RIDGEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL Equestrian Team member Courtney Erickson placed first and received a gold medal in the saddle seat event during the 2013 WAHSET State Meet. Photo by Lisa Threatt, Sierrabreeze Photography.
THE LA CENTER High School Equestrian Team took fifth place in the working fours drill event at the WAHSET State Meet in May. The working fours team consisted of Katelyn Eckert, Heather Haasl, Kristen Nye and Ashlyn Perriman. Photo by Lisa Threatt, Sierrabreeze Photography
KYLIE VROMAN, a member of the Prairie High School Equestrian Team, took the gold medal in the hunt seat over fences event at the WAHSET State Meet, held May 16-19, at the Grant County Fairgrounds in Moses Lake. Photo by Lisa Threatt, Sierrabreeze Photography.
High school equestrian teams from the North Clark County area competed in the 2013 WAHSET State Meet May 16-19, at the Grant County Fairgrounds in Moses Lake. The teams did well in numerous individual and team events.
The Hockinson High School Equestrian Team was named the WAHSET State Team High Point winner in the medium team category. Several individual participants earned gold medals and others were awarded scholarships.
Here are the state meet results for the six area high school teams, both for team and individual events:
Battle Ground (District 4) Barrels: Emily Bozarth, 30th place; two-man birangle: Marisa Hermance and Natalie Bessette, 22nd place; steer daubing: Bozarth, 11th place; figure 8: Bozarth, 25th place; pole bending: Bozarth, 20th place; team sorting: Hermance and Bessette, 19th place; high point individual timed: Bozarth, 40th place.
Marisa Hermance received the WAHSET State Scholarship for District 4.
Prairie (District 4)
Break-away roping: Casey Kampe, gold (first out of 15 riders); hunt seat over fences: Kylie Vroman, gold (first out of 20 riders) and Kendall Pedigo, bronze (third out of 20 riders); dressage: Pedigo, silver (second out of 21 riders); drill: Alex Barber, Pedigo, Kolton Dehaan, Kiauna Johnson, Stephanie Ivarsen, Emily Giffoni, Kampe, Lacey Ailshie and Lonni Knaisch, silver (second out of 11 teams); hunt seat: Vroman, bronze (third out of 23 riders) and Barber, fourth place; working rancher: Pedigo, sixth place and Barber, 10th place; showmanship: Barber, sixth place; steer daubing: Ailshie, ninth place; stock seat: Paige Rinta, 10th place; reining: Pedigo, 10th place; keyhole: Barber, 11th place; in-hand trail: Bianca Lujan, 13th place; working pairs: Rinta and Barber, 14th place; trail: Rinta, 16th place; barrels: Ailshie, 31st place.
High point individual performance: Pedigo, fourth place, Vroman, ninth place, Barber, 11th place, Rinta, 64th place, Lujan, 86th place; high point individual timed: Kampe, 14th place, Ailshie, 40th place, Barber, 53rd place.
Alex Barber was the high point individual versatility reserve champion.
Ridgefield (District 4)
Working fours drill: Courtney Erickson, McKenzie Derheim, Brianna LaRoy and Brooke Killinger, gold (first out of 18 teams); saddle seat: Erickson, gold (first out of 17 riders) and Killinger, 10th place; working pairs: Cheyenne Coleman and Amy McDonald, fifth place; in-hand obstacle relay: Coleman, Erickson, LaRoy and McDonald, 20th place; stock seat: McDonald, 21st place; hunt seat: McDonald, 15th place; driving: Killinger, seventh place; reining: McDonald, seventh place.
High point individual performance: Erickson, 28th place, Killinger, 37th place, McDonald, 45th place.
Amy McDonald also was a State WAHSET Scholarship recipient and Courtney Erickson was a District WAHSET Scholarship recipient.
Hockinson (District 3)
Two-man birangle: Tasha Grinde and Hope Miller, gold (first out of 27 teams); hunt seat: Riley Bylsma, gold (first out of 23 riders) and Nadine Miller, silver (second out of 23 riders); figure 8: Grinde, bronze (third out of 37 riders); working rancher: Nadine Miller, bronze (third out of 22 riders) and Jenny Wirth, fourth place; roping: Grinde, bronze (third out of 15 riders) and Anna Uusitato, fifth place; team sorting: Molly Beu and Tessa Landwehr, bronze (third out of 23 teams); poles: Hope Miller, 19th place; showmanship: Nadine Miller, 16th place and Wirth, 18th place; trail: Bylsma, seventh place and Nadine Miller and Wirth, tie for ninth place; stock seat: Nadine Miller, fourth place and Wirth, eighth place; reining: Elle Tilkin, 21st place; barrels: Grinde, 16th place; working pairs: Bylsma and Wirth, fourth place; jumping: Tilkin, sixth place and Megann Phillips, ninth place; dressage: Tilkin, sixth place and Bylsma, 16th place.
High point individual performance: Nadine Miller, third place, Wirth, 11th place, Bylsma, 14th place, Tilkin, 22nd place, Phillips, 64th place; high point individual timed: Grinde, eighth place, Uusitato, 28th place, Hope Miller, 81st place.
Nadine Miller and Megann Phillips were each awarded a scholarship from WAHSET District 3.
La Center (District 2)
Team sorting: Katelyn Eckert and Kristen Nye, 17th place; working fours drill: Eckert, Heather Haasl, Nye and Ashlyn Perriman, fifth place; keyhole: Nye, 13th place; pole bending: Nye, 17th place; reining: Perriman, 16th place; high point individual performance: Perriman, 99th place; high point individual timed: Nye, 57th place.
Woodland (District 6)
Dressage: Katie Clune, 17th place; in-hand obstacle relay: Clune, Savana Tubbs, Tabitha Johnson, McKenna Paul and Rali Partch, eighth place; in-hand trail: Clune, eighth place; saddle seat: Johnson, fifth place and Clune, 16th place; high point individual performance: Johnson, 49th place and Clune, 50th place.
