Mattison & Poulsen Win Southern Conference Championship on Texoma

la-hs-winnersThe final conference championship was held this past weekend at Lake Texoma in conjunction with BFL Regional at Pottsboro, Tex. State Champions from Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma & Texas competed on Saturday, Oct. 19th.

It was a very tough day for all the high school fishing state champions. A strong cold front hit the area, making the fishing extra tough on the teams.  Only 4 fish total were weighed between the 7 teams competing. But Louisiana’s State Champions from Airline High School Cameron Mattison and Chad Poulsen captured the High School Southern Conference Regional Championship and will advance to the 2014 High School National Championship to be held next spring. They managed to bring 2 fish to the scales that weighed 3 lbs 15 oz, but it was enough to win the tournament.

Kansas State Champs Brock Miller & Dakota Driskill weighed 1 fish for 1 lb 15 oz, finishing them up in 2nd place. Third place went to Oklahoma’s Blake Capps and Josh Geim of Hilldale High School. They had 1 fish for 1 lb 10 oz.

This was the final conference championship of the 2013 High School Fishing Season.

The five conference champions moving on to the national championship are as follows:

Central Conference Champions – Kaleb Seeger & Jake Saterbak (Minnesota)

Northern Conference Champions – Corey Horelick & Austin Bestwick (Connecticut)

Southern Conference Champions – Cameron Mattison & Chad Poulsen (Louisiana)

Southeastern Conference Champions – Carter McNeil & Tucker Smith (South Carolina)

Western Conference Champions – Frankie Mueller & Shane Edgar (Arizona)

The Rotary Club of Fresno’s SAF Central California Open October 5th, 2013

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Over the weekend, 33 young anglers representing 9 high schools, blasted off in 18 boats to compete in California’s first high school open. The event took place on Pine Flat Lake just east of Fresno- And the weather was perfect. The lake’s big fish seemed to enjoy the pleasant day so much that they couldn’t be tempted onto a line, but the students found smaller keepers not quite so distracted. The individual team champions were Austin Thao and Brandon Yang from Clovis East High School with 7.82 lbs followed by Calem Bell and Dominic Moua of Hanford High at 7.40lbs then Brothers Tyler and Reece Wells of the Wells Academy bagging 7.08lbs. The day’s success was assured by the 13 volunteer boat captains culled from four local bass clubs.

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Three High School Regionals Held Last Weekend – Three Teams Advance to Nationals

IMG_4490Central Conference Championship – Results

The Central Conference Championship was held in conjunction with BFL Regional at Kentucky Lake in Gilbertsville, KY on October 12. State Championship teams from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, South Dakota, West Virginia & Wisconsin fished for the chance to advance to the 2014 High School Fishing National Championship next spring.

The fishing was tough for these high school anglers, but the team from Maple Grove High School in Minnesota, Kaleb Seeger & Jake Saterbak topped the field with 3 fish that weighed 8 lbs even. Taking second was the team from Brother Rice in Illinois, Joseph Hayes & Jimmy Ciurej who’s 2 fish weighed 4 lbs 14 oz. Rounding out the top 3 was Max Mercer and Job Ashby, the State Champions of Iowa with 3 lbs 15 oz.

Weigh-In Video

Southeastern Conference Championship – Results

On Saturday, October 12th, the Southeastern Conference Championship was held in conjunction with BFL Regional at Lake Lanier near Gainesville, GA. State Champions from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina & Tennessee came to compete.

The weights were close for the top 4 teams, with only 6 oz separating 1st through 3rd (tie). Beating the 2nd place team by only 4 oz, was the State Champions of South Carolina Abbeville High School, Carter McNeil & Tucker Smith. The winning weight was 11 lbs 10 oz. Second place went to Branson Marks & Luke Slaton of North Forsyth High School in Georgia. Their 5 fish weighed 11 lbs 6 oz. Tying for 3rd place was Austin Boyette & photoJoe Edwards, Jr of North Carolina and Saxton Long & Triston Crowder of Tennessee. Their limits both weighed 11 lbs 4 oz.

Weigh-In Video (Starts at 1 hr 11  mins)

Western Conference Championship – Results

The Western Conference Championship was held Sunday, October 13th in conjunction with Everstart Western Division at Clear Lake in Lakeport, CA. State Champions from Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.

Arizona State Champions Frankie Mueller & Shane Edgar blew the field out of the water with their monstrous 23 lb 11 oz sack, beating 2nd place by almost 5 lbs. The second place weight was still very respectable at 18 lbs. The team from Lake City High School in Idaho, Loren Torok & Kyler Fugate finished with 18 lbs 8 oz. Third place went to Graydon Brewer & Michael Warner of Colorado. They had 4 fish that weighed 12 lbs 8 oz.

The three conference champions will advance on to the 2014 High School Fishing National Championship that will be held next spring. The final conference championship of the season is October 19 at Lake Texoma in Texas.