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Rodeo dreams

Local bronc rider reins supreme
W Turn the calendar ahead to the present. The kid who

When Will Smith’s father was a Kershaw County high fence. By the time he was 13, he attended a weekend
school principal, one of the major fundraising endeavors rodeo school and was hooked.
the school sponsored was a high school rodeo event on
the school grounds.
watched and dreamed of riding aboard the back of a
Will watched riders don their chaps, cowboy hat and bronc is today competing in that ring. He has become the
protective vest before jumping onto the saddle and then guy the kids watch and want to become.
wrapping the rope around their wrist and see if they
could hang onto a bucking bronc for eight seconds. Now a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys
Association (PRCA), Will is living out his childhood dream.
The young Smith was captivated at the sights he saw In 2017, he won four event titles and shared another.
while standing on the other side of the protective steel Since joining the PRCA in 2011, he has won or shared 11

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