Articles from the Community Sports Archive

9 Feb 2012 | Web Editor
Wylee Mitchell

Wylee Mitchell competed in the Little Britches Rodeo Jan. 27 and 28 in Mt. Pleasant, Utah. She won first place in barrels, poles and flags, and won second place in the goat tail pull both days. She ran her fastest times in the barrels with a 16.6 and the flags ...

5 Jan 2012 | Special to Lincoln County Record
Golf

Six holes of crazy golf and a long ball driving competition. Sounds like unique fun doesn’t it? That’s what is planned for Jan. 21 on Eagle Valley Reservoir at Spring Valley State Park east of Pioche. Action begins at 9 a.m. There will be hot chocolate and great winter fun ...

29 Dec 2011 | Rachel Williford
Showing her daredevil side, Wylee,7, attempts to stand on her horse’s back.

Saddle up and get ready to ride, and try to keep up with young rodeo star Wylee Mitchell. Daughter of Rita Cheeney, this 7-year-old can ride with the best of them. Whether it’s for barrel racing, poles, goat tail pull or dummy roping, Wylee really “flies off her horse,” her ...

1 Dec 2011 | Rachel Williford
Closing out the season, Amy Wilkin celebrates her victory of a bull elk. She shot it with a borrowed 7MMSPW to score a 6x7 worth 361 points.

The early elk season, open from Nov. 4- 18, brought two kills for a mother and son from Pioche. Hunter Wilkin, 12, applied for his first elk tag this year. Facing many limitations, young Hunter received his elk tag and an early victory after the season opened. On Nov. 6, he ...

20 Oct 2011 | Rachel Williford
Kim Lee in his Dragster

Panaca resident, Kim Lee, secured the 2011 American Nostalgia Racing Association (ANRA) season championship in the Nostalgia Eliminator II (NE II) class Oct. 9. Racing at the notable Famoso track located near Bakersfield, Calif., the season consisted of hot rods, open wheel, junior dragsters, A-E/Gas and sportsman racecars as well. The ...