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Meet the Member Cooper Sagers

story by Riata Cummings Cooper Sagers has been competing in rodeo for 4 years, and his events are saddle bronc steer riding, breakaway roping and team roping. In the team roping he heads for Cody Russel. Last year, Cooper was the Utah Junior High School Rodeo Association Boy’s Breakaway Reserve Champion and finished fourth in the state saddle bronc steer riding. He went on to compete at the Silver State International Rodeo where he was…

Meet the Member Maklee Larsen

story by Riata Cummings Maklee Larsen is the 14-year-old student president of the Utah Junior High School Rodeo Association. She hails from Genola, Utah, and just finished her eighth-grade year at Mt. Nebo Junior High. Maklee’s parents are Glenn and Misty Larsen, and she has a sister named Shaylee. As a family they enjoy boating, hunting, sitting around the fire and playing games when they aren’t busy traveling to and from rodeos. Maklee grew up…

Meet the Member Bryndli Stevens

story by Riata Cummings Bryndli Stevens hails from the small town of Ferron, Utah, and attends San Rafael Middle School as an 8th grader. The straight-A student’s favorite classes include English and history. She enjoys playing basketball, reading, running cross country and competing on the track team. Bryndli lives with her father, Kurt Stevens, and spends lots of time with her grandparents, Jolene and Gary Stevens, and her aunt, Cindi Rukavina. When Bryndli moved to…

Meet the Member Avree Berntsen

story by Riata Cummings Avree Berntsen is a 13-year-old rodeo athlete from the small town of Richmond, Utah. She has been riding horses since she was 2-years-old, following in the footsteps of her older sisters Bailee, Kylee and Hadlee. She lives with her mother Mindie Berntsen, and the pair enjoy going on horse rides or going to barrel racing jackpots together. Avree also enjoys watching movies and doing woodwork with her father, Eddie. Avree attends…

Meet the Member Tad Williams

story by Riata Cummings Tad Williams is a 14-year-old rodeo athlete in the Utah Junior High School Rodeo Association. He competes in the chute dogging, team roping and goat tying. His favorite event is the chute dogging, and in the team roping he is a header for Stace Gilbert. Tad’s rodeo horses are Blue the head horse and Chicka the goat horse. He is also riding Chex, a steer wrestling horse he plans to use…

Meet the Member Hazen Bennett

story by Riata Cummings Hazen Bennett is a 14-year-old rodeo athlete from Lakeshore, Utah. Hazen is an eighth grader at Spanish Fork Junior High School, and his favorite class is science. During the spring, Hazen plays pitcher, catcher and short stop on his baseball team. Hazen is the son of Jake and Tana Bennett, and has an older sister named Hallie. The family enjoys roping, camping, hunting and playing cards together. Hazen’s parents competed in…

Meet the Member Afton Beck

story by Riata Cummings Afton Beck is the 13-year-old daughter of Beau and Meredith Beck of Eagle Mountain, Utah. She attends Frontier Middle School as an eighth grader, and her favorite classes are art and math. “I get to use my artistic ability and creativity in art and math stretches my brain.” Afton plays on the Utah Storm traveling basketball team. Afton has an eight-year-old brother, Brody. She enjoys spending time with Brody, who is…

Meet the Member Riggun Barrow

story by Riata Cummings Sunny St. George, Utah is home to Riggun Barrow, a 14-year-old rodeo cowboy and the son of Darley and Nathan Barrow. Riggun is the oldest of four children, and his siblings are Reighley, Kippyn and Hazlyn. Riggun is a 6th generation cattle rancher, and his family spends a lot of their time together moving cows, fixing fences and taking care of the cattle on the Arizona Strip. He is very close…

Meet the Member Sage Webster

story by Riata Cummings Sage Webster is the daughter of Tamsyn and Rusty Webster of Francis, Utah. She has an older brother, Chase, and the family enjoys living in the pretty little town near the mountains. Sage is an eighth grader at South Summit Middle School and enjoys her math and English classes. When Sage isn’t at school, she can usually be found practicing her rodeo events with her family. Rodeo has become a lifestyle…

Meet the Member Ty Bastian

story by Riata Cummings Ty Bastian is an eighth grader at Roosevelt Junior High School. He enjoys his physical education and shop classes. Ty is an active and athletic person, and he enjoys mountain biking in his spare time. “I can go fast and hit jumps and push myself. It’s a thrill and adrenaline rush, just like rodeo.” He also enjoys working with his hands and building things. Eventually, Ty would like to work as…

Meet the Member Ryleigh Allred

story by Riata Cummings On a little farm in Clawson, Utah, lives a rodeo cowgirl by the name of Ryleigh Allred. She is the daughter of Kadie and Hank Allred, and the older sister of Abree and Taylee. Their 6-acre farm also home to cows, chickens, sheep, goats and horses. Ryleigh, an eighth grader, does her schooling at home and enjoys the freedom it gives her to spend time with her family and ride her…

Meet the Member Brylee Worthen

story by Riata Cummings Hailing from the small town of Goshen, Utah, Brylee Worthen is an eighth-grade rodeo cowgirl in the Utah Junior High School Rodeo Association. She attends Tintic High School, and her favorite subject is reading. When she isn’t at school, she enjoys hunting, fishing, four-wheeler riding, and hanging out with friends. Brylee is the daughter of Paige and TJ Wall and Weston Worthen. She is the oldest sibling to Paislee, Waycie, Layton…