PRORODEO Sports News - March 27, 2026 Digital Edition

Hali Williams claimed her second breakaway roping title at RodeoHouston. PRCA photo by Mallory Beinborn

summer rodeos. “Coming home and having to watch the finals at Fort Worth and San Antonio, I think it just made me chal lenge myself and really prepare myself mentally for these scenarios where you have to take chances. Some times they’re going to work; sometimes they don’t. It worked out today, and it’s going to make the summer run a lot more fun.” Every step is a building block for the young cowgirl, the daughter of eight-time PRCA Heading World Cham

pion Speed Williams. “I was very insecure and bullied a lot growing up,” said Williams of Comanche, Texas. “Being someone that can make people feel welcome and loved no matter what is what I really think my purpose is here. I don’t want to ever make anyone feel like I did growing up. It’s going to get better, and you’re going to make a lot of people feel better than you ever felt.”

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