GALENA, Ohio (May 9, 2017) – The Graham High School duo of Rocky Jordan of Urbana, Ohio, and Tanner Jordan of Saint Paris, Ohio, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 11 pounds, 5 ounces, to win the 2017 TBF High School Fishing Ohio State Championship tournament on Alum Creek in Galena, Ohio. The win advanced the team to the 2017 High School Fishing National championship, held June 27-July 1 at Pickwick Lake in Florence, Alabama.
A field of 64 teams competed in the no-entry fee tournament, which launched from Alum Creek State Park in Galena. In FLW/TBF High School Fishing competition, the top 10-percent of teams competing advance to the High School Fishing National Championship.
The top six teams on Alum Creek that advanced to the 2017 High School Fishing National Championship were:
1st: Graham High School – Rocky Jordan, Urbana, Ohio, and Tanner Jordan, St. Paris, Ohio, (five bass, 11-5)
2nd: Oak Hill High School – Jalea Caldwell and Collin Hammond, both of Oak Hill, Ohio, (five bass, 11-1)
3rd: Cincinnati Area Student Angler Federation – Alex Redwine, Cincinnati, Ohio and Daniel Hechler, Franklin, Ohio, (five bass, 9-12)
4th: S.S. Minnows High School Bass Club – Cameron Smith, Columbus, Ohio, and Jacob Blackburn, Ashville, Ohio, (five bass, 9-3)
5th: Ohio Student Angler Federation – Kody Whitaker, Brimfield, Ohio, and Abagail Shade, Carlisle, Ohio, (five bass, 7-10)
6th: Troy High School – Shane Smith and Isaac Jeffers, both of Troy, Ohio, (five bass, 7-3)
Rounding out the top 10 teams were:
7th: Ohio Student Angler Federation – Chase Fernandez and Alex Batson, both of West Chester, Ohio, (five bass, 7-1)
8th: Hartley’s Hawgs Bass Fishing Club – Colten Didion and John Hutson, both of Westerville, Ohio, (five bass, 6-15)
9th: Claymont High School – Chandler Golec, Uhrichsville, Ohio, and Kole Aubiel, Dennison, Ohio, (five bass, 6-8)
10th: Gallia Academy High School – Dalton Rose, Gallipolis, Ohio, and Jason Stroud, Bidwell, Ohio, (three bass, 5-9)