Wilburn to compete at largest Junior High rodeo

Harper Kate Wilburn, a seventh grade student at Bridge Homeschool has earned a position on the Tennessee National Junior High rodeo team and will be traveling with fellow teammates to Perry, Georgia, June 19-25 to compete at the 17th Annual National Junior High Finals Rodeo (NJHFR) in the barrels, pole bending and ribbon roping competitions.

Wilburn is the daughter of Dustin and Kristin from Red Banks.

Featuring roughly 1,200 contestants from 43 U.S. States, five Canadian Provinces, Australia, Mexico and New Zealand, the NJHFR is the world’s largest junior high rodeo. In addition to competing for more than $80,000 in prizes, NJHFR contestants will also be competing for more than $200,000 in college scholarships and the chance to be named a National Junior High Finals Rodeo World Champion.

To earn this title, contestants must finish in the top 20 -based on their combined times/scores in the first two go-rounds to advance to Saturday evening’s final round. World champions will then be determined based on their three go-round combined times/scores. Added money for the optional jackpot has increased to $100,000 and is available to everyone at the finals who enters the jackpot in their event.

The Saturday championship will be televised nationally as part of the Cinc High School Rodeo Tour telecast series on RFDTV. Performance time each day 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.