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Nebraska High SchoolRodeo Association
Sydney Hollenbeck has survived a tornado.
The seventeen-year-old cowgirl, who lives eighteen miles south-
west of Winner, South Dakota, was just returning from a Nebraska High School rodeo when it struck. “We followed the storm the whole way home,” she said. “We were home a half hour when it hit.” Sydney, along with her mom and dad, Scott Hollenbeck and Teresa Novotny, were in the basement about five minutes before the tornado hit their ranch.
“The power went off, and you could hear the doors banging from the suction, and glass shattering. It was scary.”
The tornado did some damage to the inside of their home, but they were able to live in it as it was repaired. It destroyed a garage and a barn, but the most amaz-ing thing was their month old Brahma bucking bull. He was in the barn that was demolished, and when the family saw the barn was gone, “we figured the calf was gone, too,” Sydney said. “We were upset, because he had good buck-ing bloodlines.”
But Baby, as the bull calf was named, was OK. The tornado didn’t harm him, and now he has a new name, Twister Baby.
When she’s not dodging tornadoes, Sydney is com-peting in the Nebraska High School Rode Association as a breakaway roper and pole bender. Her pole horse is a sixteen year old sorrel named Okie, who she has ridden for eight years. Her breakaway horse is an eight year old blue roan named Blue. She also 4-H rodeos in South Dakota.
Sydney is a senior at Win-ner (S.D.) High School, where her favorite teacher is Mr. Hanson, her math teacher, be-cause he’s laid back and fun. “He makes math fun and easy to understand,” she said. He, along with her dad and other chaperones, escorted high school students to Washington, D.C. last summer, which Sydney enjoyed.
She plays volleyball and basketball and is president of the Wilson Wildcats 4-H Club. She is a member of FFA, is senior class secretary, and is a National Honor Society member.
After high school, she may attend South Dakota State University in Brook-ings, but she doesn’t plan on rodeoing collegiately. “I’ll take a break from it, and
be an ordinary college kid, go to class, get good grades, and have fun.” She currently competes in the S.D. Rodeo Association, the Nebraska State Rodeo Association, and the Mid-States Rodeo Association.
She has competed at state finals the last six years: three years in junior high and three years in high school. She has qualified for the National Junior and High School Finals Rodeo five of the last six years.
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Sydney Hollenbeck story by Ruth Nicolaus
BOARD OF DIRECTORS www.hsrodeo-nebraska.com
ADULT DIRECTORSNational DirectorTricia Schaffer/308-534-1244PresidentJason Mathis/402-336-6653
Vice PresidentEric Ravenscroft/402-322-9248Board MembersMark Wray/308-728-7133Brett McAbee/308-935-1546Eric Ravenscroft/402-322-9248Jared Storer/308-764-9030Jay Hollenbeck/402-322-0217Jim Buss/402-394-1395Stacey Adamson/402-389-0744
Buddy Darnell/308-360-0595Scott Hollenbeck/605-842-5122Chad Johnston/308-367-7234Terry Graff/402-760-1395Student Director’s PresidentBrook Jamison/308-458-8464Vice PresidentGeorgie Lage/308-764-7062SecretaryMorgan Darnell/308-360-2482
QueenJosee Saults/308-289-6239Event DirectorsGarret Long/402-322-9093Mason Ward/308-530-7287Dalton Sweley/402-460-7475Cameron Jensen/308-458-8838Georgie Lage/308-764-7062Talon Petska/308-730-0527Talon Mathis/402-336-6655
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above: Sydney Hollenbeck - JJJ Photography
Nebraska Junior High SchoolRodeo Association
Rylee Naprstek competes in every girls event there is in the Nebraska Junior High Rodeo Association: barrel racing, pole bending, goat tying, breakaway roping, ribbon rop-ing (as a runner for Zane Kreikemeier) and team roping
(as a heeler for Tehya From.) For the barrels and poles, the Gothenburg, Nebraska cow-
girl rides a seventeen-year-old bay mare named Cherry. For the breakaway roping and goat tying, she rides a nine-year-old roan named Sketch, and for the team roping, her mount is an eigh-teen-year-old roan named Clyde. Of all her horses, Sketch is her favorite “because he’s just really lovable, he likes people, and he cooperates really good most of the time.”
Rylee is an eighth grade student at Gothenburg Public School, where the best part of the day is seeing her friends, and sports. She loves algebra class, because “I like learning new things and working out the problems.”
She is involved in bas-ketball, cross-country, track, is a member of the Quiz Bowl team, and is on the honor roll. She is also a member of the Tail Twisters 4-H Club, where she shows Clyde, her team roping horse.
For fun, Rylee loves to play basketball, run, watch movies, and eat. Her favorite food is na-chos with everything on them, and if she was at a buffet, the first thing she’d put on her plate would be hamburger pizza. In her opinion, Casey’s General Store has the best pizza.
Her favorite place to go is South Dakota, when the family takes their annual spring break trip to ski. She’s a pretty good skier, even though they’ve only gone three times.
When she grows up, she’d like to be a dental hygienist. She had considered being a dentist, but “I cannot deal with pulling teeth, because I cannot do blood,” she said. “I’m fine if I bleed. I just don’t like looking at other people’s blood.”
She has competed at the state finals the past two years, finish-ing in the top ten in the breakaway last year.
She has a younger sister Jacie, who is ten years old. Rylee is the daughter of Chad and Renee Naprstek.
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Rylee Naprstek story by Ruth Nicolaus
above: Rylee Naprstek - JJJ Photography
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS www.nebraska-jrhighrodeo.com
State Secretary: Steph Miller42471 Callaway RoadCallaway, NE [email protected]
National Director: Brad Miller42471 Callaway RoadCallaway, NE [email protected] Dogging:Chad Johnston308-367-7234Boys Breakaway:John & Michele Witt402-376-3535
Pole Bending:Kate Hobbs308-225-1902Tie-Down Roping:Jay Hollebeck402-376-8099Team Roping:Monte Hulburt308-789-6132Bull Riding:Brett McAbee308-935-1546
Girls Goat Tying:Heather Day970-265-2530Boys Goat Tying:Jared Storer308-764-2339Ribbon Roping:Eric Ravenscroft 402-376-2332Barrel Racing:Tagg & Jayme From308-289-9663
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Klay Jones loves to work.
He works at his job on his un-cle’s ranch and he works at his school studies.
But his favorite kind of work is as a steer wrestler and heeler in the Utah High School Rodeo Association.
The Lehi, Utah cowboy spends his days as a senior at Lehi High School, where his favorite class is sports psychology. He’s learning about the mental part of sports, and it helps with his rodeo competition. “You want to visualize a perfect run, and have that run in your mind. Walk through the steps, tell your mind how your body is supposed to move, so when it happens, it’s muscle memory and technical memory and it’s second nature.”
His school day ends at noon each day, and that’s when he heads to his uncle’s ranch, where he works five or six hours a day. He’s careful with his earnings (“I’m kind of tight with my money,”), saving it but occasionally spending it on tack or rodeo equipment. He’s just pur-chased a pair of custom chaps.
Then on the weekends, he’s in the arena, competing. He’s qual-ified for state finals the last three years, in the bulldogging each time, and he’s currently ranked tenth in the state in that event.
After high school gradu-ation, Klay might choose to work on a ranch in Montana or Nebraska, then attend college.
He is the youngest of five chil-dren: brother Jake, sister McKenzie, and his triplet sisters Kassadee and Kadee.
He is the son of Darin and Kellie Jo Jones.
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UHSRA National Director Kelly Anderson 435-896-9376
Jr. High Division National Director Doug Madsen801-540-2036
PresidentMonte Jensen435-820-0616
State Secretary Wendy Dahl801-475-1854
Kyler Dick enjoys being in leader-ship roles.
The Oakley, Utah cowboy is president of the Utah High
School Rodeo Association and is stu-dent vice-president of the National High School Rodeo Association.
He competes as a steer wrestler, team roper, tie-down roper and in the reining cow horse, with steer wrestling being his favorite event, because of the adrenaline rush and the friendships. “We’re the closest of all the timed events,” he said. “We joke around and help each other out the most.”
As a senior at South Summit High School, he is involved in FFA and is on the horse judging team.
His work as stu-dent vice-president at the national level in-volves plenty of pub-lic speaking, which he is comfortable doing. “I’m the funny guy who talks to (other) kids,” he said.
Kyler has qualified for the National High School Finals the past three years, and prior to that, for the National Junior High Finals three years. He hopes to earn a college ro-deo scholarship and major in agri-business or business. He’s looking at colleges in Texas and Utah, and plans on steer wres-tling and team roping collegiately.
He has two older sisters, Carlee and Rylee, and a twin brother, Kendall.
He is the son of Ladd and Cassi Dick.
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Kyler Dick
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Klay Jones story by Ruth Nicolaus
above: Klay Jones - Western Edge Photography
above: Kyler Dick - Western Edge Photography
Utah Junior High School Rodeo Association
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS www.uhsra.org
UHSRA National Director Kelly Anderson 435-896-9376
Jr. High Division National Director Doug Madsen801-540-2036
PresidentMonte Jensen435-820-0616
State Secretary Wendy Dahl801-475-1854
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Brynnlee Allred is in her final year of competition in the Utah Junior High Rodeo Association.
The thirteen-year-old cowgirl, a resident of Nephi, Utah, competes in the barrel racing, pole bending, goat ty-ing, team roping, and breakaway roping.
The family has thirteen horses, of which Brynnlee rides Royal for the bar-rels, Cha Cha for the poles, Ohto for the breakaway, and Billy for the goat tying and team roping. Of all her horses, Roy-al is her favorite, because “she has an attitude like me,” Brynnlee said. “She’s sassy.”
Brynnlee is an eighth grade student at Juab High School, where she enjoys being with her friends and loves her honors math class. She is on the acceler-
ated basketball and softball teams, plays volleyball and soccer, is a member of FFA and is on the honor roll.
Brynnlee also loves to sew in her sewing class in school and in 4-H. She has made an apron, pillow cases, pants, and a scripture case bag.
When she grows up, she’d like to be a veterinarian. The family has a Welch corgi dog named Roxie, a goat, sheep, and cattle in addition to their horses.
She has competed at state finals each of the last two years and finished in seventh place state-wide in the pole bending this past summer.
She has an older brother, Tyrell, an older sister, Destrilee, and a younger sister, Taigelee.
She is the daughter of Khristie and Perry Allred.
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Brynnlee Allred
above: Brynnlee Allred - Western Edge Photography
Bill Henry loves to ride bulls and saddle bronc steers in the Utah Junior High School Rodeo Association.
The Manila, Utah cowboy is an eighth grade student who enjoys P.E. class, especially archery, and science class.
He has three 4-H animals, two steers and a heifer, and has chores to do, to care for them af-ter school is over. He’ll show the steers and heifer next summer. He also helps out on the family ranch with the beef cattle and Corrientes. The family has provided timed event cattle to a few rodeos, which Bill enjoys.
He is also a team roper, but his partner, his younger brother Lane, has been out of commis-sion with a broken back for several months.
For fun, Bill likes to watch movies, and if he could choose any food to eat at a buffet, his first choice would be sea-food, mostly lobster. His mom makes a mean steak, which Bill enjoys medium cooked.
When he grows up, he’d like to be a stock contractor, for both bucking horses and bulls, and timed event cattle.
He has qualified for state finals both in his sixth and sev-enth grade years.
Bill has an older sister, Annemarie, who is nineteen. His younger brother, Lane, is twelve.
He is the son of Karinda and Matt Henry.
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Bill Henry stories by Ruth Nicolaus
above: Bill Henry - Western Edge Photography
Western States Bucking Bull Association
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Western State Bucking Bull Associationwww.wsbbulls.com
Board MembersTim RobertJeff RupertLennie HoldenJimmy Young
Todd EricksonTravis UdyPresidentDerald Riche/[email protected]
SecretaryJamie RupertNevadaJohn Wright775-340-0789
OregonDarrel Diefenbach530-713-0073UtahChet White435-201-7310
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WSBBA members had a good showing at the PBR/ABBI finals. Bovico bucking bulls split 4th in
the open futurity with their bull Horned Up. They also finished 12th in the classic with Uncle Fester. He bucked off Stormy Wing and Fabiano Vieira. Lab Rat from Ted Coleman Bucking Bulls bucked off Emilio Resende. And Hou’s Jacket from Hadden-McCurdy bucking bulls bucked off Jess Lockwood and Juliano Da Silva.
PBR/ABBI Finals
1: Horned Up - Bovico Bulls 2: Lab Rat - Ted Coleman Bucking Bulls 3: Uncle Fester - Bovico Bulls 4: Hou’s Jacket-Hadden - McCurdy Bucking
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Marc Page, [email protected]
Vice PresidentDave MurpheyHead Judge & Judging CoordinatorChris BengoaJudge & Head Chute BossRick Maestrejuan
Chute Boss Mike LaughlinArena DirectorCurtis TollefsrudCattle SupplierHot Creek RanchDave & Bobbi Murphey
Operations ManagerSarah UrbickVIP CoordinatorDebby RomaniMedia CoordinatorNaomi [email protected]
Official Photographer & WebmasterMary Williams Hyde(541) [email protected]
For membership applications and more: therodeonews.com/associations/western-states-ranch-rodeo-association-wsrra/
The most successful ever seventh-annual Western States Ranch Rodeo Association National Finals Rodeo was held November
3 - November 6 at the Winnemucca Events Complex in Winnemucca, Nevada. Teams came from thirteen western states includ-ing far away states like Nebraska and Wy-oming plus, new this year, two teams from Canada. Established in 2010, the WSRRA has experienced incredible growth, each year growing in number of events and members. The association currently has more than 700 members.
Throughout 2016, WSRRA sanctioned more than 48 open ranch rodeos, 22 women’s ranch rodeos, 25 women’s steer stoppings and over 100 ranch bronc rid-ing events. The top open and women’s teams from each of the ranch rodeos, and the top 15 women’s steer stop-pers, and top 15 ranch bronc riders competed for cash and prizes at the National Finals. Prizes included Gist buckles, custom made gear made by Ricardo’s Saddlery and Mincer Silversmiths, John and Kristen Mincer, halters, stirrups by We-ber Stirrups, and custom made hats donated by Chaz Mitchell Hatz.
The Nationals Finals kicked off Thursday with
the women’s long go team events, the opening of the Christmas Buckaroo Trade Show and jack pot roping events.
The jackpot roping winners were Gary Grockett and Jesse Jolly in the Big Loop, Gene Harry and Daxton Jim in the team roping and Kyndall Tibbits in the steer stopping.
Friday, November 3, one member of each open team started the day showing off their highly skilled ranch horses in a working ranch contest. Then the teams competed in long go events of load & tie and team roping. The evening’s perfor-
mance featured “Tough Enough to Wear Pink” theme. Grand
Marshal, Governor Jim Gibbon from Nevada,
made an exciting grand entrance in a re-
furbished horse drawn stage-
coach. If that wasn’t enough, the first two rounds of the Professional Wild Horse Racers Association (PWHRA) national finals got everyone’s blood pumping! Rodeo clown, Tuffy Gessling entertained the crowd with his rope tricks and laughs. Joining us for the first time was J and R Rodeo with mini bareback horses for kids ages 6- 14. In between specialty acts, WSRRA Ranch Bronc riders and open and women’s teams showed their talents in featured performances.
Saturday morning started with three rounds of Women’s Steer Stopping, fol-lowed by open team long go’s of sort & rope doctoring, and team branding. Later in the day WSRRA National Sponsors, the Boot Barn, sponsored a dummy rop-ing contest and a stick horse barrel race for the kids. Gist Buckles were given as prizes. The second annual Great Basin Gathering; music, poetry and trading gear was a spotlighted event. Afternoon rodeo action featured jackpot family branding won by Tyler Miller, Tub Blan-thorne, Bea Lee and Will Knight. As the sun was going down, the second evening performance started. This performance was full of Wild West action and west-ern traditions. Featured performances of more of the open and women’s teams, along with two rounds each of PWHRA and WSRRA ranch bronc riding kept the arena dust stirred up and the crowd’s excitement high! Performances by Tuffy Gessling and R and R Rodeo, mini bare-backs lived up the evening’s experience. Saturday ended with year-end and long go awards at The Winners at Winners WSRRA awards party, followed by danc-
7th Annual Western States Ranch Rodeo Association National Finals Rodeostory by Naomi Loomis, WSRRA Representative
above: TeJay Fenster - Mary Williams Hyde
ing to music by the Jeff Palmer Band, both hosted by the Winners Inn & Casino.
Sunday, November 6th, WSRRA held Cowboy Church by Bo and Kathy Lowe it was well attended. After Cowboy Church, WSRRA held the short go of the national finals for the open and women’s divisions and the final rounds of PWHRA wild horse racing and WSRRA ranch bronc riding. At the end of the afternoon, champions were crowned with Gist Sil-ver buckles, homemade headstall by Ri-cardo’s Saddlery with Mincer Silversmith WSRRA conchos and silver stirrups by Weber Stirrups were handed out.
Congratulations to all the contestants not just the winners. First time visitors to the event were totally impressed with the quality of the competition and the stock. A huge thank you to all the office help, chute help, announcers, judges, vendors, stock contractors, and particularly Hot Creek Ranch, owned by Bobbi and Dave Murphey, who supplied nearly 250 top quality Corriente cattle for the event.
The WSRRA wouldn’t be around with-out the help of our sponsors and major supporters which include: Winnemucca WVCA Board, Ram Trucks/Ram Rodeo,
Boot Barn, Performix Nutrition, Les Schwab Tires, 8 Seconds Whiskey, Twist-ed X Boots, Gouveia Ranches, Working Ranch Magazine, Mary Williams Hyde/
Buckaroo Country, Rodeo News, Yeti, Big Bend Trailers and Chaz Mitchell Hatz, and host hotels, Winnemucca Inn and Winners Inn Casino.
2016 WESTERN STATES RANCH RODEO WORLD CHAMPIONS
above: Richard Eiguren - Mary Williams Hyde
World Champion Ranch Bronc RiderJustin Quint
World Champion Women’s Ranch Rodeo Team: Miller Livestock from Nevada
Carmen Buckingham, Katie McFarlane, Kayla Tiegs and Bailey Bachman
Stock Contractor Of The YearGene King, King Rodeo
All Around CowboyHyland Wilkinson
Top Hand CowgirlCarmen Buckingham
Aaron MIller Rookie Bronc Rider of the FinalsChaz Mitchell
All Around Ranch Horse – WomensBailey Bidwell from the Diamond Y
All Around CowgirlTierani Brusett
WSRRA Rookie Of The FinalsAaron Mercer
Top Hand CowboyRichard Eiguren
WSRRA Rookie Of The YearBraxton Adams
Rookie Steer Stopper Of The YearCourtney Medley
Bronc Of The Year Selected By Judges#200 Paddle Foot owned by Gene King, King Rodeo
Producer Of The YearShane Flanigan
Wyoming High School Rodeo Association
BOARD OF DIRECTORS www.wyhsra.org
Secretary - MembershipShelly [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
TreasurerKim [email protected] DirectorDixie [email protected] MembersTom Parker307-266-1739/307-259-6695 [email protected] Balkenbush [email protected] [email protected]
Stephan Rennellsslrennells @gmail.comJustin [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Chip [email protected] Legion State RepTerry [email protected]. Of Wyoming/American LegionQueen Coordinator/Gerda DickinsonCentral Entry/Jamie LyonsShooting Sports/Stephen RennelsStudent President/Jacey ThompsonStudent Vice-Pres./Owen WahlertStudent Sec/Treas/Courtney ReynoldsQueen/Kate DickinsonBarebacks/Tyler Erickson
Barrel Racing /MaKenna BalkenbushBoys Cutting/Johnathon LippsGirls Cutting/Shae BrayBreakaway/Kate DickinsonBull Riding/Clayton ColvardCalf Roping/Colter WiseGoat Tying/Reata BeckPole Bending/Megan FrankSaddle Broncs/Ira DickinsonSteer Wrestling/Weston ReynoldsTeam Roping/T.C. HadleyJr High-Nat’l Director/Mack BradleyJr High-Secretary/Shelly Thompson
Matt Britton and his mom, Lori, learned to rope simultaneously eight years ago while vacation-ing in Arizona, and it proved
not a pastime, but a passion for the 18 year old from Wheatland, Wyoming. To-day, he’s sitting fifth in the WHSRA team roping standings with heeler Jay-mis Sonesen of Douglas. “I also rope calves, but I like team roping a lot more – it comes easier,” Matt explains. He and his partner for the 2015 sea-son, Jace Berger, qualified for the NHSFR that sum-mer, and topping off his senior year with one more trip to the finals is high among Matt’s goals.
“I love watching those ropers on TV that can spin one in three seconds, and that’s what I strive for,” says Matt. “I want to get quicker, and I hope to rodeo for the rest of my life, so I figure I should practice hard now while I have the horses and steers to do it.” Each summer for the last eight years, Matt has spent a day working with team roping trainer Rickey Green during the roping school he puts on at the Britton’s. “Mom went to a school of his in Colorado a few years ago and really liked it, so she asked him to come put on a school here in Wheatland. I really like the way he teaches, and I also enjoy his videos.”
Matt and Lori, a heeler, often enter team roping jackpots together, while Matt practices with Jaymis twice a week
during the rodeo sea-son. He heads off a white gelding, Reno, whose previous owner, a roper from Arizona, competed on him in Reno, Nevada. Matt ropes calves on a black gelding, Jack - short for Captain Jack - dubbed such because he has just
one eye. “At first, it was kind of different riding him because I’d only ridden my mom’s horse in the tie-down roping, and I was still pretty green in that event, but we get along really well. I wish we knew the story behind his one eye, but we’re guessing he was born that way,” says Matt. His dog, Sundance, also comes with him to ropings.
A senior at Wheatland High School, Matt plays basketball for the Wheatland Bulldogs, and particularly enjoys Biology II, while his mom teaches biology at East-ern Wyoming College in Douglas. He also takes welding, and is a member of the FFA Ag. Mechanics team, which held its com-petition in Laramie in November. “For welding class, I’ve been building a set
of lamps with a foot wide frame that has three bucking horses in it,” he describes. “I’m giving them to my FFA chapter for an auction. My mom and I also bought about 600 used horseshoes that we’ve been grinding and soaking, and we use them to make wine racks.”
Matt uses any extra time to rope the dummy or go duck hunting, and espe-cially likes making duck jerky. In the summer, he runs a hay business, split-ting the hay 50/50 to cut, rake, bale, and stack it for the customer. “I take the other 50% of the hay to my barn and feed our horses off that,” he explains. “My mom usually drives the truck while I throw bales on the trailer and do the stacking. It’s a lot work, but I like it. We usually get 1,500 bales from one field, and we have six fields we do.”
Following graduation, Matt plans to college rodeo, and is currently working on rodeo scholarships. “After college, I’d like to get a job like welding or being an Ag. teacher, which would let me rodeo on weekends,” he says. “It takes a lot of money and a lot of time, but I want to save up enough to travel and compete on the pro circuit.”
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Matt Britton story by Lily Weinacht
above: Matt Britton - Rodeo News
