Sarah Callaway of Dublin is also headed to state in goat tying. Larner was third in the finals in goat tying and fourth in breakaway. “It has been quite a journey and I’ve had a few set backs, but I think I’m just as strong or stronger now than ever before, and I can do everything just the way I used to, hopefully even better.” “This was a really exciting weekend because it’s the end of my journey in high school and now I’m looking forward to college,” said Larner, who has signed to compete for South Plains College in Lubbock. Felton is moving on in calf roping and steer wrestling, Lee advanced in saddle bronc riding and Larner is headed to Abilene for goat tying and breakaway roping after a long battle with knee injuries in recent seasons. They all know Sy Felton, Jarrod Lee and Lariat Larner, state qualifiers from Stephenville.

Everyone is friends and everybody knows everybody.” “And it’s not just our real family, here we’re all a rodeo family. “I have my little brother (Clayton Mayo) riding, too,” said Clint, whose father, Beau Mayo, is a former bareback rider himself. It’s a family event for all the local athletes that made it. The whole family is just so supportive of all of us.” “All of us love and help each other, and Paden gives me little pep talks before everything I do. “Having the whole family involved is a huge contribution to our success,” Presli Bray said. Wyatt Bray also qualified for state in team roping, furthering the Bray family success in the arena. Paden was even awarded for helping younger rodeo competitors in the region during an awards presentation following the second and final go-round Sunday. Paden Bray, a heeler, won the year-end team roping title along with header Ty Harris, and is also state bound in calf roping after winning the finals in that event.

“This year I’m just going to try to have fun and do what I do.”Īnd Presli will have cousins Paden and Wyatt Bray there to help and encourage her in Abilene. “Last year I was a freshman and I was definitely a little nervous at state,” Presli admits. Basketball and rodeo are what I do, I love it. “It’s a challenge balancing things, but I do the best I can and try to get in practice for both. “I’m just so blessed to be able to do what I do,” said Bray, also a basketball star at HHS. The sophomore won the finals in the goat tying and is second in the year-end regional standings. Presli Bray, a sophomore at Huckabay, is advancing in three events – goat tying, breakaway roping and team roping. He took the first round with 69 points, the second with 67 and the finals championship with the combined 136 on two at Lone Star Arena.īut Mayo won’t be alone on the journey to Abilene. Mayo won every round of every rodeo in Region III competition this season, and this weekend at the regional finals was no different. “I’m really looking forward to state and getting back to nationals and trying to win something there.” “We’ve rodeo’d all year and this kind of wraps things up as far as the region goes,” said Mayo, a senior who advanced from state to the National High School Rodeo Association finals last year. STEPHENVILLE (April 3, 2016) - Bareback rider Clint Mayo of Stephenville wrapped up a perfect Region III rodeo season Sunday and will be joined by a handful of other local athletes at the Texas High School Rodeo Association state finals.

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