making my living doing what I love.” She didn’t come from a rodeo background, but as a horse crazy young girl, she pestered her parents enough to put her…

Meet the Member Randi McCoy

story by Michele Toberer Randi McCoy’s future with the Mid-States Rodeo Association started long before she was born; her grandfather, Don Coffell was the MSRA Tie-Down Roping champion in 1974, and her mom, Toni, competed as a breakaway roper and barrel racer while she was pregnant with her. Randi didn’t realize when she was a flag girl at a Canton, Ohio MSRA rodeo in the late 90’s when she was just 12 that her future…

Meet the Member Kyle Peterman

story by Michele Toberer Born and raised in Ohio, Kyle Peterman feels like he is pointed in the direction of all his dreams, and gives much of the credit to bull riding, and the fact that it led him to a closer relationship with God. “I didn’t grow up in a really strict, religious household. But, going to rodeos and seeing the bull riders all praying together in the back before the rodeo caught my…

Meet the Member Clay Milhollin

story by Michele Toberer Rodeo is an intrinsic part of Clay Milhollin’s DNA, as the third-generation cowboy has steer wrestlers and calf ropers on both sides of his family tree for the past three generations. Not only did both of his grandfathers, Jim Bohlander and Jack Milhollin compete, but the family participation in rodeo also stretched to aunts, uncles, cousins, and both of his parents, Rick and Rebecca Milhollin. Clay’s mom competed as a barrel…

Meet the Members Butzer Family

story by Michele Toberer The Butzer family of Orrville, Ohio, is living the rodeo life. Dawn and Brant Butzer met on a blind date in high school and have spent the past 21 years building their life, including adding three daughters; Britney, 12, Brooklyn, 10, and Brystol, 7. Dawn completed schooling for early childhood education after high school; but after children and growing responsibilities in the family cattle business, she chose to focus on her…