Royal ISD is proud to celebrate an outstanding showing by our Royal FFA students at the 2026 Waller County Fair! Our students represented Royal with excellence across livestock, judging, and Creative Living competitions, bringing home championship honors, top finishes, and numerous awards.

Champion Highlights

Three Royal FFA exhibitors earned some of the fair’s highest honors:

Raelee Hacke — Supreme Champion Breeding Heifer

Raelee earned Breed Champion and Reserve Breed Champion Angus, British Breeds Division Champion and Reserve Champion, and ultimately the title of Supreme Champion Breeding Heifer. She also placed third in her Market Lamb class and fifth overall, earned several Creative Living honors, and was named the Senior Division Waller County High Point Individual in Livestock Judging.

Callie Hacke — Reserve Grand Champion Market Lamb

Creative Living

• Callie Hacke — Grand Champion Open Division Photography; Grand Champion and Reserve Champion Open Division Acrylic Paintings; Blue Ribbon Open Division Culinary Sweets

• Raelee Hacke — Best of Show Open Senior Division Decorated Clothing; Grand Champion Open Senior Division Photography; Honorable Mention Photography; 3rd Overall Points Winner

• Josue Arciga — Reserve Champion Open Senior Division Culinary Sweets

• Sophia Orduna — Participant, Senior Country Creations Auction Division

• Gracie Orduna — Participant, Intermediate Country Creations Auction Division

• Walter Diaz — Participant, Senior Culinary Creations Auction Division

Poultry

Market Broilers

• Valentin Ferro — 7th

• Crixelle Benitez — 27th

• Juan Benitez — 33rd

• Josh Benitez — 43rd

• Eliana Nunez — 52nd

• Josue Zuniga — 56th

Market Turkeys

• Josh Benitez — 8th & 11th

• Juan Benitez — 15th & 17th

Meat Rabbits

• Chloe Benitez — 6th Place Pen

• Andrew Benitez — 16th Place Pen

• Ava Seward — 26th Place Pen; Top 5 Senior Rabbit Showmanship

• Sasha Torres — Participant

• Crixelle Benitez — Participant

• Suzannaa Ramirez — Participant

Market Swine

• Valentin Ferro — 1st Place Class 1; 3rd Overall Swine; Senior Showmanship Champion; Reserve Champion Senior Herdsman; 3rd Place Class 5

• Aidan Stokes — 6th Place Class 1; Junior Showmanship Champion; Champion Junior Herdsman

• Emery Pape — 7th Place Class 1

• Camdyn Nitzschke — 11th Place Class 1

• Asher Rico — 13th Place Class 1

• Rykan Jones — 15th Place Class 1

• Ava Pape — 3rd & 6th Place Class 2

• Hayden Rico — 2nd Place Class 3

• Shelby Woods — 5th Place Class 3

• Esmeralda Ramirez — 4th Place Class 4

• Ramiro Ferro — 5th Place Class 4; 4th Place Class 5

• Emery Woods — 10th Place Class 5

• Juan Benitez — 12th Place Class 6

Market Goats

• Ernesto Cardenas — 4th Place Class 1; Senior Novice Showmanship Champion

• Piper Abke — 2nd Place Class 2

• Memphis Jones — 3rd Place Class 2; Junior Showmanship Champion

• Ryah Jones — 4th Place Class 2

• Valerya Vargas — 5th Place Class 2

• Linsay Ceballos — 7th Place Class 2

• David Arvizu — 12th Place Class 3

• Alexys Nino — 14th Place Class 3

• Madison Meader — 1st Place Class 4

• Erin Stokes — 2nd Place Class 4

• Maria Gomez — 3rd Place Class 4; Senior Showmanship Champion

• Roberto Vargas — 2nd Place Class 5

Market Lambs

• Callie Hacke — 2nd Place Class 3; Reserve Grand Champion Market Lamb

• Raelee Hacke — 3rd Place Class 3; 5th Overall Market Lamb

Breeding Heifers

• Kynslee Hein — Breed Champion ARB; American Breeds Division Champion

• Raelee Hacke — Breed Champion and Reserve Breed Champion Angus; British Breeds Division Champion and Reserve Champion; Supreme Champion Breeding Heifer

• Callie Hacke — 2nd Place ORB Heifer

Scramble Heifers

• Yariel Marmolejo — 7th Place

Commercial Heifers

Lightweight ABC

• Kaylee Marmolejo — 1st

• Oscar Rivera — 2nd

• Shelby Woods — 3rd; Reserve Junior Showmanship Champion

• Kynslee Hein — 4th

• Ava Seward — 5th; Champion Senior Herdsman Winner

Middleweight ABC

• Kynslee Hein — 2nd

• Tate Seward — 4th

Lightweight AOB

• Hesston Harwell — 1st

• Ava Seward — 2nd

• Sasha Torres — 3rd

• Jaycee Estep — 5th

• Bailey Marmolejo — 7th

Middleweight AOB

• Emery Woods — 5th

• Yariel Marmolejo — 7th

Market Steers

• Emery Woods — 1st Place Middleweight American Steer; Breed Champion American Steer; Reserve Junior Showmanship Champion; Reserve Junior Herdsman Winner

Horse Show

• Dakota Johnson — 7th Place

Livestock Judging

• Moriah Martinez — Intermediate Division Waller County High Point Individual

• Raelee Hacke — Senior Division Waller County High Point Individual

Thank You, Royal FFA Family!

Behind these results are countless hours of preparation, early mornings, late nights, practices, feeding, caring for animals, creating projects, and learning along the way.

Royal ISD is incredibly grateful for our Agricultural Science staff and FFA advisors for the time, expertise, and heart they invest in our students. We are equally thankful for our parents and families, whose support, encouragement, transportation, time, and commitment make these opportunities possible.

And most importantly, congratulations to every student who competed. Every ribbon, placing, championship, and experience represents hard work and the courage to step into the ring and represent Royal.

Congratulations, Royal FFA! We are proud of you!

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