SPORTS EDITOR’S NOTE: Each week, The People’s Defender will profile an Adams County senior student/athlete so our community and readers can get to know better these outstanding young people who participate both in athletics and academics in their high school.
NAME: Landon Wright
SCHOOL: North Adams High School
PARENTS: Terry and Debra Rigdon
SPORTS PLAYED IN HIGH SCHOOL: Track, Cross-Country, Football
FAVORITE SPORT: Track
FAVORITE THING ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: I love the competition and always trying to win
LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Giving it your all and still coming up short sometimes
MOST MEMORABLE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS MOMENT: After playing Manchester in football, both teams met on the field and prayed together
FAVORITE MUSICAL ARTIST OR GROUP: Dean Martin and Dion.
PLACE YOU’D LOVE TO TRAVEL TO: Alaska
YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE: “Black Hawk Down”
FAVORITE TV SHOWS: The Walking Dead
FAVORITE SCHOOL SUBJECT: History
FAVORITE SPARE TIME ACTIVITY: Lifting weights and running
FAVORITE RESTAURANT: Any place with bacon
WOULD LOVE TO TRADE PLACES FOR A DAY WITH: Nobody, I love my life the way it is.
FUTURE PLANS: Serving in the US Army as an 11 Bravo Infantryman