Justin King
CORNING, California--Justin King, 18, a 2000 honors graduate of Corning Union High School, participated in the national rodeo finals in Springfield, Illinois, July 22 to 29.
He rated 26th out of 180 in the United States. The ranking also included Australia and Canada. He earned a membership in the California Professional Cowboy Rodeo Association.
Justin, who has been interested in rodeo riding since age 14, has tried bull riding, bareback and saddle bronk. Each weekend before Sunday rides, he would attend cowboy church services with a friend. He excelled in bareback, winning many trophies, including nine gold and silver buckles, a pair of spurs, shirts and jeans from Wrangler for being on the All Star Rodeo Team for two years, several hundred dollars and the Butch Trimm Memorial Scholarship Award for college.
He came in third in the California State Finals in Red Bluff in bareback and seventh in the saddle bronk class. This qualified him for the national finals. Alys Carrick.
Justin King
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