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June 23, 2009

KHSRA holds finals in Topeka

The Kansas High School Rodeo Association recently held their finals at the Kansas Expo Centre in Topeka, Kan.

The Champion All Around Cowboy was Kyon Buckley from Baldwin City. The Reserve Champion All Around Cowboy was Dalton Davis, Holcomb.

Taking home the title of Champion All Around Cowgirl was Emily Miller, Ingalls, and the Reserve Champion All Around Cowgirl was Angela Bartley from Emporia.

Results of individual events follow:

Bareback riding

1. Corey Hutchinson, Towanda

2. Jesse Tillman, Wellsville

3. Blaine Kaufman, Pretty Prairie

4. Chance David, Roncimar Breakaway Roping

1. Angela Bartley, Emporia

2. Emily Miller, Ingles

3. Jacoby Hotsenpiller, Louisburg

4. Micah Samples, Abilene

Barrel racing

1. Emily Miller, Ingalls

2. Savanna Christensen,

Medicine Lodge

3. Cheyenne Veatch, Emporia

4. Latisha Simon, Mankato

Boys Cutting

1. Travis Tetrik, Kingman

2. Dalton Davis, Holcomb

3. Isaac Williams, Leon

4. Kevin Veatch, Emporia

Girls cutting

1. Quinnlyn Woofter, Colby

2. Emily Miller, Ingalls

3. Micha Samples, Abilene

4. Taylor Colburn, Stafford

BULL RIDING

1. Tristan Boor, Medicine Lodge

2. Tyler Dees, Paola

3. Colton McKellips, Lacygne

4. Jordan Sammons, Plevna

Calf roping

1. Kyon Buckley, Baldwin City

2. Ryan Domer, Topeka

3. Kyle Beecher, Soldier

4. Kwincy Kile, Overbrook

Goat tying

1. Missy Kupfersmith, Valley Center

2. Emily Miller, Ingalls

3. Jacoby Hotsenpiller, Louisburg

4. Morgan Lindsay, Brookville

Pole bending

1. Emily Miller, Ingalls

2. Angela Bartley, Emporia

3. Kourtney Foley, Lecompton

4. Natalie Davis, Topeka

Saddle bronc

1. Dalton Cooper, Enterprise

2. Cameron Schultz, Wichita

3. Davis, Holcomb

4. James Fisher, Moscow

Steer wrestling

1. Thomas Kessler, Coats

2. Loper McCune, Goodwell, Okla.

3. Kyle Harlow, Mound City

4. Jared Nichols, Dodge City

Team roping

1. Kile Kwincy, Overbrook/Duell

Strickler, Meade

2. Brice Buzzard, Colony/Tyler

Thomas, Cimarron

3. Tyler Esslinger, Norton/

Colton Lowry, Almena

4. Kyle Beecher, Soldier/Kyon

Buckley, Baldwin.

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