COLONY — Karter Miller has been an integral part of some of Crest High’s school’s most storied baseball and football seasons in recent memory.
But he’s choosing another avenue — rodeo — to continue his athletic career after graduation.
As his older brother Kobey did two years earlier, Karter Miller signed a letter of intent Wednesday to attend Fort Scott Community College and compete with the FSCC rodeo team.
“It’s probably always been rodeo,” Miller said. “I’ve been doing this since I was 8 years old.”
Karter, like Kobey before him, will compete in team roping and calf roping events.
There remains a tantalizing opportunity for the Miller brothers to compete with each other while at Fort Scott. Kobey Miller, a sophomore, has one year of college eligibility remaining.
“I’m trying to talk him into staying,” Karter laughed. “But it’s up to him.”
His salesmanship may have worked.
Kobey, who has no plans to go to a four-year school after Fort Scott, admitted he’s leaning toward staying at FSCC one more year in order to team up with his brother.
Both brothers said they’ll likely return home after Fort Scott to enter the workforce.
But there are other worries for the time being.
Karter is an essential component for Crest’s baseball team, which is coming off back-to-back state tournament appearances, and is positioned for another run at the school’s first-ever state title.
