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CALDWELL’S WESTYN HUGHES recently competed in Tie-Down Roping at the National Finals Rodeo in Arlington. -- Photo courtesy of Roseanna Sales, PRCA ProRodeo Photography
CALDWELL’S WESTYN HUGHES recently competed in Tie-Down Roping at the National Finals Rodeo in Arlington. -- Photo courtesy of Roseanna Sales, PRCA ProRodeo Photography

Many Caldwell residents who have never followed the sport of Rodeo were glued to their televisions over the past week and a half to watch the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) and their hometown cowboy Westyn Hughes.

The NFR was Dec. 3-12 in Arlington at Globe Life Field and was aired on the Cowboy Channel and RFDTV and livestreamed on Cowboy Channel Plus.

ing of competing in the NFR when he was just 5-ye…