Hagen Puentes was raised in the panhandle of Texas, soon after went to Murray State College to judge livestock and after he graduated, he transferred to OSU where he competed on the Livestock Judging Team while pursuing a degree in ag business.
Saxie is from Gruver Texas and has been showing cattle, judging livestock, and raising cattle on her family farm all of her life. She was also a part of a livestock judging team in high school and was very competitive in her career.