Newly-crowned state bareback champion Leighton LaFromboise is set to compete for a national title later this month after receiving travel funding from a local philanthropic organization.
The Quinn Memorial High School Rodeo, which is based in Boulder and aims to fund promising rodeo riders, gave Jefferson High grad LaFromboise $1000 to cover his expenses to participate in the U.S. national rodeo competition July 13-19 in Rock Springs, WY.
The nonprofit was founded in 2003 in memory of Mike and Peggy Quinn, who organized rodeos in Jefferson County before Mike’s passing in 1981. Organization officials Jeff Forbes, Marilyn McCauley, and Donna Gilmer presented LaFromboise with the check last week at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds.
