The Roundup

ANGEL HAS ALWAYS HAD A LOT OF ENERGY; it just wasn’t channeled in the right way. And that became a huge struggle at school and at home, especially when Angel was being raised by a single ...

Like a West Texas cowboy who’s dressed up for a dance, Payton is wearing a wide brim cowboy hat that shadows his finest western shirt and jeans. He’s a quiet-spoken young man, outwardly simple, yet complex ...

Your heart breaks when a boy talks about how insecure and lonely he felt before coming to Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch. “I thought no one really liked me. I wasn’t a kid that someone would hang ...

BEFORE COMING TO CAL FARLEY’S BOYS RANCH, SARAH ADMITS TO BEING a “very, very stubborn child. I refused to do anything my parents said. They tried everything and eventually got to the point where they didn’t ...

AT 15, JUDE IS BIGGER AND STRONGER THAN MOST BOYS HIS AGE. That’s great when he’s playing on the Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch football team. It’s not so good when his temper gets the best of ...

IT STARTED WITH A HOUSE FIRE IN ARIZONA when Enzo was in sixth grade. Soon after, he and his family packed up all they had left and moved to Amarillo to live with his grandmother for ...