2021 GHSA Bass Fishing State Championship

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elcome to the 2021 GHSA Bass Fishing State Championship presented by Georgia Farm Bureau Insurance! The best teams from all classifications throughout our state will compete in what is sure to be the highlight of the Bass Fishing season. The students competing today earned their way to the championships through a series of qualifying tournaments so this championship will

The GHSA is fortunate to have many partners and volunteers that make quality who generously give their time to ensure a quality event. Special thanks go out to Associate Director Kevin Giddens who serves as the Bass Fishing administrator for the GHSA. This event is made possible through our corporate sponsors whose ads you will see throughout the venue. I encourage you to support them whenever possible.

The Georgia High School Association believes that life lessons are learned through participation in athletics and hard work and discipline are especially true in fishing. Our participants have worked tirelessly and sacrificed much to reach this point. Thanks again for your support of these fine students and get ready for an exciting Championship Tournament!

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LAKE LANIER GAINESVILLE, GA - MAY 8, 2021 TAKEOFF: 6:30 a.m.

WEIGH-IN: 2:30 p.m.

LAUREL PARK RAMP 3100 OLD CLEVELAND HWY GAINESVILLE, GA. 30506

Carter Seabrook Drew Ferguson Fisher Carver Cale Flowers Mara Anderson Mason Boatright Bowynn Brown Garyn King Caleb Reynolds Brock Lewis Ashton Aldridge

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Trent Hammock Storm Clark Eli Rowell Luke LaFortune Ross Webster APPLING COUNTY Jack Reeves Colby Koon Anthony Benton Presley Tillman Colton Bates BACON COUNTY BRAINBRIDGE

Bryce Braddock Shane Dill Garrett Cox Lex Thompson Gage Sellars Reece Conley

BENEDICTINE John Micheal Ortman Gianna Valoze BUFORD Emilee Akins Peyton Rinker Avery Shoemaker Samuel Shoemaker Mathew Stone JT Whitt CALLAWAY Houston Gaddy Caleb Edwards Caden McMillian Cole Wright CEDARTOWN Jackson Bussey Andrew Dean CHATTOOGA Landon Stephens Jackson Eckroat COLQUITT COUNTY Jacob Brightwell Hunter Horne Preston Williamson Charles Odom COLUMBUS Dylan Achtziger Jacob Albright Sean Lawson Brooks Lawson COOK Mason White Braydon Cowart DAWSON COUNTY Elijah Benson Braedon Hubbard EAST HALL Nolan Wilson Austin Miller ELBERT COUNTY Lyndon Webb Lance Wray EVANS Jayden Faulkner Davis Madden FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN Jordan Brewer Matson Grose GREENBRIER Tanner Hadden Tyler Starkey Carson Tomac Parker Leiter Jacob Hodge Henry Garrett Walker Cely Hayden Morrison Ryan Ingalls Jordan Carlie Mason Garnto Hayden Reville

HARRIS COUNTY

Nash fox Reese Bowden Nick Fox Cole Reynolds

HEARD COUNTY Braxton Langley HEBRON CHRISTIAN Aidan Greaver Bennett Waters LEE COUNTY Brady Winborne Christopher Ricketts LOCUST GROVE Ashton Essex George Wilson LOWNDES Pate Langdale Evan Hanks LUMPKIN COUNTY Carder Dockery AJ Moss MARY PEARSONS Tucker Bennett Leighton Judd Aaron McCoy Kelly Rollins MILLER COUNTY Grayson Spence Matthew Cox MORGAN COUNTY Will Thomas Jordan Rhoades Braydon Rhoades Barrett Adams Colby Brown MOUNT PARAN Carter Koza John Thomason NORTH FORSYTH Jacob Frank Carsen Newman Nicholas Stuckey Hayden Graham NORTHGATE Daylon Milam James Dubose PERRY Mason Hilgendorf Mason Engle SAVANNAH CHRISTIAN Matthew Gunn Robert Miller SEMINOLE COUNTY Landon Lawson Bryson Grantham SOUTH FORSYTH Jack Thurmond Jeremy Zyck TIFT COUNTY Kolby Jordan Russell Thomas TRINITY CHRISTIAN Cason Rowland Wyatt Wood VETERANS Dustin Stewart Brian Thompson Jacob Winnett Jackson Lathrop VIDALIA Noah Cummings Jonathan Lariscey WARNER ROBINS Maxx Bass Cameron Beck WEST FORSYTH Chase Mason Jonathon Garbacz WINDER-BARROW Brett Boswell Dylan Thayer

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istory will be made at Lake Lanier this Saturday with the first-ever GHSA Bass Fishing State Championship presented by Georgia Farm Bureau Insurance.

The inaugural championship competition follows a season that featured four separate qualifying tournaments.

This statewide-circuit began at Lake Seminole in Bainbridge, Ga. on Saturday, January 23, 2021. A total of 120 registered boats with 240 registered student anglers took to the water and it was the tandem of Bowynn Brown and Shane Dill of Bainbridge High School that placed first with five fish that weighed a total of 25.15 lbs. This was the top score posted in any of the state qualifiers this season by a significant margin, however, Storm Clark and Nash Fox from Harris County High School placed second with five fish that weighed 19.14 lbs—giving them the second-best score seen this season. Carter Koza and John Thomason from Mt. Paran Christian School placed third with five fish weighing 17.13 lbs. These teams were amongst the 17 total teams that qualified for state at Lake Seminole and the action moved to West Point Lake in LaGrange, Ga. on Feb. 13 for the next state qualifying tournament.

This round of action featured a total of 139 two-person teams and Matthew Gunn and Robert Miller from Savannah Christian won with five bass that weighed a total of 17.4 lbs. Miller and Gunn were one of the 18 teams that punched their tickets to the state championship following the second qualifier. Chase Mason and Jonathon Garbacz posted a second-place finish with 16.0 lbs and Dylan Achtziger and Jacob Albright earned third-place with a cumulative 14.6-pound haul.

The back-half of the qualifiers began on March 20 at Lake Oconee. This time, another 133 two-person teams hit the water and Greenbrier’s Tanner Hadden and Tyler Starkey earned a top finish with a combined total weight of 13.4 lbs. This duo was one of the 18 teams that earned championship berths at the Lake Oconee qualifier. Five more teams tallied 12 or more pounds in this incredibly-close qualifier, including Tift County’s Kolby Jordan and Russell Thomas that earned a second-place finish with 12.14 lbs.

Lake Hartwell hosted the fourth and final qualifier on April 10 and 96 total teams participated. Mason White and Brandon Cowart of Cook High School won with five bass that weighed a total of 14.1 lbs, and a total of 15 two-person teams/boats qualified for the state championship.

This boosted the total teams that qualified for this week’s state championship to 68. Jayden Faulkner and Davis Madden of Evans High School also had a major showing at Lake Hartwell and tallied a 13.10-pound haul to earn a second-place finish.

Now that the field is set, the ultimate prize is on the table and the season’s best anglers will look to take home back, Bainbridge’s Brown and Dill had the biggest score by far this season with their 25.15-pound finish. Only one other team recorded 19 or more pounds, but a total of 36 teams that will be competing this weekend surpassed the 11-pound mark in the state qualifiers.

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