Next month, the 13-year-old eighth grader from Smithville, Texas, will be making his fourth trip to Las Vegas tocompete in the nation’s premier youth rodeo. This year’s JWF, which will be held just south of the Las Vegas Convention Center in a 52,000-square-foot tent, is scheduled for Dec. 5-14. And Wyatt will be spending a majority of his time at the JWF’s Wrangler Rodeo Arena. The three-event cowboy will compete in the 12-and-under tie-down roping, the 12-and-under breakaway roping and the team roping #10.5 division. “I’m ready,” Wyatt said in a phone interview last week. “I get to miss some school.” He also gets to do what he enjoys: rope. “I love this sport,” Wyatt admitted. “I think it’s just being with my friends and competing.” Wyatt will have plenty […]
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