CAPTION ONLY: PREP RODEO CHAMPIONSHIPS

Cade George of the Bear River rodeo club looks for the runway as he comes in for a landing after being tossed by a bull Thursday during preliminaries at the Utah State High School Rodeo Association state championships at the Wasatch County Fairgrounds in Heber. The rodeo continues at 7 p.m. tonight with the championship finals Saturday also at 7. The top four in each event qualify for the national championships at Shawnee, Okla., July 20-26. There are 435 entrants in this year's prep championships, and the UHSRA has 835 members, up from 680 of last year, says association secretary Lynda Norris. Thirty-seven states and three Canadian provinces participate in the nationals; this season, Utah provided one-fourth of the new national members. See results on Scoreboard, D3.