NJHFR Round 2 Winners and Those Who Advance to Compete for World Titles

The second half of the National Junior High Finals Rodeo (NJHFR) was filled with exciting runs, fast times, high-scoring rides, and monumental moments. After the winners of Round 1 were crowned, competitors were allowed to start over in Round 2 to set themselves up for average or to earn round wins if their first runs weren’t what they expected. Some completed their runs with short round tickets in tow, while others had learning moments that may not have been the performance they envisioned, but memories were made nonetheless and the 2024 NJHFR can be considered a success.

The World Champion Light Rifle Champion was crowned on Wednesday afternoon! After shooting a 369, Delaina Myer of Missouri won the 2024 World Title. Dot Veatch of Colorado was the reserve world champion. The full results are here.

Round 2 of the NJHFR got underway on Wednesday night. The first run of round two started faster in some events than it ended in round one after six runs. Taytum Anderson smoked a 20.06 pole bending run to get things started fast for round two.

𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 7 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨! -Rough Stock Arena
Bareback riding – Kyson Gourdin | UT | 62,000
Saddle Bronc Riding- Stockton Sharon | CO | 67,000
Girls GT- Teagan Trujillo | NM | 8,060
Boys GT- Cactus Cain | OK | 9,550
Chute Dogging- Cy Webb | TN | 2.8
Bull Riding – Conner Moore | MS | 71,000

𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 7 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨! – Arena for timed events
Barrel Racing – Laci Pole | AB | 15,164
Boys BBK – Riley Mahon | CO | 2,650
Girls BBK- Lucy Oversby | WA | 2,150
Tying with rope – Koda Peterson | UT | 10,390
Ribbon Roping-Owen Gillepsie & Marci Loucks | KY | 6,210
Team Roping – Cash Filipponi & Randon Rivera | CA | 8,190
Pole bending – Taytum Anderson | UT | 20.06

Performance 8 bareback rider Cooper Martin jumped to the lead with a 67.5 point ride. We also saw changes in the standings in the girls goat tying, bull riding, chute dogging, tie down roping, ribbon roping, team roping and boys breakaway.

NEW 8 YEARS! -Rough Stock Arena
Bareback Riding – Cooper Martin | ND | 67,500
Saddle Bronc Riding- Grady Cooley | CA | 56,000
Girls GT- LuKayzee Brink | SD | 7,960
Boys GT- Cashin Carson | ND | 10,480
Chute Dogging – Koalton Heckler | WV | 2,720
Bull Riding – Brody Boudreaux | LA | 67,000

𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 8 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨! -Timed event arena
Barrel Racing – Jordyn Staley | CA | 15,518
Boys BBK- Cole Capshaw | CO | 2,140
Team Roping – Cooper Brittain & Levi Berry | TX | 6,080
Girls BBK- Kelsi Motley | UT | 2,600
Tying with rope – Kash Jepson | NV | 8,840
Ribbon Ropes – J-Luke Wickett & Brook Banks | OK | 5,350
Pole Bending – Reese Chaffin | LA | 20,180

Thursday night brought round nine. The arena was drenched in pink rodeo shirts for the cancer awareness performance. The Saddle Bronc riding had a ranking change with Chance Anderson riding for 71 points.

NEW YORK 9 YEARS! -Rough Stock Arena
Bareback riding – Rhett Kelly | UT | 70,500
Saddle Bronc Riding- Chance Anderson | TX | 71,000
Girls GT-Charleigh Brewer | SD | 8,640
Boys GT- Juddy Farella | WJ | 11.050
Chute Dogging – Tripp O’Daniel | OK | 3,100
Bull riding – Erubiel Tarazon | MX | 70,000

𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 9 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨! -Timed Event Arena
Barrel Racing – Charly Jo Bastian | UT | 15,336
Boys BBK- Coy McMane | TX | 2,730
Girls BBK- Willow Vohs | ND | 2,330
Tying with rope – Kene Bracewell | TX | 9,880
Ribbon Roping-Blaze Carter & Crosby Casebolt | Okay | 6,640
Team Roping – Cruz Lillico & Jax Torkelson | AB | 7,230
Pole Bending – Haddie Matzke | KS | 20,647

Friday saw Performances 10 and 11 take to the arenas. Performance 10 produced some great runs but no changes in the standings. Performance 11 however brought the kids some heat. A 19.674 second run in the pole bending by Lane Brooks took over the fast time. We also saw changes in the standings in the boys breakaway, team roping and in the rough stock arena the bull riding produced a new leader for the round.

𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 10 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨! -Rough Stock Arena
Bareback riding- Westin Clemens | IA | 67,500
Saddle Bronc Riding Bronson Smith ID 66,000
Girls GT Addy Odom AZ 8,700
Boys GT Kyson Gordin UT 9.050
Chute Dogging Jeremiah Lyman-Palakiko HI 3,550
Bull riding Tyrel Koan SD 67,000

Time Limit 10! – Arena for timed events
Barrel Racing – Page Stearns | OK | 15,302
Boys Breakaway – Suitcase Calhoun | MS | 2.150
Girls Breakout – Georgia Fryer | CO | 2,930
Ribbon Ropes – Kenlee Kunz & Cinch Pope| ID | 7.17
Team Roping – Colt Daniel & Hattie Faulk | AL | 7,190
Pole Bending – South Keith | AZ | 20,527

NEW YORK 11 JANUARY! -Rough Stock Arena
Bareback Riding – Jaython Simoneaux | LA | 63,000
Saddle Bronc Riding – Ryder Wallace | ID | 63,000
Girls GT- Bailey Billingsley | MT | 8,580
Boys GT-Ryder Phillips Treat | AR | 9,360
Chute Dogging-Bait Neisemier | IA | 3.510
Bull Riding – Enoch Hall | TX | 76,500

Time Limit 11! – Arena for timed events
Barrel Racing – Mackenzie Geese | CO | 15,330
Boys BBK- Hagen Hale | TX | 2,000
Girls BBK- Anistyn Abel | tx | 2,490
Tie-down-J-Luke Wickett | OK | 8,460
Ribbon Throwing – Lousie DeLong & Henry Buchanan | NV | 6,580
Team Roping-Cactus Cain & Tripp O’Daniel | OK | 5,250
Pole Bending – Lanie Brooks WI 19.674

Performance 12 concluded round two for the NJHFR. The end of this round determined the precedence for the short round in which the top 20 average in each event would compete for the world titles on Saturday evening.

𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 12 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨! – Arena for timed events
Barrel Racing-CeCe Cowan | SD | 15.353
Boys BBK-JD Dubois | LA | 2,170
Girls BBK-Brinley Allen | IL | 2,560
Tie with rope – Colt Guillot | LA | 10,610
Ribbon Roping-Rhett Fulford & Delaney Thompson | FL | 6,530
Team Roping – Stetson Melby & Lucas Scott | MN | 7,130
Pole bending – Crosslyn Vest | AZ | 20,034

𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 12 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨! -Rough Stock Arena
Bareback Riding – Parker Norris | MS | 66,000
Saddle Bronc Riding- Cooper Martin | ND | 57,000
Girls GT- Kenna Hodson | UT | 8,080
Boys GT- George Boles | CA | 9,160
Chute Dogging – Juddy Farella | CO | 3,370
Bull Riding – Cole Hennigh | MO | 71,000

Saturday night’s short round was nothing short of thrilling to watch as these kids achieved year-long goals and fought for their place on the podium. Stay tuned for full coverage of the event and the world champions.