SYRACUSE – For most of the past three decades Lindsey Beach’s family has endeavored to match her 1997 trophy haul at the Otoe County Fair, but at the FFA and 4H beef shows Saturday they finally exceeded it.

Lindsey, the original Beach girl, is known now by the surname Chase. She was the intermediate showmanship champion and showed the champion shorthorn and best British breed. Her top trophy for 4-H market steer was something her family pursued for 28 years.

Chase: “It was time to be broken.”

The Auburn resident said her champion shorthorn in 1997 probably would not have challenged this year’s champion, a 1,354-pound blue roan named Rooster.

Rooster, also with shorthorn genetics, was second in his class this June at junior nations.

He was shown by Aliyah Beach for the market steer championship in Otoe County and the fair’s supreme market animal.  To do that, Rooster had to prevail over 15-year-old Annalynn Beach, her peach-colored FFA champion and her crossbred reserve champion named Gretzky.

Annalynn, Aliyah and Aizley

Annalynn: “It’s really exciting because it’s like family generations and getting to know we get to carry that on through the next ones. Even though I didn’t win, but my sister did, it’s still super exciting for our family and me getting the FFA win was awesome.”

Chase talked about the keys of her nieces’ success.

 

Chase: “Hard work, lots of time in the barn, great family that supports them. Their dad does a lot of them and I know they appreciate all that he does too.”

Annalynn said she can’t say which family members will win at the fair over the next 30 years.

Annalynn: “I know they all would really love it. If they work really hard at it, especially Kade Mathew. He loves cows. He will definitely be involved in ag and I think most of them will be because it’s just a great thing to be in.”

 

The Beach Girls shared the championship run in the 4-H show with champion the bred and raised market steer champion showed by Sydney Wood.