BANDYS HIGH SCHOOL WINS SECOND-STRAIGHT NORTH CAROLINA STATE HIGH SCHOOL FISHING CHAMPIONSHIP ON LAKE NORMAN
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (June 16, 2015) – The Bandys High School team of Tyler Black and Logan Anderson brought five bass to the scale Sunday weighing 13 pounds, 15 ounces, to win the 2015 North Carolina State High School Fishing Championship on Lake Norman. The win earned the team the title of state champions and qualified the team to compete in the High School Fishing Southeastern Conference championship on Lake Lanier in September.
The top three teams on Lake Norman that advanced to the Southeastern Conference Championship were:
1st: Bandys High School – Tyler Black and Logan Anderson, five bass, 13-15
2nd: East Gaston High School – Connor Usher and Corey Lassiter, five bass, 12-8
3rd: South Granville High School – Noah Howard and Brady Trueheart, five bass, 10-10
Rounding out the top 10 teams were:
4th: North Lincoln High School – Joshua Benge and Cameron Keller, five bass, 10-1
5th: North Carolina Student Angler Federation – Tyler Dunn and Matthew Shrewsbury, five bass, 9-12
6th: Statesville High School – Gilliam Tharpe and Blake Collins, five bass, 9-10
7th: Lake Norman Charter High School – William Monti and Curtis Brown, five bass, 9-9
8th: Cherryville High School – Ethan Moss and Austin Treadway, five bass, 9-7
9th: Cherryville High School – Ryan Pence and Preston Lingerfelt, five bass, 9-2
10th: Piedmont High School – Noah Hill and Drew Davis, five bass, 7-14
Complete results can be found at HighSchoolFishing.org.
The 2015 North Carolina 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.
