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from Extreme Team News - Fall 2022

by Texas High School Rodeo, Extreme Team News

REGION VII

SISSY PENNINGTON

655 CR 431 • Stephenville, Texas 76401 realestatesissy@yahoo.com 254.485.6702 •

SHELLEY TOWNSEND

900 Quarter Horse Dr • Kingsland, Texas 78639 830.798.7755 • sarrington36@yahoo.com

STUDENT OFFICERS PRESIDENT - SAIGE SEALY VICE PRESIDENT - MAKENZIE DOWELL SECRETARY - CHAINEY WEITZ

PRESIDENT - RENE WEITZ

512.217.8165

SECRETARY - STEPHANIE SHOEMAKER

6500 CR 1202 • Cleburne, Texas 76031

817.648.2728 • texasregion10@gmail.com

STATE DIRECTORS / REGION OFFICERS BRANDON JONES

194 CR 427 • Lorena, Texas 76655

254.833.0251 • crystal_jones1991@yahoo.com

PERFORMANCE REPORT

NEW SEASON, NEW SUCCESSES FOR REGION X

By CORLEY CALLAHAN – Performance Reporter

Region X wrapped up the previous 2021-2022 season with great success! We had multiple contestants qualify for Nationals, and our competitors were proud to be part of Team Texas who dominated again by winning the team title in Gillette. We had five amazing athletes represent Region X at Nationals, and of those five we had two who placed in either a round, multiple rounds, or the average - Jase Stout in the Saddle Bronc and Spring Pennington in the Barrels.

Jase, who placed 8th in the second round of the saddle bronc riding at Nationals said, “It was an honor to represent Team Texas for the second year in a row as we won our seventh team title.”

Spring, who was solid all week in the barrels, says that Nationals taught her that consistency is key, and this is something that she plans to take into her future career. Spring split 3rd and 4th in first round, was solid in round two, won second in the short round and finished 4th in the average. Looking forward, Region X is gearing up for another amazing year, and we hope to have even more National qualifiers this coming year! We have a great group of incoming freshmen joining us and a seasoned group of seniors ready to compete for the last year at the high school level. And once again, we’ll be rodeoing at Circle T Arena in Hamilton, where all our region rodeos are held throughout the year. Circle T is a wonderful facility, and they are always there to help our region whenever we need it. The 2022-2023 season kicks off for Region X in September, and we’ll hold two rodeos per weekend for a total of six rodeos in the fall and six in the spring. Our student athletes are excited and ready for a new year, new opportunities and new ways to represent the great state of Texas

JASE STOUT SPRING PENNINGTON

TEAM TEXAS MAKES A CLEAN SWEEP AT THE 2022 NJHRA TEAM TEXAS, 2022 WORLD CHAMPIONS!

Thank you to Acentric Photography for the NJHRA Finals pictures. •️ WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOY’S TEAM •️ WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GIRL’S TEAM

CRAIG & BELLA SCIBA

CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE TEAM TEXAS WORLD CHAMPS

•️ SKYLAR NICHOLAS - BARRELS •️ WYATT HOWELL - BOYS BREAKAWAY •️ CRAIG SCIBA - CHUTE DOGGING •️ COLEE COX - GIRLS BREAKAWAY •️ CRAIG SCIBA & BELLA SCIBA - RIBBON ROPING ALL AROUND COWBOY – CRAIG SCIBA

WYATT HOWELL

COLEE COX

TEXAS TOP 20 CONTESTANTS

BAREBACK STEER RIDING 6/7/8 – BRANT COOKSTON 9 - JASPUR FARRIS 13 – PEYTON MOONEYHAM BARRELS 1 – SKYLER NICHOLAS 3 – JOSIE WHITTINGTON BOYS BREAKAWAY 1 – WYATT HOWELL 17 – RHYDER ROSIPAL BOYS GOAT TYING 2 – CRAIG SCIBA 10 – HUNTER MARTIN 14 – BOWIE EAKIN BULLS 9/10 – TRAVORIS ZENO CHUTE DOGGING 1 – CRAIG SCIBA 2 – LANE LEOPOLD 18 – COLE WILLIS GIRLS BREAKAWAY 1 – COLEE COX 5 – LUCCHESE REILLY GIRLS GOAT TYING 3 – DREW ELLEN STEWART 18 – ADDI CARNEY POLE BENDING 3 – MIA JANOSKY 5 – CAYLEE FORD

RIBBON ROPING 1 – CRAIG SCIBA & BELLA SCIBA SADDLE BRONC STEER RIDING 10 – BOWIE EAKIN TEAM ROPING 8 – BRADEN MARTINEZ & CROSS RINGLESTEIN TIE DOWN ROPING 3 – TACOLTON CALHOUN 5 – BILL ODELL 13 – MYLES NIXON 18 – CASE CERNY

HORSE OF THE YEAR GIRL & BOY: MIA JANOSKY & CRAIG SCIBA

SKYLER NICHOLAS CRAIG SCIBA

2022-2023 JUNIOR HIGH STATE DIRECTORS

EXECUTIVE BOARD

NATIONAL DIRECTOR JOHN SCHUENEMAN 979-268-4994

PRESIDENT SCOTT SHOOK 281-437-8214

1st VICE PRESIDENT ERIC HUSTON

2nd VICE PRESIDENT CHARLES HENRY 817-368-0159 john.schueneman@gmail.com

scottcshook@yahoo.com

duaneoverton6113@gmail.com

EXEC BOARD AT LARGE DELEGATE 2 YEAR TERM: CHAD CURRINGTON (SERVING 2ND YEAR) DELEGATE 2 YEAR TERM: LANDON EHLINGER (SERVING 2ND YEAR) DELEGATE 2 YEAR TERM: DAVID FREEMAN (SERVING 2ND YEAR) DELEGATE 1 YEAR TERM: JUSTIN CLINTON DELEGATE 1 YEAR TERM: WESTLEY WHITE

MARKETING HOLLY DELAUNE MACI MEYER

SECRETARY ANNE DOLLERY 979-412-2551

PRINCESS CORD DONNA ODOM, RACHEL ROBBINS, SARAH ROWLANDS texasjuniorhighrodeo@gmail.com

STATE DIRECTORS

Region I MONROE TIMBERLAKE 806-344-6846 CASEY ARMSTRONG KYLE ANDERSON

Region II COY IRWIN CADE SCHNEEMANN KELLY WOOD

Region III JOHN ROBERTSON SHANE CRISWELL WESLEY WHITE 432-940-1136

817-475-6377 325-347-2656

Region IV JASEY DAVID TOBY ROGERS JR YOUNG

Region V RICHARD BALDWIN 936-332-5466 STACEY MARTIN 225-505-7645

CODY ODELL

Region VI ANN WENTZEL DENNY PATTERSON 832-330-3054 CLAY OHRT 361-571-1040

Region VII DUSTIN FRANKUM ROSS IVEY DAN SIMPTON 936-870-5779

Region VIII ERIC DURBIN JUSTIN SPEER CASS RINGLESTEIN 210-885-0902

Region IX JARED ANDERSON BOBBY JACOBS BO WILLIAMS 979-220-5898

Region X TREY JOHNSON TRACY SWAN ZAC THOMPSON monroetimberlake@gmail.com

woodrodeogirls@yahoo.com

jrober5729@att.net kodyhorses@yahoo.com

r.baldwin147@icloud.com nextlevelgoattying@gmail.com

pattersondenny@gmail.com ohrt6@hotmail.com

dansimpton@yahoo.com

cass.oasis@yahoo.com

dwilliams@midsouthenergy.com

STUDENT OFFICERS

PRESIDENT AVERY ARMSTRONG

VICE PRESIDENT KYE TOMLINSON

SECRETARY PAIGE WILLIAMS

PRINCESS DALLEE MAE ROBISON

EMILEE CHARLESWORTH OF REGION II

by Laramie Wedemeyer

The Whataburger Whatakid is selected due to their ability to excel both in and out of the rodeo arena. Whataburger is proud to recognize a THSRA member from each of the ten Regions who truly upholds the title “Whatakid!” One of the nominees will be chosen at the State Final Rodeo in June as the Whatakid of the Year. In recognition of this accomplishment they will receive free Whataburgers for an entire year!

Congratulations to this month’s “WHATAKID,” Emilee Charlesworth! The Region II, all-around cowgirl from Marathon, Texas lives and breathes rodeo. Competing in barrel racing, pole bending, breakaway roping, team roping, and reined cow horse does not leave the 17-year-old much time for anything else.

Ranching and rodeo are a way of life for the senior in high school and her family. Charlesworth began homeschooling in the third grade, which provided her with flexibility to help her dad on the ranch when needed, time to practice for rodeos, and the ability to complete schoolwork. Any bit of free time is normally spent on the back of a horse at a rodeo.

Being a five-event cowgirl, means riding a lot of horses. As her last year of high school begins, Charlesworth finds herself riding 13 horses a day. She begins with her young horses and finishes up with her rodeo horses and practice sessions for herself. Some of her horses include Cheeseburger, Shotgun and Halleluiah. Cheeseburger is her favorite horse and the one she breakaway ropes on.

Charlesworth followed in her sister’s footsteps by competing in the reined cow horse event. She said, “I wanted to do it but I wasn’t sure because my sister was into it more than I was, but I started competing in it my sophomore year.” Since her start, she has grown and learned a lot to be able to qualify for nationals as a junior and finish fourth in the nation.

Outside of the Texas High School Rodeo Association, Charlesworth competes in amateur rodeos and the National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) events. She credits a lot of her success to Ron Ralls, an icon in the reined cow horse industry who was inducted into the NRCHA hall of fame and passed the million dollar mark in career earnings.

“He is like a second dad to me,” said Charlesworth. “He helps me with every event I do.” After being in her life for about five years, a special memory Charlesworth recalls is their time at the World’s Greatest Youth Horseman.

The World’s Greatest Youth Horseman consists of competing in four events, herd work, reining, steer stopping, and fence work all on the same horse. This event takes a lot of skill and work both on the rider’s side and the horse’s side. Charlesworth made it out of the preliminary round and into the final round of the top six competitors where she ended up fifth overall.

“I couldn’t ask anyone else to help me more than [Ralls] did that day,” said Charlesworth. “It meant so much to me, too that, he was there the night of the finals.”

While reined cow horse has been on the rise in her life lately, she has been competing in the breakaway roping for as long as she can remember. She qualified for nationals in the breakaway during her sophomore year of high school.

As Team Texas racked up its seventh national win in 2022, it is hard for those moments not to top everyone’s list of memories. “My favorite part about high school rodeo is being a part of Team Texas when we won the National Team Championships and getting to see the team come together,” Charlesworth said.

She knows it is hard to even make it out of Texas and qualify for nationals, so her times there hold a special place in her heart, and she is thankful to represent Team Texas.

As senior year begins, her plans for after graduation are to attend a junior college and begin pursuing a business degree. Rodeo will still be on the forefront of her mind though. She plans to continue rodeoing and she said, “I couldn’t see it any other way.” Trusting God and putting her faith in Him is something that Charlesworth tries to live by. “I put all my faith in God, so I focus on trusting God, and He will take me wherever I need to go,” she said. Being the Region II Whatakid is a blessing and honor, said Charlesworth.