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Meet the Member Sealey Bottom

story by Lindsay King The toughest part of tying goats for Cheyenne, Oklahoma, native Sealey Bottom is the fact that she is actually left handed. And this is why her sister Sydney, 17, is her biggest influence in the practice pen. “She is always telling me what I am doing wrong,” the 14-year-old joked. “I have had to learn a lot to do it right handed. She is right handed so that is why she…

Meet the Member Brody Thiessen

story by Lindsay King Just like his brother Chance, Brody Thiessen has an affinity for calf roping. The 13 year old wanted to follow in his brother’s rodeo footsteps while he still had the chance. “He was born with cerebral palsy and has never really had use of his right side,” said Lindsey, Brody’s mom. An extensive agenda for physical therapy followed Brody for the first few years of life, but riding horses also became…

Meet the Member Avery Dockrey

story by Lindsay King Sharp-shooter Avery Dockrey from Shawnee, Oklahoma, took her first trip to junior high nationals this year after taking third in the light rifle shooting for the OKJHSRA. The 13-year-old daughter of Shane and Mandy Dockrey; and Jennifer and Gregg Garrison first started shooting rifles with her dad while hunting white-tail deer. She is the oldest of four: Dace Dockrey, 4, and Jensen Dockrey, 7 months; and Emery Garrison, 6. “I like…

Meet the Member Jaedyn Getman

story by Lindsay King “I always get teased because when my mom was pregnant with my sister and I, she was still team roping. When we could walk we were sitting on a horse, we were on an old rope horse and I remember riding around the round pen for weeks before my mom would let me ride in the arena,” said Jaedyn Getman about the finer details of her entrance into the rodeo life.…

Meet the Member Brayden Duncan

story by Lindsay King Three pins protruding out of Brayden Duncan’s right arm surrounded by a cast for six weeks after a steer riding incident in the third grade is what he considers the most interesting thing to happen to him. “I was with a friend and we were messing around on a steer. The steer bucked me off and I ended up breaking my arm, it was almost a complete dislocation,” said the 13-year-old.…

Meet the Member Payton Dingman

story by Lindsay King “Rodeo is something that I absolutely love and would not pick another world to live in other than rodeo. I love the sport and the horses, I love it all. It is an amazing feeling to get to grow up in it,” said 12-year-old Payton Dingman from Pryor, Oklahoma. The breakaway roper and goat tier can’t pick her favorite event, they are both high intensity and fun for her. She has…

Meet the Member Clayton Moss

story by Lindsay King His feet rack back in an upward motion along the neck of a bareback horse, this is Clayton Moss’ favorite place to be in the world and the reason he rides. “I used to ride bulls, but my big brother Zach Hibler, 21, rides bareback horses in the PRCA. He helped me fall in love with it,” said the 13-year-old, Wheeler, Texas, native. Riding sheep since he was little bitty, Clayton…

Meet the Member Creek Williams

story by Lindsay King Fresh off a tough state finals, Creek Williams from Colony, Oklahoma, has goals for his seventh grade season in the OKJHSRA set. “My goal is to make it to nationals in all my events: ribbon, calf and breakaway roping. I am going to practice a lot more than I did this year and work hard to catch more calves,” said the 12-year-old. Creek will be balancing both rodeo and school sports…

Meet the Member Jaylee Young

story by Siri Stevens Jaylee Young came back from Huron, South Dakota, with the Girls All Around Championship, Rookie of the Year, and World Champion Pole Bending title. This is her first year competing in the Oklahoma Junior High Rodeo. “We knew people competing and they were telling us to come and compete. We decided to go this year – I’m very glad I did,” said the 14-year-old cowgirl from Rattan, Oklahoma. “Rattan is really…

Meet the Member Wacey Schalla

story by Lindsay King A triple-threat in the rough stock events, Wacey Schalla from Arapaho, Oklahoma, has his sights set on winning an all-around title at the NFR exclusively out of the bucking chutes. “Bull riding is my favorite of the three because I have been doing it since I was little bitty. I started bareback and saddle bronc just this year. My dad rode saddle broncs, very well I might add,” said the 12-year-old.…

Meet the Member Braydan Kilcrease

story by Lindsay King Braydan Kilcrease from Olive, Oklahoma, slides his hand into both a bull rope and a bareback rigging with the same mentality: both are animals and are dangerous to be riding. “I like the rush of bull riding the best. The change in feet positions is the hardest part between the two rough stock events for me. Realistically, I like them the same, but my dad and brother were both bull riders…

Meet the Member Raesh Casebolt

story by Lindsay King Raesh Casebolt catches cattle in two ways; either with a rope or his Black Mouth Cur dogs. The Ryan, Oklahoma, cowboy competes in everything involving a rope, including ribbon roping, tie-down roping, team roping, chute dogging and goat tying. “Calf roping is easily my favorite. I like that it is just me and my horse. I feel bad when I let someone else down, so calf roping does not have that…