Limon's Eli Weisensee and the W Show Pigs

LIMON, Colo. — Eli Weisensee is a 17-year-old junior athlete at Limon High School. 

He's a basketball and football player, and runs his own company. 

Weisensee started raising and showing pigs in middle school and then shortly after started a business with his dad's college roommate called "The W Show Pigs."

Weisensee, breeds, raises, shows and sells pigs. 

In his six years in the business, Eli estimated selling around 150-200 pigs in total.

9NEWS Preps Reporter Scotty Gange caught up with Eli in January of 2021 right before his basketball season officially started.

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