This time last year, Moffat County’s Jolene Rhyne was walking around with a knee brace, a little tentative about her future in the rodeo arena. But a good weekend at home capped off a season.
There may not be many representatives from the Four Corners traveling to the 2023 National High School Finals Rodeo. But those who are bound for 75th edition of the massive spectacle, to be held July .
Saddle up: High-schoolers off to rodeo nationals the-journal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from the-journal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Basin Rodeo Team competed at the state championships in Craig over Memorial Day Weekend and had five athletes qualify for National High School Finals Rodeo with top-four finishes.
The team has 14.
In a poker game, four of a kind is one of hardest hands to beat.
Holds true in rodeo as well, apparently.
Wacey Trujillo of Los Alamos, New Mexico, proved that June 19-25 in the girls goat-tying event.