6 Central Coast students qualify for national rodeo championships
July 11, 2018
Six high school students from San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties qualified to participate in the National High School Finals Rodeo to be held in Gillette, Wyoming in mid-July. [Cal Coast Times]
More than two dozen high school students from the area participated in the California High School Rodeo Association finals earlier this month. The top five point earners in each event qualified to compete in Wyoming.
District 7 members who qualified for positions on the California team heading to Nationals:
- Regan Fowler – girls cutting
- Chance Leatherman – reined cow horse
- Ashley Lewis – pole bending
- Fallon Ruffoni – pole bending (state champion)
- Ethan Usher – light rifle and trap
- Maggie Usher – goat tying (state champion)
Fallon Ruffoni of Arroyo Grande is the 2018 Challenge of Champions and California pole bending champion. She will be competing at the National High School Finals Rodeo in Rock Springs, Wyoming.
Fallon Ruffoni competing in the pole bending during a high school rodeo in Santa Maria. Photo credit: Suzanne Usher
Ashley Lewis of Templeton and her horse Duke placed third at the State Finals Rodeo in June earning a qualification for the National High School Finals Rodeo in Rock Springs, Wyoming.
Ashley Lewis pole bending during the King City Invitational multi-district rodeo this past February. Photo credit: Suzanne Usher
Maggie Usher of Santa Ynez is the 2018 Challenge of Champions and California goat tying champion. She will go on to compete at the National High School Finals Rodeo in Rock Springs, Wyoming.
Maggie Usher competing in goat tying at the King City Invitational multi-district rodeo. Photo credit: Suzanne Usher
Regan Fowler of Santa Maria placed third during the State Finals and will compete at the National High School Finals Rodeo in Rock Springs, Wyoming.
Regan Fowler competing on her horse Wendy during a cutting event for the California High School Rodeo Association. Photo credit: Suzanne Usher
Ethan Usher of Santa Ynez is the 2018 State Champion and will compete at the National High School Finals Rodeo in light rifle and trap.
Ethan Usher competing at the California State Finals Rodeo in light rifle, a three-position shooting competition. Photo credit: Roxanne Usher
Chance Leatherman is the 2018 State Champion for California High School Rodeo Association. He will be competing at the National High School Finals in Rock Springs, Wyoming.
Chance Leatherman riding his horse Kodi at a reined cow horse event for California High School Rodeo Association. Photo credit: Suzanne Usher
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