Wylee Mitchell

Local teen raising money for suicide prevention

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In businesses throughout Lincoln County, customers will find memorabilia for sale that features a semicolon.  In literature, this punctuation mark is used to denote the end of one thought, but there is more to add to the sentence. Wylee Mitchell of Pioche is using this idea to help stop future suicides. Her efforts are not going unnoticed, with KSL News in Salt Lake … [Read more...] about Local teen raising money for suicide prevention

Local youth rodeo competitor to compete at Junior World Finals

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Courtesy photo Local teen Wylee Mitchell will compete in the KK Run for Vegas/Junior World Finals Barrel Race and Pole Bending in December. Submitted Local cowgirl Wylee Mitchell will get to race among the stars in Las Vegas in December. Wylee will be one of 160 contestants competing at the KK Run for Vegas/Junior World […] This article is available to … [Read more...] about Local youth rodeo competitor to compete at Junior World Finals

Local Eighth Grader Competes at Nevada State Finals Rodeo

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[evp_embed_video url=”https://lccentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/IMG_7935.mov” autoplay=”true”] Wylee Mitchell and her team of equine athletes recently competed at the Nevada State Finals in Winnemucca. As an eighth grader, this was Mitchell?s last year to compete in the junior high division and she made it one to remember, competing in six events: barrels, poles, goats, … [Read more...] about Local Eighth Grader Competes at Nevada State Finals Rodeo

Local Cowgirl to Compete Again at National Event

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For the second straight year, Lincoln County cowgirl Wylee Mitchell has qualified to compete at the RFD-TV?s American Semi-Finals in Fort Worth, Texas. Mitchell qualified on her seven-year-old horse, Rudy, whom Mitchell helped train. The semi-finals will be on Feb. 20 at the Fort Worth Stockyards, consisting of over 200 barrel racers from the 1900 […] This … [Read more...] about Local Cowgirl to Compete Again at National Event

Wylee Mitchell places in top 10 at national rodeo

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On Feb. 19, Lincoln County?s Wylee Mitchell achieved a success that a professional barrel racer can only dream of, at just 12 years old, when she competed and placed ninth in the 2017 RFD-TV?s The American in Arlington, Texas. ?Middle schooler Mitchell went through years of training in order to qualify for the RFD. Her […] This article is available to Lincoln … [Read more...] about Wylee Mitchell places in top 10 at national rodeo