Local junior riders earn top honors

Published 2:26 pm Friday, March 21, 2014

They may come from different schools, but in the summer these athletes ride for one team.

The Peninsula Junior Rodeo team, made up of youths from Sequim, Port Angeles and Port Townsend schools, combined to earn more than 20 top-five placings at the Kitsap Junior Rodeo in Silverdale June 18-20.

Amelia Herman won all-around buckaroo, Emily VanAusdle took home the top junior girl award and Colton Barnett was named runner-up in the peewee division.

Results for Peninsula Junior Rodeo riders are detailed below:

• Buckaroos

Cal-stake – 1. Amelia Hermann

Goat undecorating – 2. Leslie Davies

Dummy roping – 3. Davies, 4. A. Hermann

• Peewees Barrels – 1. Madison Ballou, 3. Colton Barnett

Dummy roping – 3. Barnett

Goat tying – 1. Jai-Lynn Taylor, 5. Cassie Ann Moore

Poles – 2. Barnett, 5. Ballou, 6. Moore

• Junior girls

Barrels – 2. Emily VanAusdle, 4. Ally Billings, 6. Anne Meek

Breakaway – 2. VanAusdle

Poles – 1. VanAusdle, 2. Billings

Steer daubing – 2. VanAusdle, 5. Saydee Herman

• Junior boys

Goat tying – 1. Wyatt Billings

• Senior boys Bareback – 5. Garth McCaleb

Calf roping – 1. McCaleb

• All divisions

Trail 10 and under – 1. Barnett, 4. Moore, 5. A. Hermann, 6. Ballou

Trail 11 and over – 6. VanAusdle.