Thomas Chambers and Brandon Koon Earn 2011 High School Fishing World Finals Champion Titles!!!

Chambers and Koon from the Arizona Bass Busters sealed the deal today with a sweet victory at the second annual, 2011 High School Fishing World Finals on Lake Dardanelle.

Both walked away with scholaship offers of $4,000/yr, renewable for up to four years totaling $16,000 a piece/$32,000 from Bethel University, spots on the Bethel University Varsity Fishing team, $500 Cabela’s gift cards, new Compaq laptops, plus some heavy jewelry and the esteemed Worlds Champion titles.  In addition the two anglers will represent High School Anglers nnationwide with an invitation to fish the 2012 ACA BoatsUS Collegiate National Championship out of a custom wrapped Ranger Boat! The team will compete right along side the top college anglers in the US!

 

Today the weights were zeroed for the final day of competition, making the playing field level and the weigh-in that much more intense.  With yesterday’s tournament leaders last to the scales and the largest tournament stringer just weighed, tension mounted as the scales turned the fates.  Chambers and Koon’s 19lb 8ounce stringer held the top spot and named the anglers all the way from Arizona the 2011 High School Fishing World Finals Champions. Continue reading

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Top 7 Finalists Advance – Rest to Fish in Unique Consolation Round

July 22, 2011 – The heat wave continued today here at Lake Dardanelle. The pool levels fluctuated a little here on the Arkansas River system and it seemed to help a lot of our high school teams today.

Yesterday’s second place team Cody and Trevor Jeffers of BCCC (Barnwell County Career Center) Youth Bass Team in Barnwell, SC, our only team from South Carolina, jumped into first today with just a few ounce lead. They caught another 5 bass limit that weighed 10 lbs 1 oz, making their two-day cumulative weight 24 lbs 3 oz. “If we won this tournament, this might be our only chance to go to college by getting this 4 year scholarship with Bethel University. It would mean a lot to us.” Continue reading