No sticks in the mud:

Kiddos show competitiveness, style in barrel-racing, bull/bronc riding

  • Holding on as his bull spun like a whirling dervish, stick bull riding competitor Corbin DeFrance rode all the way to the top spot at Monday night’s competition at the fairgrounds. Photo by Mary Cryer Awalt/Fairfield Recorder
    Holding on as his bull spun like a whirling dervish, stick bull riding competitor Corbin DeFrance rode all the way to the top spot at Monday night’s competition at the fairgrounds. Photo by Mary Cryer Awalt/Fairfield Recorder
  • Winning trophy buckles at the stick barrel racing contest Monday night were division winners Cealy Manahan, on left, and Kaselynn Brooke, on right. They flank assistant show director Kendal Turner.
    Winning trophy buckles at the stick barrel racing contest Monday night were division winners Cealy Manahan, on left, and Kaselynn Brooke, on right. They flank assistant show director Kendal Turner.
  • Top Stick Bull Riders at Monday night’s competition included 4-year-old Jesse Taylor, on left, and 5-7 division winner Corbin Defrance, on right. Pictured in the center is assistant show director Kendal Turner. Photos by Mary Cryer Awalt
    Top Stick Bull Riders at Monday night’s competition included 4-year-old Jesse Taylor, on left, and 5-7 division winner Corbin Defrance, on right. Pictured in the center is assistant show director Kendal Turner. Photos by Mary Cryer Awalt
Competition included both tears and laughter, often at the same time during the Freestone County Fair Stick Bull/Bronco Riding and Stick Horse Barrel Racing contest, held at the W.L. Moody Reunion Grounds after the fair parade Monday night. The two events were both divided into 4-and-Under and 5-7 divisions, and the top competitor in each received a trophy buckle. In the Stick Horse Barrel…

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