GILLETTE, WYOMING S GILLETTE NEWS RECORD S Sunday, July 16, 2017 PAGE B3

RETURNING CHAMPS

Champs: 13 are
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in 2016. Shes also competing in
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Opal Harkins (No. 10) of upper level Wyoming Center
Billings, Montana, also returns.
She was crowned nation-
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Roberto Galaz (No. 229) of
Los Lunas, New Mexico, will
return to defend his 2016 title in
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Judd Hebert of Egan, La., celebrates after wining the bull riding competition at the 2017 NHSFR.
light rifle shooting this year. The
15-year-old sophomore is among
the 13 National Junior High
Finals Rodeo champions (from
2013 to 2016) competing in
Gillette in 2017. He won nation-
al junior high titles in 2014 and
2015 and won the 2016 high
school crown his rookie year
with 657 points, 14 more than
his next closest competitor.
Barrel racing
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Big Piney, Wyoming, returns as
the 2016 national reserve cham-
pion. The 17-year-old senior
tied with Sadie Leyba of Ely,
Nevada, a year ago, just two-
tenths of a second behind the
graduated champion, Alex Odle,
of Brush, Colorado. Two others Project Specific Residential/Commercail
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in 2017. Among the cowboys
returning from the top 10 is
Stetson Wright (No. 654) of

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Milford, Utah. The 17-year-old
junior placed eighth in saddle
bronc a year ago. Also back is
Dylan Schofield (No. 1427) View our photo galleries from the 2017 National High
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17-year-old junior was the 2015
NHSFR reserve saddle bronc
champion.

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