Jerry Roberts, Ringgold, Va., and Tanner Blanks, South Boston, Va., from George Washington High won the High School Northern Regional tournament held on Sayers Lake Saturday, Sept. 3.
September 3, 2011 – Jerry Roberts, Ringgold, Va., and Tanner Blanks, South Boston, Va., from George Washington High won the High School Northern Regional tournament held on Sayers Lake Saturday, Sept. 3. TBF along with FLW Outdoors held the high school tournament in conjunction with the FLW College Fishing Northern Regional.
The team representing the state of Virginia had four bass weighing 8 pounds, 4 ounces to beat Chariho Regional High School by 4 pounds, 9 ounces. The winning team will advance to the 2012 High School Fishing National Championship for a chance to win a $10,000 scholarship ($5,000 to each team member).
“We had a pretty tough day,” said Blanks. “We really had to take our time and fish real deep. We were fishing between 10 and 25 feet using black flake and green pumpkin wacky Senkos and drop -shotting. “This feels real good,” Blanks added.
“I want to for sure go to a school that has a bass fishing club, hopefully Virginia Tech,” said Roberts. “This is so cool.
“We were catching about one fish an hour,” Roberts went on to say. “It was slow and we really had to grind it out.”
2nd Place Team from Rhode Island Talks to FLW Outdoors Host Jason Harper
State champions from Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia were invited to compete.
Rounding out the teams were:
2nd: Chariho Regional High School, Lowell Turner III, Bradford, R.I., and John Ryan, Hope Valley, R.I., 2 bass, 3-11
3rd: West Side High School, Henry Schomaker, Pineville, W. Va., and Phillip Browning, Cyclone, W. Va., 1 bass, 2-15
4th: South Burlington High School, Jamison Gott, Georgia, Vt., and Ben Seaman, Colchester, Vt., 1 bass, 2-4
5th: Plattsburgh Senior High School, Marshall Maynard, Plattsburgh, N.Y., and Jeremey Barber, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 1 bass, 1-5
6th: H.C. Wilcox Technical School, Justin and Alia Dingle, South Meriden, CT, 0 bass, 0-0
The winning team was determined by the heaviest weight for a maximum of five bass. The winning team from each of five regional championships advances to 2012 High School Fishing National Championship.
Coverage of the FLW College Northern Regional Championship will be broadcast in high-definition (HD) on VERSUS. “FLW Outdoors,” will air Nov. 6 from 1 – 2 p.m. ET. “FLW Outdoors,” hosted by Jason Harper, is broadcast to approximately 500 million households worldwide.
Story and photos provided by FLW Outdoors
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- South Burlington High School, Jamison Gott, Georgia, Vt., and Ben Seaman, Colchester, Vt., 1 bass, 2-4
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- Phillip Browning of the WV team shows off his catch
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- Jerry Roberts, Ringgold, Va., and Tanner Blanks, South Boston, Va., from George Washington High won the High School Northern Regional tournament held on Sayers Lake Saturday, Sept. 3.
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- 2nd Place Team from Rhode Island Talks to FLW Outdoors Host Jason Harper
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- Lowell Turner of RI shows off his catch for his team
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- The Champs from VA weigh in their fish
