Bryan College Extends Lead At Bassmaster College National Championship On Harris Chain

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Cole Sands and Conner Dimauro, from Tennessee’s Bryan College, are leading after Day 2 of the 2020 Carhartt Bassmaster College National Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops with a two-day total of 55 pounds, 12 ounces.
Photo by Kyle Jessie/B.A.S.S.

October 30, 2020

Bryan College Extends Lead At Bassmaster College National Championship On Harris Chain

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LEESBURG, Fla. — Bryan College’s Cole Sands and Conner Dimauro continued their strong showing at the Carhartt Bassmaster College National Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops at the Harris Chain of Lakes and extended their lead with a 27-pound, 5-ounce bag for a two-day total of 55-12.

They lead the Lamar State College-Orange team of Jack Tindell and Brett Fregia by a little more than 15 pounds heading into the final day.

“Ultimately, we want to finish in the Top 4 to make the (College Classic) Bracket. Obviously, we want to win this one,” Dimauro said. “I’m confident that we left fish biting both days, and I’m pleased with the size of the fish we are catching.

“We are excited about it. Whenever you set the hook and you know it could be over 5 pounds, it gets a little scary.”

While the morning started a little chillier than Day 1 thanks to a cold front that pushed through overnight, they started on their best spot in Lake Dora and took advantage of a good morning bite, catching all of their weight before 10 a.m.

Dimauro said the bite on that spot was even better Friday than it was Thursday when they caught over 28 pounds. Their bag was anchored by a 7-14 largemouth that Sands said they were fortunate to get in the boat.

“It straightened the hook completely out,” he said. “These fish are so mean here. We think it came unhooked because there is a hook mark in its tongue and where it was actually hooked (was in the jaw).”

After catching a couple of 4-pounders that wouldn’t cull their smallest fish, the duo moved back to Lake Harris to scan with their Humminbird electronics, finding a couple more areas they could utilize Saturday.

“We culled what we needed to cull out and we just ran around,” Dimauro said. “We ran back to Harris and caught two fish over 4 pounds that didn’t help. So, we figured we were burning fish we needed to catch tomorrow.

“We idled a lot more today just looking for some new stuff for tomorrow. We aren’t going to let off of them tomorrow.”

Slow-moving baits have been the key to their success so far this week, Sands said. But they will have plenty of rods rigged up in case they find some aggressive fish.

“I kind of figured out a deal in practice dragging something really slow,” Sands said. “It worked so good Conner tied one on yesterday and we both have been catching fish on it. We actually experimented today.

“We backed off and found a new school of fish and caught like a 5- and 4 1/2- (pounder) off it. Caught one on a football jig and that was pretty cool.”

Dimauro added that side scan on his Humminbird units has helped them find fish and mark the edges of the grass, and his Ultrex trolling motor has helped them stay on their spots when the wind has been blowing.

After starting the day in fourth, Jack Tindell and Brett Fregia from Lamar State College-Orange caught 20-5 to jump into second place with 40-11.

“It feels good. It is our first year fishing,” Fregia said. “We came down here just knowing we were going to fish in Florida, and we were pretty amped up about it. We feel like we can get more bites tomorrow since the water heated up all day and it is going to be pretty warm in the morning.”

Unlike the Bryan College team, the morning bite did not pan out for Tindell and Fregia on Day 2. Tindell said wind hurt the bite in one of their best spots, and they switched to some secondary spots that were in protected areas.

“Throughout practice, we were doing some early-morning hydrilla fishing,” Tindell said. “Those fish have just gone away. We had two bites this morning and didn’t even catch them. Today it took a little bit longer to get a good bite.”

Tindell and Fregia flipped throughout the day and it paid off when they each landed a 6-pounder out of the same clump of grass to fill their limit.

Ty Black and Avry Thomason from Georgia Southern University caught 20-4 to move from sixth place to third with 39-9. Black said the first spot they pulled up on was blown out by the wind, forcing them to make an adjustment.

“We went to a spot we saved and caught a 4-pounder, and then we moved to another one of our banks and caught a limit,” Black said. “We went to our best offshore spot around 10:30 and that’s where we caught the majority of our weight.”

Thomason said a crankbait has been the key to their success offshore and has accounted for the majority of their weight this week.

Bryce Henley and Reese Kingston from Brewton-Parker College took over Carhartt Big Bass of the tournament with a 9-3 lunker that anchored their 20-9 bag. Several other teams weighed in fish over 8 pounds.

The Top 12 will take off from Venetian Gardens Saturday at 7:30 a.m. ET and will return for weigh-in at 3:30 p.m. The Top 4 teams after the final day will advance to the College Classic Bracket on Alabama’s Lay Lake in November for a chance to qualify for the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic.The Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops is being hosted by GO Sports, Visit Lake and the City of Leesburg.

2020 Carhartt Bassmaster College National Championship presented by
Bass Pro Shops 10/29-10/31
Harris Chain Of Lakes, Leesburg  FL.
(BOATER) Standings Day 2

    Angler                                       Club/School                       Pts

1.  Cole Sands – Conner Dimauro                  Bryan College                       250
Day 1: 5   28-07     Day 2: 5   27-05   Total:  10  55-12
2.  Jack Tindell – Brett Fregia                  Lamar State College Orange          249
Day 1: 5   20-06     Day 2: 5   20-05   Total:  10  40-11
3.  Ty Black – Avry Thomason                     Georgia Southern University         248
Day 1: 5   19-05     Day 2: 5   20-04   Total:  10  39-09
4.  Miller Spivey – Trey Dickert                 University of Montevallo            247
Day 1: 5   16-05     Day 2: 5   22-10   Total:  10  38-15
5.  Rudolph Worley – John Nowlin                 Blue Mountain College               246
Day 1: 5   12-01     Day 2: 5   26-05   Total:  10  38-06
6.  Brian Linder – Nathan Thompson               Minnesota State Univ Mankato        245
Day 1: 5   19-14     Day 2: 5   17-14   Total:  10  37-12
7.  Tyler Lubbat – Calvin Landsberg                                                  244
Day 1: 5   25-01     Day 2: 5   11-15   Total:  10  37-00
8.  Cole Thompson – Benson Dowler                                                    243
Day 1: 5   15-05     Day 2: 5   21-01   Total:  10  36-06
9.  Mason Moore – Logan Estes                    Eastern Kentucky University         242
Day 1: 5   17-04     Day 2: 5   16-14   Total:  10  34-02
10. Trevor McKinney – Blake Jackson              McKendree University                241
Day 1: 5   20-08     Day 2: 5   13-08   Total:  10  34-00
11. Ty Cox – Fisher Overton                      Blue Mountain College               240
Day 1: 2   07-05     Day 2: 5   26-10   Total:   7  33-15
12. Dax Ewart – Kyle Palmer                      Bethel University                   239
Day 1: 5   16-08     Day 2: 5   16-10   Total:  10  33-02
13. Luke Byerly – Drew Elrod                     University of Tennessee             238
Day 1: 5   19-05     Day 2: 5   13-12   Total:  10  33-01
14. Kyle Stafford – Jake Stines                  Polk State College                  237
Day 1: 5   18-02     Day 2: 5   14-11   Total:  10  32-13
15. James Willoughby – Chance Schwartz           University of Montevallo            236
Day 1: 5   17-12     Day 2: 5   13-06   Total:  10  31-02
16. Grant Adams – Wil Rigdon                     Campbellsville University           235
Day 1: 5   16-15     Day 2: 5   13-12   Total:  10  30-11
17. Zeke Gossett – Lucas Smith                   Jacksonville State University       234
Day 1: 5   12-00     Day 2: 5   18-01   Total:  10  30-01
18. Chase Mundhenke – Blake Milligan              Auburn University                  233
Day 1: 5   16-10     Day 2: 5   13-04   Total:  10  29-14
19. Tanner Ward – Rory Franks                    Kent State University               232
Day 1: 5   17-04     Day 2: 5   12-04   Total:  10  29-08
20. Grant Pavelka –                              Mid-Plains Community College        231
Day 1: 5   11-14     Day 2: 5   17-02   Total:  10  29-00
21. Jacob Frazier – Griffin Heffington           Carson-Newman University            230
Day 1: 5   15-03     Day 2: 5   13-12   Total:  10  28-15
22. Connor Jacob – Sam Smith                      Auburn University                  229
Day 1: 5   12-00     Day 2: 5   16-10   Total:  10  28-10
23. Dawson Andrews – Wyatt Ensminger             Southeastern Louisiana Universit    228
Day 1: 5   13-08     Day 2: 5   15-00   Total:  10  28-08
24. Noah Boyett – Ty Garlington                                                      227
Day 1: 5   18-04     Day 2: 5   10-00   Total:  10  28-04
25. Logan Hawkins – Colby Hays                   Campbellsville University           226
Day 1: 5   10-03     Day 2: 5   17-13   Total:  10  28-00
26. Bailey Fain – Preston Kendrick               Bryan College                       225
Day 1: 5   12-09     Day 2: 5   15-06   Total:  10  27-15
27. Dawson Cassidy – Gus Mclarry                 Texas AM Commerce                   224
Day 1: 5   17-09     Day 2: 5   10-00   Total:  10  27-09
28. Emil Wagner –                                                                    223
Day 1: 5   16-05     Day 2: 5   11-04   Total:  10  27-09
29. Brad Ableman – Wilson Smith                  Bethel University                   222
Day 1: 5   11-00     Day 2: 5   16-07   Total:  10  27-07
30. Austin Smith – Maddux Walters                Carson-Newman University            221
Day 1: 5   12-14     Day 2: 5   14-08   Total:  10  27-06
31. Brett Clark – Cody Ross                      East Texas  Baptist University      220
Day 1: 5   13-13     Day 2: 5   13-08   Total:  10  27-05
32. Jared Turnbloom – Jake Turnbloom                                                 219
Day 1: 5   16-04     Day 2: 5   10-06   Total:  10  26-10
33. Jack Dice –                                  Liberty University                  218
Day 1: 5   12-01     Day 2: 5   14-09   Total:  10  26-10
34. Nolan Minor – Casey Lanier                                                       217
Day 1: 5   15-05     Day 2: 5   11-03   Total:  10  26-08
35. Robert Cruvellier – Chase Clarke             Auburn University                   216
Day 1: 5   09-06     Day 2: 5   16-14   Total:  10  26-04
36. Grant Lesage – Zach Davis                    Southeastern Louisiana Universit    215
Day 1: 5   16-01     Day 2: 5   10-02   Total:  10  26-03
37. Weston Hollar – Wesley Gore                  University of Montevallo            214
Day 1: 5   14-13     Day 2: 5   11-05   Total:  10  26-02
38. Boone Faulkner – Nikolas Beckstein                                               213
Day 1: 5   13-11     Day 2: 5   12-07   Total:  10  26-02
39. Hayden Scott – Caleb Dachenhaus              Adrian College                      212
Day 1: 5   14-02     Day 2: 5   11-02   Total:  10  25-04
40. Bobby Long – Whit Edmonds                    Lander University                   211
Day 1: 5   06-10     Day 2: 5   18-05   Total:  10  24-15
41. Jack York – Samuel Harrison                  Stephen F Austin State Universit    210
Day 1: 5   14-08     Day 2: 5   10-02   Total:  10  24-10
42. Clayton Winebarger – Logan Reynolds          Virginia Tech                       209
Day 1: 5   13-10     Day 2: 5   10-15   Total:  10  24-09
43. Thaddeus Simerly – Ethan Shaw                Bryan College                       208
Day 1: 5   16-11     Day 2: 5   07-12   Total:  10  24-07
44. Wyatt Reid – Gehrig DeFronzo                 Erskine College                     207
Day 1: 5   13-15     Day 2: 5   10-01   Total:  10  24-00
45. Cordell Beckman –                            Greenville University               206
Day 1: 5   10-09     Day 2: 5   13-06   Total:  10  23-15
46. Jack Rankin – Hunter Baird                   Drury University                    205
Day 1: 5   12-14     Day 2: 5   11-00   Total:  10  23-14
47. Jarred Jones – Logan Tate                    Jacksonville State University       204
Day 1: 5   12-13     Day 2: 5   11-01   Total:  10  23-14
48. Conner Giles – Christian Wright              Bryan College                         0
Day 1: 5   08-04     Day 2: 5   15-02   Total:  10  23-06
49. Grant Hack – Jonathan Stepp                  Ohio State                          202
Day 1: 5   16-06     Day 2: 5   06-15   Total:  10  23-05
50. Cole Breeden – Cameron Smith                 Drury University                    201
Day 1: 5   10-05     Day 2: 5   12-15   Total:  10  23-04
51. Garrett Guinan – John Paul                   Kent State University               200
Day 1: 5   12-07     Day 2: 5   10-10   Total:  10  23-01
52. Cal Culpepper – Mason Waddell                University of Montevallo            199
Day 1: 5   13-06     Day 2: 5   09-07   Total:  10  22-13
53. Robert Howard – Miles Lucas                  Stephen F Austin State Universit    198
Day 1: 5   12-00     Day 2: 5   10-11   Total:  10  22-11
54. Cole Lamb – Tristan Weaver                   Arkansas Tech University            197
Day 1: 5   13-13     Day 2: 5   08-12   Total:  10  22-09
55. Hayden Gaddis – Ben Cully                    Carson-Newman University            196
Day 1: 5   12-10     Day 2: 5   09-04   Total:  10  21-14
56. Andrew Fisher – Bennett Kudder               Bryan College                       195
Day 1: 5   10-07     Day 2: 5   11-05   Total:  10  21-12
57. Harbor Lovin – Zachary Martin                Murray State University             194
Day 1: 5   16-12     Day 2: 4   04-12   Total:   9  21-08
58. Evan Haley – Chase Arkell                    Marshall University                 193
Day 1: 3   05-06     Day 2: 5   16-02   Total:   8  21-08
59. Solomon Glenn – Hunter Ward                  University of Montevallo           192
Day 1: 5   14-14     Day 2: 5   06-09   Total:  10  21-07
60. Matthew Bradham – Caleb Stephenson           Campbellsville University             0
Day 1: 5   13-06     Day 2: 4   08-01   Total:   9  21-07
61. Josh Dugger – Jake Dugger                    Arkansas Tech University            190
Day 1: 1   02-10     Day 2: 5   18-11   Total:   6  21-05
62. Mark Harris – Reece Martin                   Dallas Baptist University           189
Day 1: 5   08-10     Day 2: 5   12-09   Total:  10  21-03
63. Adam Carroll – Justin Barnes                 University of Montevallo            188
Day 1: 5   11-11     Day 2: 5   09-08   Total:  10  21-03
64. Bryce Henley – Reese Kingston                Brewton-Parker College              187
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 5   20-09   Total:   5  20-09
65. Britt Myers – Tyler Anderson                 Lander University                   186
Day 1: 5   09-06     Day 2: 5   11-03   Total:  10  20-09
66. Wesley Pennington –                          University of North Alabama         185
Day 1: 5   13-12     Day 2: 2   06-12   Total:   7  20-08
67. Samuel Vandagriff – Jacob Woods              Tennessee Tech University           184
Day 1: 5   16-15     Day 2: 3   03-08   Total:   8  20-07
68. Austin Carr – Justin Carr                                                        183
Day 1: 5   07-11     Day 2: 5   12-12   Total:  10  20-07
69. Griffin Phillips – Ethan King                University of Montevallo            182
Day 1: 5   11-08     Day 2: 5   08-15   Total:  10  20-07
70. Lane Bailey – Adam Seagle                    Catawba Valley Community College    181
Day 1: 5   09-05     Day 2: 5   11-00   Total:  10  20-05
71. Jake Lee – Mason Cizek                       Bryan College                       180
Day 1: 5   09-12     Day 2: 5   10-08   Total:  10  20-04
72. Cameron Gautreau – Cade Fortenberry          Nicholls State University           179
Day 1: 5   10-07     Day 2: 5   09-11   Total:  10  20-02
73. Grayson Morris – Jacob Pfundt                University of Montevallo           178
Day 1: 5   07-08     Day 2: 5   12-07   Total:  10  19-15
74. Braxton Resweber –                           University of Louisiana at Lafay    177
Day 1: 5   11-03     Day 2: 5   08-03   Total:  10  19-06
75. Sean Clayton – Owen Dimaio                   Clemson University                  176
Day 1: 5   10-05     Day 2: 5   08-13   Total:  10  19-02
76. Atom Ward – Gavin Lagle                      Indiana University Southeast        175
Day 1: 5   09-04     Day 2: 5   09-11   Total:  10  18-15
77. Fisher Young – Alden Keel Jr                 Blue Mountain College               174
Day 1: 5   10-00     Day 2: 5   08-14   Total:  10  18-14
78. Griffin Fernandes – Gunner Wilson            Adrian College                      173
Day 1: 5   12-11     Day 2: 5   06-01   Total:  10  18-12
79. Matthew Cummings – Joseph Woods              Bethel University                   172
Day 1: 5   11-01     Day 2: 5   07-08   Total:  10  18-09
80. Neal Wisinski – Nathan Siclovan              University of Wisconsin Stevens     171
Day 1: 5   11-02     Day 2: 5   07-06   Total:  10  18-08
81. Joseph McClosky – Ryan Winchester            Bethel University                   170
Day 1: 5   09-09     Day 2: 5   08-13   Total:  10  18-06
82. Dalton Smith – Bradley Dunagan               Campbellsville University           169
Day 1: 4   07-12     Day 2: 5   10-09   Total:   9  18-05
83. Tyler Vanbrandt – Grant Gallagher            Adrian College                      168
Day 1: 5   08-06     Day 2: 5   09-07   Total:  10  17-13
84. Cody Gregory – Levi Mullins                  Bethel University                   167
Day 1: 5   08-03     Day 2: 5   09-03   Total:  10  17-06
85. Jr Young – Hunter Bailey                     Jacksonville State University       166
Day 1: 5   06-02     Day 2: 5   11-03   Total:  10  17-05
86. Drew Pridgen – Kaleb Brown                   Lander University                   165
Day 1: 5   07-14     Day 2: 5   09-07   Total:  10  17-05
87. Drew Coker – Peyton Vinson                                                       164
Day 1: 5   10-05     Day 2: 5   06-15   Total:  10  17-04
88. Logan Parks – Cody Griffith                   Auburn University                  163
Day 1: 5   08-08     Day 2: 5   08-07   Total:  10  16-15
89. Kyle Everett – John Higginbotham             LA Tech                             162
Day 1: 5   14-00     Day 2: 2   02-14   Total:   7  16-14
90. Will Leonard – Jared Page                    Kent State University               161
Day 1: 4   04-00     Day 2: 5   12-14   Total:   9  16-14
91. Patrick Pelt – Anthony Vintson               Auburn University                   160
Day 1: 5   08-09     Day 2: 5   08-01   Total:  10  16-10
92. Bryce Fowler – Chris Bowen                   East Carolina University            159
Day 1: 5   08-01     Day 2: 4   08-08   Total:   9  16-09
93. Blake Spradlin – William Phillips            Auburn University                   158
Day 1: 5   08-13     Day 2: 5   07-10   Total:  10  16-07
94. Jeremy Dellinger – Nathan Smith              Catawba Valley Community College    157
Day 1: 5   11-04     Day 2: 4   04-12   Total:   9  16-00
95. Alec Coffey – Kyle Roy                       Campbellsville University           156
Day 1: 5   08-12     Day 2: 5   06-15   Total:  10  15-11
96. Jarrett Brown – Tyler Harless                University of Montevallo            155
Day 1: 5   09-09     Day 2: 5   05-13   Total:  10  15-06
97. Andrew Heppe – Bryce Miller                  Kent State University               154
Day 1: 5   09-07     Day 2: 4   05-14   Total:   9  15-05
98. Trey Schroeder – Tyler Christy               McKendree University                153
Day 1: 5   07-09     Day 2: 5   07-10   Total:  10  15-03
99. Braden Perry – Aidan England                 Carson-Newman University            152
Day 1: 5   09-15     Day 2: 3   04-08   Total:   8  14-07
100. Tommy Sendek –                               University of Montevallo            151
Day 1: 5   08-06     Day 2: 5   06-00   Total:  10  14-06
101. Ben Ford – Cole Bathje                       Augustana College                   150
Day 1: 5   06-09     Day 2: 2   06-05   Total:   7  12-14
102. Jj Kocevar – Tanner Shriver                  Kent State University               149
Day 1: 5   09-12     Day 2: 2   02-11   Total:   7  12-07
103. Jack Long – Brock Bila                       Drury University                    148
Day 1: 5   09-11     Day 2: 2   02-12   Total:   7  12-07
104. Logan Anderson – Josh Frederick              North Carolina State University     147
Day 1: 5   09-02     Day 2: 1   03-02   Total:   6  12-04
105. Garrett Warren – Will Jones                   Auburn University                  146
Day 1: 5   11-13     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  11-13
106. Zach Vielhauer – Michael Mueting             Kansas State University             145
Day 1: 5   06-12     Day 2: 3   04-10   Total:   8  11-06
107. Tyler Pendergrass – Avery Whitwell           University of North Alabama         144
Day 1: 5   06-12     Day 2: 2   04-09   Total:   7  11-05
108. Lawson Graves – Cameron Glasscock            Wallace State Community College     143
Day 1: 1   00-12     Day 2: 4   09-15   Total:   5  10-11
109. Zachary Asher – Jacob Klicman                Kent State University               142
Day 1: 5   06-02     Day 2: 3   04-07   Total:   8  10-09
110. Landon Lawson – Donavan Carson               King University                     141
Day 1: 3   05-09     Day 2: 3   05-00   Total:   6  10-09
111. Nolan Yeager – Ethan LeGare                  Stephen F. Austin State Universi    140
Day 1: 5   10-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  10-00
112. Jake Maddux – Chace Gregory                  Southern Union Community College    139
Day 1: 5   09-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  09-00
113. GL Compton – Matthew Sprouse                 Clemson University                  138
Day 1: 3   06-07     Day 2: 2   02-08   Total:   5  08-15
114. James Duncan – Blake Stringer                Campbellsville University           137
Day 1: 1   00-13     Day 2: 5   07-14   Total:   6  08-11
115. Ethan Jones – Andrew Althoff                 Mckendree University                136
Day 1: 3   03-12     Day 2: 3   03-14   Total:   6  07-10
116. Gunner Whitaker – Lafe Messer                Kentucky Christian University       135
Day 1: 5   07-08     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   5  07-08
117. Evan Thomas – Alex Briggs                    Hampden Academy                     134
Day 1: 2   04-14     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   2  04-14
118. Cole Cloud – Blake Wade                                                            0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
118. Seth Roberts –                               Bethel University                     0
Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00
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Totals
Day   #Limits    #Fish      Weight
1       105       552      1359-13
2        92       517      1250-11
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197      1069      2610-08