SHREVEPORT, La. (Mar. 26, 2018) – The Parkway High School fishing duo of Ethan Tasche and Hunter Cheney, both of Bossier City, Louisiana., brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 19 pounds, 12 ounces to win the 2018 TBF/FLW High School Fishing Louisiana State Championship on Cross Lake.
A field of 138 teams competed in the no-entry fee tournament, which launched from the American Legion Ramp in Shreveport. In FLW/TBF High School Fishing competition, the top 10-percent of teams competing advance to the High School Fishing National Championship.
The top 13 teams on Cross Lake that advanced to the 2018 High School Fishing National Championship were:
1st: Parkway High School, Bossier City, La. – Ethan Tasche and Hunter Cheney, both of Bossier City, La., five bass, 19-2
2nd: Loyola College Prep, Shreveport, La. – Blaise Chagnard and Christopher Giordano, both of Shreveport, La., five bass, 17-0
3rd: Haughton High School, Haughton, La. – James Rose and Gavin Roe, both of Haughton, La., three bass, 16-10
4th: Calvary Baptist Academy, Shreveport, La. – John Kyle Pierce and Jackson Gregory, both of Shreveport, La., five bass, 15-13
5th: Sterlington High School, Sterlington, La. – Landon Jinks, Monroe, La., and Noah Sistrunk, Sterlington, La., five bass, 14-8
6th: Parkway High School, Bossier City, La – Tyler Hilton and Bennett Hopkins, both of Bossier City, La., five bass, 12-12
7th: Calvary Baptist Academy, Shreveport, La. – Clayton Page and Garrett Mowalls, both of Keithville, La., four bass, 12-10
8th: Northwoods High School, Shreveport, La. – Brayden Nichols and Dawson Maloney, both of Shreveport, La., five bass, 12-1
9th: Haughton High School, Haughton, La. – Jonathan Pilinski, Haughton, La., and Matthew Bowman, Elm Grove, La., three bass, 11-13
10th: Benton High School, Benton, La. – William Tew and Hunter Sanford, both of Bossier City, La., five bass, 11-4
11th: Opelousas Catholic School, Opelousas, La. – Logan Warren and Christian Miller, both of Opelousas, La., four bass, 11-3
12th: Captain Shreve High School, Shreveport, La. – Harlee Connell and Jackson Mcgee, both of Shreveport, La., five bass, 10-13
13th: Haughton High School, Haughton, La. – Matthew Waggoner and Jeb Spinney, both of Haughton, La., four bass, 10-5