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It took them two hours longer than it should to have gotten here, but these Texans were glad to get here when they rolled into the Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center shortly after midnight Saturday morning.
Angela Padgett, Centerville, Texas, and Pam Ghormley, from Bedias, are back for their third IFYR. Each of their daughters and a couple of other contestants they rodeo with in the same Texas region are competing this week.
On their way here, they got stuck in Dallas traffic during heavy rainfall, they took a wrong exit, and it took them 8.5 hours rather than the six it should have.
Padgett said the friendly people here make up for it, though, saying “everyone is so helpful and they go out of their way to assist you.” Ghormley echoed those sentiments.
Padgett’s daughter, Callie, is 16, and a junior. Callie said she is competing in the barrel racing, goat tying and breakaway roping during her first year as a contestant. Her older sister competed here twice previously.
Her friend Kailee Gibson, 16, from Huntsville, is here for her second IFYR. She is competing in barrel racing and pole bending. She said “I like the competition the best.”
Another of their friends, Heather Humphries, 15, and a sophomore, is from Buffalo, Texas, and is entered in barrel racing and pole bending.
Ghormley’s daughter Meagan, who just graduated from high school, is the Texas state pole bending champion. She will compete in Gillette, Wyo., next week at the National High School Finals Rodeo. Here, she is entered in the poles, barrels and breakaway roping.
Even though the Saturday finals here have been moved up to a 10 a.m. start, Ghormley is still worried about getting to Gillette on time. Contestants are supposed to be in Gillette by 7 a.m., although the contestants competing here in the Saturday morning finals have an extension beyond that.
Callie, Heather and Meagan are all competing on the same team here this week.
It took them two hours longer than it should to have gotten here, but these Texans were glad to get here when they rolled into the Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center shortly after midnight Saturday morning.
Angela Padgett, Centerville, Texas, and Pam Ghormley, from Bedias, are back for their third IFYR. Each of their daughters and a couple of other contestants they rodeo with in the same Texas region are competing this week.
On their way here, they got stuck in Dallas traffic during heavy rainfall, they took a wrong exit, and it took them 8.5 hours rather than the six it should have.
Padgett said the friendly people here make up for it, though, saying “everyone is so helpful and they go out of their way to assist you.” Ghormley echoed those sentiments.
Padgett’s daughter, Callie, is 16, and a junior. Callie said she is competing in the barrel racing, goat tying and breakaway roping during her first year as a contestant. Her older sister competed here twice previously.
Her friend Kailee Gibson, 16, from Huntsville, is here for her second IFYR. She is competing in barrel racing and pole bending. She said “I like the competition the best.”
Another of their friends, Heather Humphries, 15, and a sophomore, is from Buffalo, Texas, and is entered in barrel racing and pole bending.
Ghormley’s daughter Meagan, who just graduated from high school, is the Texas state pole bending champion. She will compete in Gillette, Wyo., next week at the National High School Finals Rodeo. Here, she is entered in the poles, barrels and breakaway roping.
Even though the Saturday finals here have been moved up to a 10 a.m. start, Ghormley is still worried about getting to Gillette on time. Contestants are supposed to be in Gillette by 7 a.m., although the contestants competing here in the Saturday morning finals have an extension beyond that.
Callie, Heather and Meagan are all competing on the same team here this week.
