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05.18.08: Wow! Already the D7 year has come to a close. We went to Clovis in March. The weather held well and the rodeo hosted by D6 was very well done. D7 had a strong showing in the cutting once again. I won the first round and won the overall. The buckles they gave are really nice. Jacob Pineiro and Kade Sayler, also from D7 tied for 2nd and Jeremy placed high as well. Overall, the D7 team did an outstanding job.

Next we traveled to the Challenge of Champions. I celebrated my 17th B-Day while I was there. That basically meant a great cake fight with Annie Spurr leading the way. The food was great, as usual, thanks to the Spurr and Rupe families great cooking. I am really looking forward to the food at state.

In April we traveled to Salinas for another multi district hosted by D4. It was windy and cold. My cutting went pretty well and D7 was strong again. D7 took the first 4 places in the cutting. Taylor did a great job turning my steer the first day, and I got a chance to head one for her the second day.

Also in April, Mom and I traveled to the state board meeting in Fresno. A lot of people didn't make it there, so it was tough to get anything done. It looks like everything is ready to go for state, however, and we are well prepared. I can't wait. We have lots of fun stuff planned, hopefully we will be able to pull off the mud volleyball tournament this year. California really needs the practice, we got killed at Silver State last year.

Today was our banquet to celebrate the end of the year and to give out awards. I can't believe the year is already over. I won the bull riding championship for the year. I qualified for the state finals in the bulls and the cutting. I placed in the top ten in all of my events (bulls, cutting, team roping and calf roping). I hope to do even better next year. Congratulations to all of our D7 winners, we are a great team.

A special thank you needs to go out to Frank Simonis Quarter Horses. He realized that with gas prices what they are that I would need a little help to get where I want to go this summer. He has already renewed his sponsorship for another year. Thank You, Thank you Thank you!!

So now it is practice until State in the middle of June. I plan on hitting a few junior rodeos to help prepare, but will need to stay closer to home until prices come down a little. Talk to you soon.

02.19.08: Well, the new year is off and running. We went last weekend to a great multi district rodeo, hosted by District 4. We competed with D4, D7 and D6. A few showed up from other districts as well.

I has the chance to ride a bull that I saw in the PBR in Fresno just a few weeks before. Ross Coleman had him in Fresno. It was really cool that Flying High Rodeo brought him for the high school guys to try. None of us rode him, but it was sure fun and I would like to try him again.

Next we are off to another multi district rodeo in Clovis. Hopefully the weather will be nice with no rain. Then it is off to Challenge of Champions in Plymouth. I'll let you know how it goes

01.14.08: Happy New Year!!!

I know I've been kinda quiet, but rodeo took a little break to get through the holidays. District 7 held their great Mid State Classic in November. It is the biggest high school rodeo in the state. It went very well. District 6 took home the team trophy, but D7 will be tough at state. Watch out!.

The state board meeting was held in January in Jackson. The weather to get there was bad, so some couldn't make it. While we were there the students got to look at various vendors and choose awards that we would like to see at our state finals. If you have someone in your area that has cool stuff---- make sure we know about them. We also talked about proposed rule changes for next year. If you know a way to make high school rodeo better, talk to your district rep about it.

Last weekend, D7 held its first rodeo for 2008. It was held at the Madonna Inn. I placed 3rd in the round in cutting and team roping and was 2nd in the bull riding. Still need to work on my calf roping some more.

Last but certainly not least, I really need to say thanks to my sponsors and the people who just support me in general in what I do. Thanks to my family-- especially the grandparents that sit through every run, and the friends that are helping me get things done. I wouldn't be able to do it without you. I wouldn't even get to the rodeos with out the help from my great sponsors. You have no idea how important you are.

10.15.07: We had the finals for the SJCA rodeo season. It looked like rain on Friday, and rained during the night but luckily the day was great. We held a one day rodeo on Saturday and then had breakfast and an awards ceremony on Sunday.

Saturday I won 2nd in the team roping with Steven Bertao, 5th in the breakaway roping and tied for 1st place in the bull riding with Casey Rose.

For the year end awards I won first place and the buckle in the team roping, 3rd in the bulls and placed in the other events as well. The awards were very well done and I really like all the stuff I got.

Thanks for a great season to all the people in Springville that put these rodeos on, I can't wait for next year.

09.24.07: We just had the first district 7 rodeo of the year. It went really well. All the contestants were ready and everyone really pitched in to help get it done. It was really good to see all the new faces and to see the ones that were coming back for another year.

As for me, I had a decent day. I rode my bulls to a first place finish. I roped for the first time with my D7 partner, Taylor George. We placed 2nd in the first round and finished 4th in the average. Cutting was okay, and I need to work on my calf roping some more. All in all not bad!

Next weekend it is back to Springville for the SJCA.

08.28.07: Well it has been awhile since I have updated the news.

I have been to SJCA in Springville 2X. Both went great and I did really well in the team roping and bull riding. Breanna and I have done really well roping together. I placed second in the bull riding at the last one.

District 7 has held their sign up meetings. Members and new members that want to enter our first rodeo need to have their papers in to Janelle Bilkey by Sept. 1. If you didn't make the meeting, you can download the forms off of our state web site, www.chsra.com. If you need help, just let me know and I will see what I can do. Our first rodeo is scheduled for Sept. 22 in Creston, CA.

The state board had their first meeting in Fresno. There was a lot of talk and interesting things that came up. The state voted to keep the bachelor team roping for the year, so if you need a partner you can still enter. This is a great way to meet people and to allow new people to join. If you want to see all the minutes from the meeting you can see them soon on the state web site. If you have questions about things going on at the state level, please feel free to ask me.

07.13.07: Well, Silver State is over. I am very happy to report that I won to be the Silver State International Boys cutting Champion. I won the first go round with a score of 73, tied for 2nd in the 2nd go and placed 4th in the finals for a total of 213 points. 2nd through 4th was split with a score of 208. The prizes awarded were great, I came home with 2 Gist buckles, a bronze statue, a money clip and most important of all a SADDLE.

California didn't send many contestants, but the ones that were there were awesome. We won the boys and girls cutting, the team roping, 2nd in poles and steer wrestling and placed in the goats and breakaway. We ended up 3rd in team points behind states that sent full numbers of team contestants. We didn't do so great in the mud volleyball, Arizona beat us, but it was lots of fun.

I met other cowboys and cowgirls from around the world. Contestants came from Canada (Alberta and British Columbia), Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Colorado Pennsylvania, Hawaii, and Arizona just to name few. I know there were lots of others there, I just can't think of them right now.

I am so glad that I got to go to this amazing rodeo. There were so many that helped me get there. Thanks Uncle Brad, Russ and Morgan for getting me ready. Thanks to the sponsors and friends who helped pay the way. Thanks to the de Regt family for taking care of us while we were there.

We'll see them again next year

The CHSRA state finals is over. It was a great week filled with tough competition.

The District 7 team was awesome. We won both in and out of the arena. As a team we won the Grand Entry contest led by our queen, Morgan Dewar. We also won the King contest with Tyler Stevenson. Best of all our team won the overall team competition by earning the most points overall among all the other districts. WAY TO GO D7!!

I ended up 8th in the state in the boys cutting.

In less than a week I will be headed to Fallon, Nevada to represent California at the Silver State International Rodeo. I will be cutting and riding bulls. I cant wait!!

I just came back from 2 days of rodeo in Springville. Once again it was a great rodeo and a good time. I managed to be "in the money" in 3 of my 5 events entered. I placed in the team roping, calf roping and bull riding. I also threw both of my chute dogging steers, but did not place in the event. In the team roping I headed my first steer ever, it was pretty exciting.
Next weekend is JCCA ... then it is off to state!