GILBERTSVILLE, Ky. (Sept. 15, 2018) – The Marshall County High School duo of Nathan Steele and Evan Bremmerkamp, both of Benton, Kentucky, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 11 pounds,14 ounces to win the 2018 Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Kentucky Lake Open.
A field of 65 teams competed in the no-entry fee tournament, which launched from Kentucky Dam Marina. 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 Kentucky that advanced to the 2018 High School Fishing National Championship were:
1st: Marshall County High School, Benton, Ky. – Nathan Steele and Evan Bremmerkamp, both of Benton, Ky., five bass, 11-14
2nd: Marshall County High School, Benton, Ky. – Harlan Thomas, Gilbertsville, Ky., and Tristan Barrett, Benton, Ky., three bass, 10-15
3rd: North Mississippi Student Anglers – TJ Edwards, Tremont, Miss., and Houston Vaiden, Hamilton, Miss., three bass, 10-3
4th: Obion County Central High School, Troy, Tenn. – Conner Terry and Matthew Cummings, both of Union City, Tenn., three bass, 6-15
5th: Knox Central High School, Knox County, Ky. – Brady Elza, London Ky., and Lance Smith, Barbourville, Ky., two bass, 6-9
6th: Ohio County High School, Beaver Dam, Ky. – Darren Scoggins, Centertown, Ky., and Jacob Autry, Beaver Dam, Ky., two bass, 6-4
Rounding out the top 10 teams were:
7th: Logan County High School, Russellville, Ky. – Connor Barnes, Adairville, Ky., and Noah Morgan, Sharon Grove, Ky., two bass, 6-4
8th: Spencer County High School, Taylorsville, Ky. – Ryan Whitehead and Andy Napier, both of Louisville, Ky., three bass, 5-4
9th: Logan County High School, Russellville, Ky. – Thomas Lockhart and Kolton Coomer, both of Lewisberg, Ky., two bass, 5-0
10th: Calloway County High School, Murray, Ky. – Caden Emerson, Almo, Ky., and Ethan Tidwell, New Concord, Ky., one bass, 3-9