DAYTON, Tenn. (June 2, 2014) – The Waverly Central High School team of Dylan Fuller and Caleb Conrad brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 25 pounds, 7 ounces to win the 2014 Tennessee State High School Fishing Championship on Lake Chickamauga. The win earned the team the title of state champions and qualified the team to compete in a future High School Fishing conference championship. The top 12 teams on Lake Chickamauga that advanced to the conference championship were:
1st: Waverly Central High School – Dylan Fuller and Caleb Conrad, five bass, 25-7
2nd: Soddy Daisy High School – Elijah Cartwright and Jacob Thomas, five bass, 23-6
3rd: Soddy Daisy High School – Alyssa Coleman and Erica Abigail, five bass, 23-2
4th: Wildcat Angler Bass Club – Saxton Long and Triston Crowder, five bass, 22-10
5th: Rhea County High School – Shane Broadwell and Bryce Travis, five bass, 20-7
6th: Walker Valley Bass Club – Cole Sands and Caden Watson, five bass, 18-12
7th: Lawrence County High School – Dylan True and Kallen Rochelle, five bass, 17-0
8th: Dixie County High School – Nolan Christian and Hunter Pewitt, five bass, 15-8
9th: Karns High School – Jake Lee and Corey Brooks, five bass, 15-7
10th: Warren County High School – Hunter Bouldin and David Jaco, five bass, 15-1
11th: Central High School – A.J. Barnes and Gavin Ainslie, five bass, 14-8
12th: Rhea County High School – Dillan Moore and Kenneth Clark, five bass, 13-14
The 2014 Tennessee State High School Fishing Championship was a two-person (team) event for students in grades 9-12. The top 10 percent from each TBF/FLW state championship field will advance to a High School Fishing conference championship along with the top 3 teams from each of the six 2014 High School Fishing Opens that coincide with the 2014 Walmart FLW Tour. 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 2015. The High School Fishing national champions will each receive a $5,000 college scholarship to the school of their choice.