Win at Lakeside rodeo gives Popko CJRA points lead

Kerry Popko returned to the lead in the California Junior Rodeo Association’s Pole Bending points standings by winning that event August 18 at the Lakeside Rodeo Grounds.

The August CJRA competition also marked the junior rodeo debut of Fallbrook’s Alyssa Clukey, who finished fifth in her first-ever CJRA Pole Bending competition.

The Pole Bending win was the second CJRA first-place showing in a row for Popko, who also won the July 14 event at Camp Pendleton’s Ace Bowen Rodeo Grounds. Popko earned 48 CJRA points for the July win to increase her season total to 110, and she entered the August ev...