BHS student Weaks to compete at Texas High School Rodeo State Finals

Boerne High student Layla Weaks will be travelling to Abilene to compete in the Texas High School Rodeo Association State Finals being held June 6-11.

The state finals are an annual week-long event where high school students across Texas and surrounding states compete.

Weaks, who just wrapped up her sophomore year at BHS, will be competing in the Girls Breakaway Roping event.

“It took hard work, dedication and a positive mindset to make it to the state finals this year,” Weaks said.

The THSRA is a 501-C non-profit organization that is the largest, most prestigious state high school rodeo association in the nation. THSRA sponsors more than 125 rodeos per year throughout 10 regions across Texas.

The rodeo year begins in August and concludes with the finals in June. It is here at the largest rodeo in the state of Texas where the “elite compete” featuring the top cowboys and cowgirls from each region.

The association will award more than $150,000 at the finals, bringing the total amount in state scholarship money to $300,000. Some of the contestants will advance to the National High School Finals Rodeo held in Wyoming this July.