By Tracey Scott
Special To Ropers Sports News

The 2013 CHSRA State Finals are just around the corner. Bishop, Calif. will welcome contestants and their families on Sat., June 8, and the second annual CHSRA Scholarship Golf Tournament will be held Sun., June 9 at noon. The performances begin on Tues., June 11, and the short round finals will be Fri., June 14. The Top 5 in each district will compete in Bishop and the Top 4 in each event will qualify for the California rodeo team that will compete at the National High School Finals Rodeo to be held in Rock Springs, Wyo. on July 14-20.

Thank you to all the State Finals sponsors who are making this year better than ever: Cactus Ropes, Cactus Gear, Cactus Saddlery, Resistol Hats, Heel-O-Matic, Les Schwab, CA Hesston Tractor Dealers and Ropers Sports News.

CHSRA District #3 All-Around Cowgirl Cheyanne Carpenter (l) and All-Around Cowboy Clayton Brum.

Listed below are the champions in each event for each high school district:

CHSRA Dist. #1

All-Around Cowboy and Cowgirl: Colton Campbell and Chelsey Bushnell.

Bareback Riding: Cody Ellis.

Bull Riding: Dalton Alvis.

Saddle Bronc: Quincy Crum.

Steer Wrestling: Sterling Humphry.

Tie Down Roping: Colton Campbell.

Boy’s Cutting: Colton Campbell.

Team Roping — Header: Sterling Humphry.

Team Roping — Heeler: Colton Campbell.

Barrel Racing: Keeley Vaughan.

Breakaway Roping: Chelsey Bushnell.

Pole Bending: Cara Hencraft.

Goat Tying: Courtney Wood.

Girl’s Cutting: Jesse Stratton.

CHSRA Dist. #2

All-Around Cowboy and Cowgirl: Russ Jackson and Gianna Cianfichi.

Bareback Riding: Nathaniel Lentz.

Bull Riding: J.J. Mullen and Nathaniel Lentz.

Saddle Bronc: David Wells.

Steer Wrestling: Kelly O’Day.

Tie Down Roping: Russ Jackson

Boy’s Cutting: Russ Jackson.

Team Roping — Header: Carson Parker.

Team Roping — Heeler: Rosie Emmerson.

Barrel Racing: Gianna Cianfichi.

Breakaway Roping: Olivia Armstrong.

Pole Bending: Cheyenne Emmerson.

Goat Tying: Rebecca Pa-chie.

Girl’s Cutting: Cierra Hubbard.

CHSRA Dist. #3

All-Around Cowboy and Cowgirl: Clayton Brum and Cheyanne Carpenter.

Bareback Riding: Clayton Biglow.

Bull Riding: Clayton Brum.

Saddle Bronc: Clayton Brum.

Steer Wrestling: Luke Pfister.

Tie Down Roping: Clayton Brum.

Boy’s Cutting: Clayton Biglow.

Team Roping — Header: Seth Adams.

Team Roping — Heeler: Wyatt Adams.

Barrel Racing: Coral Alberi.

Breakaway Roping: Katie Rice.

Pole Bending: Alex Carpenter.

Goat Tying: Katie Rice.

Girl’s Cutting: Cheyanne Carpenter.

CHSRA Dist. #4

All-Around Cowboy and Cowgirl: Cash Robinson and Taylor Hurley.

Bareback Riding: Tommy Ford

Bull Riding: Cash Robinson.

Saddle Bronc: Cash Robinson

Tie Down Roping: Justin Strickland.

Boy’s Cutting: Justin Strickland.

Team Roping — Header: Justin Strickland.

Team Roping — Heeler: Wyatt Naccarato.

Barrel Racing: Christina Roberts.

Breakaway Roping: Mikael Bernadette.

Pole Bending: Victoria Thorton.

Goat Tying: Taylor Hurley.

Girl’s Cutting: Taylor Hurley.

CHSRA Dist. #5

All-Around Cowboy and Cowgirl: Colton Farquer and Gianna Toso.

Bareback Riding: Alex Guzman.

Bull Riding: Wyatt Hammond.

Saddle Bronc: Nolan Brennan.

Steer Wrestling: Wade Grimshaw.

Tie Down Roping: Colton Farquer.

Team Roping — Header: Tanner Kent.

Team Roping — Heeler: Case Hirdes.

Barrel Racing: Gianna Toso.

Breakaway Roping: Blayne Weaver.

Pole Bending: Taylor Flaherty.

Goat Tying: Hannah Bergman.

Girl’s Cutting: Jesse Stratton.

CHSRA Dist. #6

All-Around Cowboy and Cowgirl: Cody Moody and Billie Holman.

Bareback Riding: Chase Bowen.

Bull Riding: Lane Selz.

Saddle Bronc: Cody Moody.

Steer Wrestling: Tanner James.

Tie Down Roping: Bodi Dodds.

Boy’s Cutting: Cody Moody.

Team Roping — Header: Brittany Dias.

Team Roping — Heeler: Tanner James.

Barrel Racing: Billie Holman.

Breakaway Roping: Brittany Dias.

Pole Bending: Brooke White.

Goat Tying: Billie Holman.

Girl’s Cutting: Billie Holman.

CHSRA Dist. #7

All-Around Cowboy and Cowgirl: Taylor Santos Karney and Cheyenne Rey.

Bareback Riding: Jacob Lees.

Bull Riding: Jacob Lees.

Saddle Bronc: Dillon Machado.

Steer Wrestling: Taylor Santos Karney.

Tie Down Roping: Tyler Forsberg.

Boy’s Cutting: Taylor Santos Karney.

Team Roping — Header: J.T. Prather.

Team Roping — Heeler: Dalton Pearce.

Barrel Racing: Emily Mangione.

Breakaway Roping: Cersten Branquinho.

Pole Bending: Sage Massey.

Goat Tying: Cheyenne Rey.

Girl’s Cutting: Kimmy Ferrante.

CHSRA Dist. #8

All-Around Cowboy and Cowgirl: Edgar Machado and Jessica Bates.

Bull Riding: Tommy Denny.

Steer Wrestling: Logan Trumbo.

Tie Down Roping: Edgar Machado.

Boy’s Cutting: David Stark.

Team Roping — Header: Ben Dukes.

Team Roping — Heeler: McKena Treasure

Barrel Racing: Heather Eckman.

Breakaway Roping: Cassidy Barnes.

Pole Bending: Jessica Bates.

Goat Tying: Jess Burdett.

Girl’s Cutting: Chrissy Madgwick.

CHSRA Dist. #9

All-Around Cowboy and Cowgirl: Dakota Haarsager and Victoria Covert.

Bull Riding: Robert Cameron.

Tie Down Roping: Dakota Haarsager.

Team Roping — Header: Dakota Haarsager.

Team Roping — Heeler: Juliann Jones.

Barrel Racing: Victoria Covert.

Breakaway Roping: Victoria Covert.

Pole Bending: Alyssa Conklin;

Goat Tying: Julie Donovan.

Girl’s Cutting: Tiffany Lujan.

See more photos in the June issue of Ropers Sports News!