Local student qualifies to compete at world's largest Junior High Rodeo

Lane Wicks, a seventh-grade student at Chinook Jr. High School has earned a position on the Montana state/provincial National Junior High rodeo team and will be traveling with fellow teammates to Des Moines, IA June 23rd thru June 29th to compete at the 19th annual National Junior High Finals Rodeo (NJHFR) in Bareback steer & Team Roping (Header), competitions.

Featuring roughly 1,200 contestants from 43 U.S. States, 5 Canadian Provinces, Australia, and Mexico, the NJHFR is the world's largest junior high rodeo. In addition to competing for more than $80,000 in prizes, NJHFR contestants will a...