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Meet the Member Wes Bray

story by Lily Weinacht Wes Bray clinched his goal for his final season of high school rodeo, finishing in the top 20 in the nation at the NHSFR. The 18-year-old from Casper, Wyoming, who is the 2018 and 2019 WHSRA Boys Cutting Champion, finished 18th at the NHSFR. “I was confident going into state, and in the short go everything just happened to turn out good and I didn’t lose any cows, and my horse…

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Meet the Member Karissa Phillips

story by Lily Weinacht WHSRA athlete Karissa Phillips is taking her skills and lessons learned from high school rodeo to the college level this fall. The 18-year-old from Rock Springs, Wyoming, will be a freshman at Eastern Wyoming College in Torrington, competing in barrel racing and goat tying. “There’s something about being able to take a lot more responsibility on myself for it, and I’m better at it,” she says of goat tying, her favorite…

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Meet the Member Dalton McCaslin

story by Lily Weinacht Dalton McCaslin concluded his senior year in the WHSRA as the 2019 state bull riding champion. “I knew I had to show up and do my job, but I was very confident going in to state finals,” says the 17-year-old from Grover, Wyoming. “I didn’t actually know I’d won until after the rodeo when we went to the banquet.” This will also be Dalton’s first time competing at the NHSFR, and…

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Meet the Member Danny Goold

story by Lily Weinacht “Rodeo’s not like any other high school sport. It’s more fun with the agriculture involved, and it takes so much time to be great. No matter where you’re at, there’s always someone better than you, and with four kids in my family, you always want to be the best no matter where you go,” says Danny Goold. “I look over the travel and the price of everything, and I know a…

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Meet the Member Ayanah Winsor

story by Lily Weinacht Ayanah Winsor is a three-time NHSFR qualifier in the girls cutting, and the 17-year-old is working hard to finish her senior year with a fourth. “I love the people and I love the opportunities to go compete with the best of the best, and being in the rodeo community,” says Ayanah, who is currently leading the girls cutting in the WHSRA. “It’s really rewarding to know that hard work pays off,…

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Meet the Member Brooke Worman

story by Lily Weinacht “The connections you make along the way, and all the friendships and the responsibility you learn is pretty awesome, and it’s what really keeps me going,” says rodeo athlete Brooke Worman. The 18-year-old from Clearmont, Wyoming, is leading the goat tying in the WHSRA. “I enjoy taking care of my animals and meeting new friends, and being able to travel across the country and the state with my friends is pretty…

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Meet the Member Chase Stricklin

story by Lily Weinacht Chase Stricklin of Rock River, Wyoming, is the first in his family to travel the rodeo trail. The 17-year-old started out on the roughstock side of the arena when he was 8 after watching a cousin compete, but switched exclusively to steer wrestling after several bull riding accidents sidelined him in 2017. He’s currently sitting second in the WHSRA standings and working hard to keep himself in the top four. “My…

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Meet the Member Ellie Anderson

story by Lily Weinacht “I like rodeo because it’s an independent sport—you have factors like your coaches and horses and travel, but it’s all you,” says Ellie Anderson. “You can’t blame anyone else for your mistakes, and it’s a very self-disciplined sport. When you succeed in it, it’s very rewarding.” The 17-year-old from Meeker, Colorado, is in the middle of her fourth season competing in the WHSRA in breakaway roping and team roping as a…

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Meet the Member Ellie Bard

story by Lily Weinacht “Rodeo has always been a big part of my life, and I think the most significant part of it is the sportsmanship and the relationships it makes. Traveling all over the state of Wyoming allows you to meet so many people, and they will have an everlasting impact on your life,” says Ellie Bard. The 18-year-old from Sheridan, Wyoming, who is the 2018/2019 WHSRA Student President, is equally passionate about helping…

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Meet the Member Winsten McGraw

story by Lily Weinacht “When I started rodeoing, I craved it. I love it—I’m addicted to it, and when I go around the country rodeoing and see how I compete with other people, that’s what drives me the very most to be the best that I can be,” says Winsten McGraw. “The people behind me along the way always motivate me—my friends, family, and mentors—and I want to make them proud.” A highlight for the…

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Meet the Member Jake Deveraux

story by Lily Weinacht Jake Deveraux of Newcastle, Wyoming, is the 2018 WHSRA Tie-Down Roping Champion. “I came in number four to state, so I had to go pretty hard to have a chance at it, and I ended up doing just good enough to get it,” says the 17-year-old. “It surprised me, but it’s what I was hoping for. At Nationals, I was too long on two calves and I ended up 31st, but…

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Meet the Member Makayla Seely

story by Lily Weinacht For Makayla Seely of Riverton, Wyoming, finishing sixth in the nation in barrel racing at the 2017 NHSFR was the highlight of her high school rodeo career. And while she was just two places out of qualifying for the NHSFR again last season, the 18 year old is taking her high school rodeo skills into her freshman year on the Casper College rodeo team. “This year I got a new horse,…

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May 12, 2019
Bareback Riding
1 Donny Proffit 120
2 Riggen Myers 71.5
3 Derrick Robinson 10
4 Dimaggio Hamilton 9
5 Denton Pavlenko 9
6 Drake Amundson 9
7 Cameron Henson 8
Barrel Racing
1 Shelby Petersen 109
2 Shay Hough 102
3 Maddie Fantaskey 91
4 Taylor Nichols 89
5 Ellie Bard 83
6 Haiden Thompson 78.5
7 Cedar Kohr 75
8 Isabelle Camino 51
9 Baily Coombs 37
10 Halle Hladky 32
Boys Cutting
1 Wes Bray 111
2 Hunter Hayden 100
3 Preston Schwartzkopf 92
4 Joseph Hayden 91.5
5 Kasen York 91
6 Broc Schwartzkopf 15
7 Kall Mayfield 11.5
Reakaway Roping
1 Ellie Bard 67
2 Ellie Anderson 59
3 Jordyn Mcnamee 56
4 Rayne Grant 56
5 Kaydin Davis 49
6 Hadley Furnival 45
7 Shaylee Terry 42
8 Haiden Thompson 40
9 Hailey Hardeman 36
10 Kyra Corson 35
Bull Riding
1 Brody Hasenack 90
2 Dalton Mccaslin 84
3 Zain Fitzgerald 82
4 Wyatt Phelps 74
5 Donny Proffit 43.5
6 Matthew Fenton 41.5
7 Cjay Firnekas 41.5
8 Landen Brownlee 34
9 Tipton Wilson 28
10 Derek Grant 18
Girls Cutting
1 Ayanah Winsor 115.5
2 Emme Norsworthy 100
3 Taylor Gibson 92
4 Aniya Teppo 88.5
5 Maddie Fantaskey 34
Goat Tying
1 Tavy Leno 118
2 Haiden Thompson 109
3 Brooke Worman 92.5
4 Shaylee Terry 79
5 Karissa Phillips 76
6 Mckenna Clingman 56
7 Ellie Bard 49
8 Rayne Grant 47
9 Baylee Delbridge 41
10 Lanna Jordan 38
Light Rifle
1 Colter Nunn 30
2 Stratton Kohr 27
3 Tipton Wilson 23
4 Cody Caldwell 20
5 Peityn Manor 19
6 Alexis Wilson 14
7 Kennedy Sheehan 10

Pole Bending
1 Shay Hough 118
2 Halle Hladky 99
3 Shelby Petersen 73
4 Rayne Grant 66.5
5 Ellie Bard 64.5
6 Madison Wolff 61
7 Jordyn Mcnamee 45
8 Hailey Hardeman 44
9 Haiden Thompson 42
10 Amber Salazar 42
Reined Cow Horse
1 Clay Kinnison 38
2 Preston Schwartzkopf 32
3 Kasen York 30.5
4 Maddie Fantaskey 27
5 Tierney George 23
6 Peyton Kottwitz 21.5
7 Ayanah Winsor 19
8 Morgan Vaughan 12.5
9 Scotlyn Flitner 11.5
10 Hanna Griemsman 3
Saddle Bronc
1 Jase Longwell 63
2 Kayson Dory 49
3 Donny Proffit 38
4 Cian Ahern 20
5 Parker Manor 18
6 Wyatt Phelps 10
7 Guston Lozier 10
8 Cody Acord 8

Steer Wrestling
1 Winsten Mcgraw 98
2 Kaden Berger 78
3 Kagen King 73
4 Skyler Lubkeman 69
5 Jake Deveraux 63
6 Chase Stricklin 60
7 Danny Goold 52
8 Derrick Robinson 37
9 Chance Sorenson 33
10 Donald Quick 19
Team Roping
1 Jade Espenscheid 95
2 Coy Johnson 95
3 Kolby Bradley 62.5
4 Arye Espenscheid 62.5
5 Blake Afdahl 61
6 Clay Reiner 61
7 Carson Johnson 53
8 Teegan Leno 51
9 Bryan Lemmon 51
10 Jared Lemmon 51
11 Jase Longwell 48
12 Winsten Mcgraw 44
13 Lane Anderson 44
14 Cooper Deveraux 40.5
15 Jake Deveraux 40.5
16 Tanner Handy 40
17 Cameron Klatt 40
18 Bryton Scheller 37
19 Teagan Bentley 36
20 Dawson Mccuin 36
Tie Down Calf Roping
1 Jake Deveraux 83
2 Preston Schwartzkopf 77
3 Cooper Deveraux 69
4 Colter Ellis 67
5 Clay Reiner 63
6 Teagan Bentley 46
7 Cody Caldwell 45
8 Teegan Leno 45
9 Coy Thar 44
10 Weston Mills 43
Trap Shooting
1 Colter Ellis 28
2 Bryson Bartholomew 27
3 Carsten Hughes 25.5
4 Kolton Miller 17
5 Dawson Mccuin 12.5
6 Quincy Reynolds 12
7 Brodee Barkhurst 11.5
8 Alexis Wilson 10.5
9 Kagen King 8.5
10 Clay Reiner 7.5

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TENTATIVE SPRING RODEOS
May 25 Sheridan (Held in Buffalo)
May 26-27 Buffalo

FINALS
June 3-8 WY HS State Finals – Gillette
July 14-20 NHSFR – Rock Springs, WY

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