LA CROSSE, Wis. (May 19, 2014) – The Aquinas High School team of Colin Meyer and Hudson Schamberger brought four bass to the scale Sunday weighing 8 pounds, 4 ounces to win the 2014 Wisconsin State High School Fishing Championship on the Mississippi River. 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 five teams on the Mississippi River were:
1st: Aquinas High School – Colin Meyer and Hudson Schamberger, four bass, 8-4
2nd: Watertown High School – Steven Sellnow and Mitchell Vanert, four bass, 7-13
3rd: Brookfield Central High School – Ryu Xiong and Kin Xiong, three bass, 7-6
4th: Monona Grove High School – Nick Burger and Colton Darwin, three bass, 5-14
5th: Pewaukee High School – Dakota Lenske and Dakota Koepp, one bass, 4-0
The 2014 Wisconsin 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.
In addition to the High School Fishing National Championship, all SAF members nationwide automatically qualify for the world’s largest high school bass tournament, the 2014 High School Fishing World Finals, held on Lake Dardanelle in Russelville, Ark., on July 15-19. At the 2013 World Finals more than $40,000 in scholarships and prizes were awarded.