Taj White and Nathan Cummings from the Phoenix High School Bass club brought a five bass of limit of Lake Havasu bass to the scales that tipped in at 18.1l pounds to win the Western Conference Regional Championship and claim their place in the TBF/FLW High School National Championship.

The pair held off a fierce charge from Jason Gentle and Cooper Goff from the Lake County Bass Club in California who also had a limit weighing 17.25 pounds. Their bag claimed the runner-up spot in the event, which brought together 10 teams from the Western Region to the Lake Havasu City marina where they were greeted by the Arizona Bass Federation who served as very gracious hosts for the event.

White and Cummings will join 12 teams from across the country at the TBF/FLW High School National Championship to be held next spring.

Rounding out the top three was the team of Joshua Gonzales and Garrett Bradshaw from the Delta Teen Anglers Team in California who also had a limit of bass that weighed 12.41 pounds.

Special thanks go out to the Lake Havasu Marina, the Arizona Bass Federation and former TBF BOD member Gary Bradford who served as tournament director for the event.

The 2016 Western Conference Regional was a two-person (team) event for students in grades 7-12. The top 10 percent from each TBF/FLW state championship field and the top three teams from each of the seven TBF/FLW Opens advance to the event.  The top 10 percent of each conference championship field will then advance to the High School Fishing National Championship, in the spring of 2017. The High School Fishing national champions will each receive a $5,000 scholarship to the school of their choice.

In addition to the state, conference and national championship events, all High School Fishing anglers nationwide qualify for the world’s largest high school fishing, standalone, championship event, the High School Fishing World Finals where $60,000 in scholarships and prizes are up for grabs.

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Nick Nocilla and Colby Robinson from Barbe High School caught a limit of bass by 9:30am flipping docks and structure, and then hoped it would hold up over the 40 boat field. Their 10 pound 4 ounce bag would be enough to top the field to win the Southern Conference Regional Championship on Cypress Lake near Shreveport/Bossier, La., October 14-15.

“We used a black and red jig to catch most of our fish around docks and structure today,” Nocilla said.  “It’s kind of funny, once we caught that limit we didn’t catch another keeper the rest of the day,” Robinson added. “We weren’t sure if we had enough to win, but as we watched the other teams weigh-in we thought maybe we had a chance.” The pair will lead a four team contingent to the High School National Championship next spring.

Coming in second, was the team of Dakota Pfoh and Justin Shelton from Mabank High School in Texas. They also brought a limit of bass to the scales at the scenic Cypress Lake Recreation area park weighing 9 pounds 11 ounces to claim the runner-up spot and punch a ticket to nationals.

Right behind them was the Mt. Ida, Arkansas duo of Hunter Bissell and Ty Whisenhunt. They had a limit that tipped in at 9 pounds 2 ounces for third and a national slot.

Rounding out the top four and claiming the final qualifying spot was the team of Ryan Mozisek and Josh Gray from Arkansas’s Benton High School with a limit weighing 9 pounds.

The number of qualifying spots is based on the number of teams that qualified for the event from the state championships and the TBF/FLW National Opens.   Special thanks to the Shreveport Bossier Sports Commission, the Cypress Lake Black Bayou Recreation Area, as well as, the Louisiana TBF for providing manpower and a terrific facility for the event.

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October 12, 2016

Alex Lawliss and Perry Marvin brought in a five bass limit weighing 17.55 pounds to win the TBF/FLW Northern Conference Regional Championship on Lake Champlain in Ticonderoga, N.Y.  The pair earned the championship titles, trophies and a slot in the TBF/FLW High School National Championship to be held next Spring.

Lawless and Marvin from Peru High School in New York slipped by Dylan Hartman and Ryan DeGraw from New Jersey who also had limited that weighed 16.30 pounds to claim the runner-up spot.  Rounding out the top three was the team of Landon Siggers and Jacob Johnson from Tunstal High School in Virginia.  They had a limit of bass weighing 15.85 pounds.

The top 10 percent from each TBF/FLW state championship field and the top three teams from each of the seven TBF/FLW Opens advance to a Conference Championship event.  The top 10 percent of each conference championship field will then advance to the High School Fishing National Championship in the spring of 2017. The High School Fishing national champions will each receive a $5,000 scholarship to the school of their choice.

In addition to the state, conference and national championship events all high school anglers nationwide qualify for the world’s largest high school fishing standalone, championship event, the High School Fishing World Finals with over $60,000 in scholarships and prizes up for grabs.

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