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1. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · Hannah Gill

   One more run: North Dakota pole bender takes high school championship on beloved horse (opens the original)

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   When Zoey Wagoner of Arnegard, North Dakota crossed the electric eye in the pole bending short round at the National High School Finals Rodeo, it was the end of an era for her and her horse, Lil Joe Whiz. Like a movie script ending, it was her last ride on the 18-year-old gelding, and his big heart carried her to their second world championship, then right into retirement. As they were preparing for the high school finals, Zoey wasn’t sure if she would be able even go when Lil Joe got sore and c

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2. Article · Aug 13, 2026 · Hannah Gill

   Riding to the top: North Dakota’s Hayden Wieser brings home the high school bareback riding championship (opens the original)

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   Bareback riding is in Hayden Wieser’s genetics, and for years the Walcott, North Dakota cowboy climbed on bareback horses to ride for six seconds and get bucked off, sometimes battling it out to the full eight seconds. That is, until one ride changed everything about bareback riding for him, an 83-point ride when he finally felt the rhythm of the bucking horse dance and ever since then Hayden has been on fire. In July, his high school career ended as the National High School Finals Rodeo Barebac

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