BURNSIDE, Ky. (Apr. 2, 2018) – The Madison Southern High School fishing duo of Blake Harold of Berea, Kentucky, and Cameron Cochran of Mount Vernon, Kentucky, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 17 pounds, 7 ounces to win the 2018 TBF/FLW High School Fishing Kentucky State Championship on Lake Cumberland.
A field of 243 teams competed in the no-entry fee tournament, which launched from the Burnside Island State Park in Burnside. In FLW/TBF High School Fishing competition, the top 10-percent of teams competing advance to the High School Fishing National Championship.
The top 10 teams on Lake Cumberland were:
1st: Madison Southern High School, Berea, Ky. – Blake Harold, Berea, Ky., and Cameron Cochran, Mt. Vernon, Ky., five bass, 17-7
2nd: Rockcastle High School, Mt. Vernon, Ky. – Jordan Nicely and Cameron Cornelius, both of Mt. Vernon, Ky., five bass, 12-12
3rd: Jessamine County High School, Nicholasville, Ky. – Luke Lamb, Nicholasville, Ky., and Carson Mitchell, Lexington, Ky., five bass, 12-8
4th: Spencer County Bass Club – Clayton Rountree and Dillin Stallings, both of Taylorsville, Ky., five bass 12-6
4th: Lake Cumberland High School Bass Club – Ragan Burton and Blake Stringer, both of Somerset, Ky., five bass, 12-6
6th: Jessamine County High School, Nicholasville, Ky. – Nathan Marshall and Braxton Lamb, both of Nicholasville, Ky., five bass 12-5
7th: Casey County High School, Liberty, Ky. – Britt Pendleton, Liberty, Ky., and Ethan Lee, Dunnville, Ky., five bass, 11-13
8th: Thomas Nelson High School, Barstown, Ky. – John Mattingle, New Hope, Ky., and Stephen Bradley, Hodgenville, Ky., five bass, 11-4
9th: Jessamine County High School, Nicholasville, Ky. – Levi Keith and Casey Shearer, both of Nicholasville, Ky., five bass, 11-2
10th: George Rogers Clark High School, Winchester, Ky. – Robert Powe and Allen Powe, both of Winchester, Ky., four bass, 11-0