Cowboys and cowgirls from the area converged on the Lincoln County Fairgrounds on Friday morning to show off their skills from stick ponies to snorting broncs in the annual Afton Junior Rodeo. The event is the beginning of the Afton Freedom Festival which will take over the town’s Main Street all day Saturday, June 28.

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Here are a few shots from the rodeo grounds where tomorrow’s generation is earning their spurs. SVI PHOTOS BY DAHL ERICKSON.