GALIA ACADEMY WINS OHIO STATE HIGH SCHOOL FISHING CHAMPIONSHIP ON ALUM CREEK

COLUMBUS, Ohio (May 12, 2015) – The Galia Academy team of twin brothers Kyle and Caleb Greenlee brought five bass to the scale Saturday weighing 11 pounds, 14 ounces, to win the 2015 Ohio State High School Fishing Championship presented by Cabela’s on Alum Creek Reservoir. The win earned the team the title of state champions and qualified the team to compete in the High School Fishing Central Conference championship on Lake Carlyle in September.

“We stayed pretty close to the launch ramp area most of the day,” said Kyle. “We caught most of our fish in the morning on watermelon-colored Zingers and Poppers.”

“We really want to thank our coach Todd May for helping us today,” added Caleb. “He kept us focused and I think that was our key to winning.”

The top four teams on Alum Creek that advanced to the Central Conference Championship were:

  1^st:        Galia Academy – Kyle Greenlee and Caleb Greenlee, five bass, 11-14

  2^nd:       Coshocton High School – Ethan Woodie and Zach Michael, five bass, 11-13

  3^rd:        Colerain High School – Cole Wessner and Dan Hechler, five bass, 10-14

  4^th:        Field High School – Cody Whitaker and Kyle Whitaker, five bass, 10-3

Rounding out the top 10 teams were:

  5^th:        Ohio Student Angler Federation – Kyle Waller and Reece Eddleblute, five bass, 10-2

  6^th:        Galia Academy – Wyatt Sipple and Zach Newell, five bass, 8-15

  7^th:        Ohio Student Angler Federation – Jeremy Reese and Allex Conner, five bass, 8-12

  8^th:        Ohio Student Angler Federation – Colten Didion and John Hutson, five bass, 7-14

  9^th:        Ohio Student Angler Federation – Tyler Bower and Vala Zeinali, five bass, 7-10

  10^th:      Cincinnati Student Angler Federation – Nicholas Ball and Tyler Reed, five bass, 7-7

Complete results can be found at HighSchoolFishing.org.

The 2015 Ohio State High School Fishing Championship was a two-person (team) event for students in grades 7-12. The top 10 percent from each TBF/FLW state championship field will advance to a High School Fishing conference championship along with the top three teams from each of the seven TBF/FLW High School Fishing Opens held this season. The top 10 percent of each conference championship field will then advance to the High School Fishing National Championship, coinciding with the TBF National Championship and an FLW Tour stop in the spring of 2016. The High School Fishing national champions will each receive a $5,000 college scholarship to the school of their choice.

In addition to the High School Fishing National Championship, all High School Fishing anglers nationwide automatically qualify for the world’s largest high school bass tournament, the 2015 High School Fishing World Finals, held on Pickwick Lake in Florence, Alabama, on July 8-11. At the 2014 World Finals more than $40,000 in scholarships and prizes were awarded. Visit HighSchoolFishing.org for details.

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