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Meet the Member Jenna Fulton

story by Kristen Sublette Jenna Fulton, is a 17-year-old cowgirl from Miller, South Dakota and a member of the South Dakota High School Rodeo Association. Jenna is wrapping up her senior year at Miller High School and is competing in breakaway roping, team roping, cutting, and barrel racing. Her proudest accomplishments during her high school career have included qualifying for National High School Finals Rodeo in 2019 for cutting. In 2020 she made it back…

Meet the Member Kaitlyn Sandland

story by Siri Stevens Kaitlyn Sandland competes in barrels, poles, goats, breakaway and team roping. Her favorite event is goat tying and barrel racing. “It’s a tie between both of them – I get to ride two amazing horses. I got my barrel horse, Jed, when I was 7 as a birthday present. He’s been through everything with me.” Jed broke his foot when Kaitlyn was in eighth grade. “We have struggled with that, and…

Meet the Member Linkyn Petersek

story by Siri Stevens Linkyn Petersek won the All Around and the calf roping at the SDHSRA Finals. He came in 5th in the reined cowhorse and 7th in the team roping. Linkyn attributes his success in the arena to hours and hours of practicing. He competes in four events – team roping, calf roping, reined cowhorse, and steer wrestling. “I’ve had a rope in my hand since I was able to walk,” said the…

Meet the Member Josi Stevens

story by Lily Landreth Josi Stevens of St. Lawrence, South Dakota, competes in all of the girls events in the SDHSRA. The scoreboard helps determine which one is the 17-year-old’s favorite, but breakaway roping and barrel racing are always high on the list. Josi won the combined breakaway roping average for the Kadoka, Philip, and Wall practice rodeos in May. “I just think breakaway is something that’s evolving so much and becoming a bigger event…

Meet the Member Chance Derner

story by Lily Landreth Chance Derner competed in his second consecutive 20X Extreme Showcase Rodeo this February and took home his second title representing the Southwest Region. The 18-year-old from New Underwood, South Dakota, won the tie-down roping with a 10.87. In 2019 he won the team roping with Thane Lockwood. “There were some things I could’ve done better, but I was real excited about (winning) it,” says Chance. “We live 20 miles east of…

Meet the Member Abby Richie

story by Lily Landreth Abby Richie won the breakaway roping at the 2020 20X Extreme Showcase Rodeo this February. The 17-year-old from Bristol, South Dakota, competed in Rapid City for the third consecutive year in breakaway roping, and won it with a 2.69. “I was a little nervous just because it’s winter and it’s hard to get practice in. But last year at the end of the 4-H season, I won senior girls breakaway roping…

Meet the Member Dawson Phillips

story by Lily Landreth Dawson Phillips of Winner, South Dakota, competes in tie-down roping, steer wrestling, team roping, reined cow horse, and cutting in the SDHSRA. The 18-year-old is representing the River Region in the tie-down roping at the 20X Extreme Showcase in February, while the reined cow horse is his favorite. The event took him to his first NHSFR in Rock Springs, Wyoming, in 2019, where he finished 22nd. “I was more excited than…

Meet the Member Riley Donnelly

story by Lily Landreth Riley Donnelly is a seven-event cowgirl in the SDHSRA, competing in all of the girls events including cutting and reined cow horse. Of all her events, poles and breakaway are her favorites, and the 18-year-old from Elk Point, South Dakota, has qualified for Nationals every year since she was a sixth-grader at the NJHFR. “I’ve made it to Nationals every year in poles, except once, and in high school it’s consisted…

Meet the Member Tashina Red Hawk

story by Lily Landreth As the 2019 South Dakota High School Rodeo Queen, Tashina Red Hawk represents the next generation of rodeo. It is a tradition which goes back in her own family to her grandpa, a team roping heeler named Sidney Reddest. The 16-year-old of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in Rosebud, South Dakota, has held all of the Miss Rosebud Rodeo titles—part of the tribal fair that is 143 years strong—since she was a…

Meet the Member Jayda Tibbs

story by Lily Weinacht Jayda Tibbs of Fort Pierre, South Dakota, is entering her fourth year of rodeo in the SDHSRA. The 17-year-old, who is the great-great niece of rodeo legend Casey Tibbs, competes in pole bending, barrel racing, goat tying, breakaway roping, and team roping as a heeler. “I can’t wait to rodeo during the summer. It’s my favorite thing, and I can take time to practice during the winter and improve myself—that makes…

Meet the Member Justin TeKrony

story by Lily Weinacht “Being with the friends that I make in rodeo and trying to make Vegas someday (motivates me), so you have to keep going and keep getting better as you go along,” says Justin TeKrony of Clear Lake, South Dakota. The 18-year-old’s hard work took him to the national level for the first time this summer, where he competed in two rounds of steer wrestling. “It was a good experience out there…

Meet the Member Reece Ullerich

story by Lily Weinacht “It’s just the life lessons rodeo teaches you and the people around you—there’s some adversity you have to deal with throughout life and rodeo really teaches you to take that adversity and turn it into something good and to keep working hard,” says Reece Ullerich. “And I really enjoy the competition and being around the people of the sport, and working with the horses and cattle.” Working through the challenges of…