By mvhannigan
Landrey Rogers made it three in a row Tuesday night when she won the Grand Champion buckle at the HCLS Breeding Swine Show.
Landrey won the same award last year … and the year before.
She won Reserve Grand Champion this year and last year, as well.
Landrey, 12, lives in Athens and is a 6th grader at Martin’s Mill and a member of the LaPoynor FFA.
You don’t have to spend much time with Landrey to find out she loves the livestock show.
“I just love showing pigs,” she said. “I show pigs and cows.”
That’s right, Landrey isn’t a one-dimensional champion. She has also won both Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion in the Commercial Heifer Show at the HCLS, and she will be looking to add to her buckle total in that event later in the week.
As it is, she has so many buckles she’s not sure of the number. “Ten or 11,” she says.
That’s probably because she comes from an agricultural family, which seems to be more important to her than the winning.
You can tell because little sister Libby, 8, who isn’t quite big enough to show hogs herself, is wearing one of Landrey’s buckles, and Landrey insists that Libby share the spotlight with her. And because both grandmothers — Beth Rogers and JoAnne Cooper — are right there alongside their granddaughters.
And because when asked to name her most important teacher, Landrey named mom and dad: Brad and Amy Rogers.
And in the end, isn’t that the biggest win to come out of the livestock show — the one shared by everyone.
See the results from the Breeding Swine Show here.
You can see more photos from the Breeding Swine Show here.