The Boisjolis are natives of Langdon, Alberta, which is a small town just outside of Calgary. That’s what pays for our school and for us to stay in the States.” “Between the three of us sisters, we have 19 head of horses,” she grinned. Makayla-who won the $500,000 WCRA Semi Finals in May that advanced her and Shelby to Green Bay-may or may not have mentioned that Shelby bought five breakaway roping prospects within the first week of being back home in Stephenville. She then plans to take the Certified Public Accountant exam before pursuing a doctorate degree, with the ultimate career ambition of being an accounting professor. She’ll start on her master’s degree in business administration (MBA) in the fall. “I used what I won in Green Bay to pay tuition, buy some calves and invest in a new breakaway roping prospect,” beamed Makayla, who’s 22 and just earned the degree of bachelor of business administration in accounting from Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas. “It was so cool that I don’t think it really hit me what had happened and how much I’d won until the next day.”īig sister Makayla’s reserve-champ’s check was worth a whopping $25,000, which also was her richest payday to date. “I don’t think I’ve ever won that much in a year,” said middle-sister Shelby, 21, who took the Titletown Stampede showdown round in 2.8 for the pretty grand $50,000 first-place prize. The WCRA has done wonders for the breakaway roping and all women in rodeo, and I’m thankful and proud to be a part of it.Shelby, Sherry, Makayla, Marissa and Garth Boisjoli in the Green Bay winner’s circle. “But so much good has come from the bad, and to see how our rodeo family has pitched in and pulled together after all the devastation down here has been amazing. “2020 has been tough on everyone, including my family,” Josie said. The top four women on the World Champions Rodeo Alliance leaderboard in each event advance to the last-perf Main Event in Fort Worth, and Guy leads the lady headers, while JJ Hampton, Josie, Kelsie Chace and Thompson are ranked first through fourth in the breakaway roping, respectively. Guy and Thompson are also on the roster alongside Josie at the historic $750,000 Women’s Rodeo World Championship, which is right around the corner-November 8-12 at Will Rogers Coliseum in Fort Worth, with the top six in breakaway roping, team roping and barrel racing advancing to the performances at the 2020 Professional Bull Riders World Finals at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. On the foundation of hard work as a family, Josie and sorrel sidekick Tonka’s recent rodeo highlights reel includes the average win and reserve Cowboys Professional Rodeo Association year-end championship at the October 9-10 finals in Giddings, Texas, for about $4,000 the win at the Oklahoma’s Richest Open Breakaway Roping on October 17 at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma, which was worth $11,500 and the co-championship with Alex Flautt at last weekend’s inaugural San Angelo (Texas) Roping Fiesta Women’s Invitational Breakaway Roping for about $8,000. The Conners are already working to replace the barn, and plan to rebuild their home on a different part of the property. So she’s been able to stay practiced up, which made this winning streak possible. On the bright side, besides two twisted I-beams, their indoor arena is still standing. But losing our house and our barn was nothing next to Lake Charles looking like a war zone.” More Devastation in Lake Charles (PC: The Advertiser) It’s crazy how one thing will look perfectly normal, when the thing that used to be right next to it is now gone. The winds were so high from the hurricanes that we think tornadoes hit here, too. We returned home to water damage and mold. The brick columns went through the front of the house, and a lot of the shingles on the roof were lost. Our house was totaled from the front side. It took awhile to get word on how badly our place was hit. “When we packed up our clothes to leave, they were only expecting a Category-2 storm.
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