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Kansas teen wins top national bronc riding title

By Frank J. Buchman
Aug 12, 2020
Aug 12, 2020 Updated Feb 10, 2021

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Bronc champion — Accolades filled the grandstand when Cable Wareham of Whiting, Kansas, showed his saddle bronc riding talents at the National High School Rodeo Finals in Guthrie, Oklahoma.
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Bronc shampion 2 — Concentrated determination matched with skills made Cable Wareham of Whiting, Kansas, the National High School Rodeo Finals champion saddle bronc rider.
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Frank J. Buchman is a writer and rancher located in the Kansas Flint Hills.

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