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Katie Jo Lester named 2012 Senior
Barrel Racing Champion
By EMILY HANSON
Katie Jo Lester suffered a severe concus-
sion while rodeoing on Aug. 11 at the Long
Beach Rodeo.
She rested for nearly two weeks before
competing in the Roy Rodeo on Sept. 1,
where she cracked three ribs.
Despite these injuries, Lester hit the sad-
dle once more Sept. 15-16 at the National Ju-
nior Rodeo Association (NJRA) finals, where
she won the title of 2012 Senior Barrel Rac-
ing Champion.
After taking a long break, Lester is ready
to ride.
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Courtesy of Liz Stabbert
Shelton's Katie Jo Lester, 16, waits
for her turn during a rodeo last
summer.
"After nationals, I gave my horse and my-
self a very long break because we've been do-
ing nothing but barrel racing and rodeoing
all season," Lester, 16, said. "I have had a
long enough break and want to get back to it.
I've been sitting around long enough."
Now finished with her fourth season of
rodeo competitions, Lester, with her horse
Scribbles, was crowned the 2012 Senior
Barrel Racing Champion of Western Wash-
ington by the Northwest Junior Rodeo Asso-
ciation. She competed in eight of 10 rodeos
this 'season and won first place in seven of
them.
"Since I took first, it put me ahead of ev-
erybody else in points," Lester said. "I'm hap-
py with it. I'm really proud of Scribbles. I did
a lot more than I did last year and there were
more new experiences this season."
Lester also won fifth overall cowgirl for
her participation in breakaway roping, goat
tying, rib-dogging, pole bending and cow rid-
ing.
She said her strongest event is barrel rac-
ing, which she has been competing in the
longest. Barrel racing is also her favorite
along with cow riding.
Lester's championship came after her
multiple injuries this summer.
"Two weeks before I broke my ribs, I was
in Long Beach and my cow sent me forward
and we hit heads," she said. "I don't know
how long I was out, because I was uncon-
scious, but I thought I just blinked."
Lester was transported from the rodeo to
the hospital, even though She said she didn't
want to leave the rodeo.
"They said I had a severe concussion and
I fractured my neck," she said.
Lester's never-quit attitude, despite her
injuries, has even earned her a nickname on
the rodeo circuit.
"They call me Rough Stock," she said. "I
will go to my grave rodeoing."
She said she's been riding Scribbles for
so long that she knows her horse well. This
is one reason why she enjoys cow riding so
much.
"I can tell you anything she's going to do
Shelton's Katie Jo Lester, 16, rides her horse
while competing at a rodeo this summer.
Courtesy of Liz Stabbert
Scribbles around a barrel
"They call me
Rough Stock ... I
will go to my grave
rodeoing."
before she does it," she said. "With the cows,
you don't know what's coming next. People
think the scariest part is when you're on the
cow and it's bucking, but it's when you're in
the shoot because they're banging around
and your feet are under them and you can't
do anything."
This is where Lester's size=- she's 5 feet
tall -- comes in handy.
"Luckily, I'm little enough that when my
animal starts freaking out, they just lift me
up and I dangle above it," she said.
Lester said she's shorter than most rodeo
girls and that her height works as both an
advantage and a disadvantage.
"Being littler allows me to move easier
with the bulls or cows, but it also allows them
to fling me around a lot easier," she said.
Though Lester said rodeoing is what
makes her life whole, she's also an active
member in the Shelton High School FFA
chapter. She holds the office of sentinel with
the chapter and competed at the national
convention this fall.
"I do mainly public speaking events," she
said. "We go to all different types of func-
tions from competitions to just hanging out.
We also judge livestock and go on camping
trips."
She said she and her FFA chapter
"worked our butts off' to get to nationals, but
once there, they mostly just hung out.
"I love my FFA family," she said. "My (ag-
ricultural) adviser, Ken Brown, is the best in
the world."
This winter, Lester plans to participate in
local rodeos and to do trail rides with Scrib-
bles.
"I'm just really proud of Scribbles," she
said. "I honestly do not know what I would
do without her. She's my partner is crime."
SHS girls' swimmers earn hono;rs
By EMILY HANSON The team was given an outstanding
emily'iim(~.~(m('ou~y.com award from the Washington Interscho-
======:===========:======================-======.======== lastic Athletic Association for its perfor-
mance in the classroom.
With an average team GPA of 3.5, Additionally, senior Sarah Myers
the Shelton girls' swim team earned was selected as the 3A Narrows League
academic honors this fall. Female Scholar Athlete for her 4.0 GPA.
Mary M. Knight senior outside hitter Ashley Sowle
during a game this fall.
File photo
receives serve
Lady Owls named to all-league teams
By EMILY HANSON
Five Mary M. Knight volleyball
players received mentions on the 1B
Coastal League All-League teams.
Setters sophomore Miranda Sowle
and junior Hannah Frost were both
named to the first team.
Senior outside hitter Ashley Sowle
was named to the second team.
Finally, sophomore defensive spe-
cialists Melodie Snyder and Jessica
Jimenez both received honorable men-
tions.
All five girls also received Academ-
ic All-League honors as well as sopho-
more defensive specialist Lauren Di-
erkop.
runners
By EMILY HANSON
rds
Several Shelton cross
country runners were pre-
sented with awards at the
team's banquet recently.
"We had our cross coun-
try banquet (on Nov. 8) and
seven boys and six girls
were awarded letters, ac-
cording to the standards
that were set forth before
the season began," head
coach Daryl White said.
Captain's awards were
presented to junior Cody
Williamson and senior
Bonnie Casper.
"...seven
boys and six
girls were
awarded
letters."
Casper also received the
girls' inspirational award
while the boys' inspiration-
al award went to senior
Zach Taylor.
The most improved
awards went to freshmen
Riley Rifle and Courtney
Burke.
Finally, the coaches'
awards were given to
freshman Lindsey Goldsby
and junior Ryder Phelan.
Mi il as well, because the effort be given to the winnerswith them as a donation
ss eToe will be intense. Courseof the men's and women's to the Kristmastown Ki-
Continued from page C-2 records were establishedraces. Gifts for the mas- wants.
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tem. minutes, 32 seconds, andsented immediately afterners are encouraged to
Runners are recom- by Kenna Valentich at the men's race. stick around and watch
mended to give them- 5:54. Runners are encour- the Christmas Parade or
selves time to warm up A $50 cash prize will aged to bring baby food eat downtown.
File photo
Shelton senior Zach
Taylor runs the Huff
'n' Puff trail during
practice at the
beginning of the cross
country season in
August.
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