Hall of Fame cowgirl Sherry Cervi grew up in Marana and still calls it home. Marana now has two streets named her honor.
David Leighton For the Arizona Daily Star Because I write the Street Smarts column for the Star, Randy Agron, Rob Brack and Jon Fenton of the local development company A.F. Sterling Homes asked me in 2021 to help them come up with a couple of street names for a small development called Sierra Pointe being constructed near North Silverbell Road and North Coachline Road in Marana.
People are also reading… Sherry's mother was the barrel racing champion at the 1966 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros in Tucson and a National Finals Rodeo barrel racer who competed on an ex-race horse named Auto Dial. At the age of 12, she obtained her WPRA card and started competing in rodeo events, having success in some areas although she struggled in her favorite event, barrel racing.
In 1994 she began riding a gray gelding bearing the name Sir Double Delight, more commonly known as Troubles. The partnership achieved much success in barrel racing and soon after she did qualify for the NFR of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. She took second place, known as the Reserve World Championship.
Then, she quit rodeo in order to do some soul searching, unsure at the time whether she would return to the arena.In 2010, Cervi won her third World Champion Title, this time on MP Meter My Hay, better known as Stingray . By this point she had become the first cowgirl in history to earn over $2 million in earnings.
By 2016 she had become the most successful barrel racer in history and the first WPRA cowgirl to bring in over $3 million.
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