By Megan Wehring

HAYS COUNTY — When 14-year-old Gaby Castro was introduced to aerial dance and acrobatics at the age of 12, the competitive dancing world as she knew it was about to change.

Gaby was dancing at a semi-professional level when she would have been one of the top-ranked dancers in Texas. But, she decided to be an aerialist instead just when “The Greatest Showman” was released in theaters.

“Then, 12 and 13 come along, and she’s like ‘Nope, I think I wa...