The school year is coming to an end and that means State Finals are just around the corner. We all go to Abilene with our own goals, while most everyones is to make Nationals, some are just hoping for good, safe, clean runs. One thing about State - it can be overwhelming! There are so many great rodeo athletes from all across Texas and even some from other states that are competing here. We often sell ourselves short; just because you don’t have the most expensive horse o

There are nine awesome cowgirls vying for the title of Miss THSRA 2017. The will compete in modeling, prepared speech, interviews, horsemanship and a written test over the NHSRA rule book. A panel of six judges will score the ladies in each of 7 different categories, with the test score being their 8th score. The panel of judges are: Mrs. Amy Duvall of Henryetta, OK; Mr. Kent Sturman of Colorado Springs, CO; Miss Jesse Budd of Weatherford, TX; Mrs. Gala Nettles of Madison

Congratulations to the McCoy’s Farm and Ranch family of the month, the Lawson’s! The first generation farmers/ranchers, Jonathan and Jeanette Lawson along with their children Tyler, Travis and Taylor own and operate J&L Land and Cattle, and J&L Agricultural Equipment, LLC. located in New Waverly, Texas. The family has been selling agricultural equipment, custom baling hay and breeding commercial cattle for 25 years. The main part of their family business entails running a com

Congratulations to the Whatakid of the Month, Carly Staggs! The seventeen-year-old junior competes in the pole bending, barrel racing, goat tying, breakaway roping, and ropes on the heel side in the team roping. While she might be an all around cowgirl, she claims the pole bending as her favorite event. Her equine partner for the poles (and barrels) goes by the name of Lulu, and while the two of them share quite a few memories, Carly’s favorite is the time she and Lulu ran th