Kiowa's own Steele Smith wins World Champion Junior High Team Roping Header title
June 29, 2022
Imagine a 12 year old cowboy from Kiowa, Kansas, fresh out of sixth grade, walking into the arena of the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter with his 13-year-old partner, also just out of sixth grade from Ingalls, Kansas, to compete for the World Champion Junior High Team Roping title.
"I was kind of nervous and kind of calm all at the same time," Steele Smith said. "Then I just went out there and did my thing." One of the youngest team roping duos in the competition, Steele and partner Logan Vander Hamm competed all last week in Georgia at the 2022 National Junior High School Final...
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