The National High School Rodeo Event is organized by the National High School Rodeo Association (NHSRA). The organization is based in Denver, Colorado. NHSRA was founded in 1961 and was intended to promote an undying interest in rodeo sports among the teens. As such, the event target only high school students. This is something that the event does until today. More importantly, the National High School Rodeo Finals also provides training and establishes venues for the main NHSRA Finals performances.
National High School Rodeo Finals
About the High School Division
The main event that the National High School Rodeo Association (NHSRA) is known for is the high school division rodeo. In the high school division rodeo, the National High School Rodeo Association holds an event that included two categories of both girls and boys. Here are the main events that take place in these two National High School Rodeo Finals.
High School Rodeo Girls Events
For the girls, NHSRA has prepared several events. These events include the following categories for the girls:
- All-around cowgirl
- Girls cutting horse
- Breakaway roping
- Goat tying
- Barrel racing
- Pole bending
- Rodeo queen
- Team roping
- Working cow horse
High School Rodeo Boys Events
Like the girls, the boys also have their own event categories. The categories include the following events.
- All-around cowboy
- Steer wrestling
- Tie-down (calf) roping
- Bareback riding
- Bull riding
- Team roping
- Saddle bronc riding
- Boys cutting horse
- Working cow horse
The only coed event in these two categories is the team roping event. They can’t take rest during Rodeo.
About Junior High Division
Apart from the main, events for the high school students which we have seen above, the NHSRA also provides a similar service to the junior high school-aged students. However, in this category, there is a wide range of events that are unique to this junior high division. There is also a rodeo called Junior World Finals Rodeo. High school students can join this rodeo
The events are equally divided among girls and boys and include the following categories among several other categories. The boy’s chute dogging, and the boys breakaway roping. There is also the goat tying event for the boys. The best thing about the Junior division is that it showcases the only event that has to have one girl and one boy, which is the ribbon roping.
NHSRA Scholarships and Membership
There are several requirements for the membership and the scholarships of the NHSRA. They include the following:
- First, the student must be very disciplined. They shouldn’t be ruled undesirable for bad behavior in school.
- The student must be under the age of 20 by the first of the National High School Rodeo year.
- The student must have enrolled in their 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grade (the year that precedes the National Rodeo year).
- At last, The student has made passing grades in at least 4 subjects.
Conclusion
Normally, every state or province can adopt its own state/province academic policies for grading or crediting the participants. As such, any student that attends the schools which will apply to the high school credits then becomes eligible so long as they meet all the requirements.
