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WVBF Junior Championship Tournament nets state youth
team
[May 12, 2003] - By Dion Bright, WVBF Youth Director
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| WVBF Youth State Team |
Overcast skies set the tone for the start of the 1st West Virginia B.A.S.S. Federation Junior State Qualifier.
Twenty-two youths from all over the state competed for six slots to represent West Virginia on July 11, 2003 at
Kerr Reservoir in Virginia. The field was comprised of eleven boats with two youths and a boat captain in each
boat. As blast-off began at 7:00 a.m., all but two boats made their way up Sutton Lake at the maximum 4500 rpm
speed limit. As the hours passed, clouds gave way to sunshine and bluebird skies. Check-in was 3:00 p.m. and as
the boats made their way back, at idle speed to the Bee Run dock, there were several different expressions on the
youth's faces. Some were holding up one finger, others holding up two fingers showing how many keepers they boated.
Weigh-in time was full of stories of catching dozens of short fish and "the big one that got away". After
the final bag was weighed and totals tallied, Mike Squires of Central Junior Bassmasters, with a total of four
fish weighing in at 4 pounds 9 ounces, edged out Roadhouse Junior Bassmasters's Brittany Evanovich, Brittany weighed
in a total of 3 pounds 3 ounces. Brittany also captured the Lunker Award with a 2 pound 6 ounce largemouth. Third
place went to Adam Nelson of Central with 1 pound 15 ounces, fourth place went to J.C. Christopher of Roadhouse
and fifth place to Codie Nettles of Hawks Nest Junior Bassmasters both with a total of one pound each. Rounding
out the state junior team in sixth place was Cory Findley of Roadhouse and Preston Gross of R.D. Bailey Junior
Bassmasters filled the alternate spot.
A big thanks goes out to the members of Central, R.D. Bailey, Roadhouse, and Hawks Nest adult clubs for taking
the time to form their junior clubs. This is the right direction we want to guide the younger generation and to
pass on what we have been taught over the years to preserve the future of outdoor activities that they too can
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