Boots, chaps, cowboy hats: The rodeo has its own life cycle, as teens idolize the greats in the sport

Saturday, August 10, 2019 ~ Updated 10:40 AM

For 13-year-old Trell Amoss, opening night of the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo was a homecoming of sorts. After traveling around the country with the rodeo, which his family helped put on, the Malden native said it was nice to be at a rodeo in Missouri for a change. Sitting on an empty chute platform with fellow 13-year-old Cade Smith, the pair seemed happy to bask in the evening air and watch as the dozen or so cowboys and organizers prepared for the show.

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