CORTLAND, Ohio (Oct. 29, 2018) – The Shawano High School duo of Harmon Marien of Eagle River, Wisconsin, and Jacob Bigelow of Cecil, Wisconsin, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 15 pounds, 11 ounces to win the 2018 FLW High School Fishing Mosquito Lake Open tournament.
According to post-tournament reports, the duo battled through rainy and cold conditions and caught their fish targeting weed lines in bays with jigs.
A field of 28 teams competed in the no-entry fee tournament, which launched from Mosquito Lake State Park. In FLW/TBF High School Fishing competition, the top 10-percent of teams competing advance to the High School Fishing National Championship.
The top two teams on Mosquito Lake that advanced to the 2019 High School Fishing National Championship were:
1st: Shawano High School, Shawano, Wis. – Harmon Marien, Eagle River, Wis., and Jacob Bigelow, Cecil, Wis., five bass, 15-11
2nd: Camp Hill High School, Camp Hill, Pa. – Andrew Zulli and Casey Zulli, both of Camp Hill, Penn., five bass, 12-15
Rounding out the top 10 teams were:
3rd: Padua Franciscan High School, Parma, Ohio – Lenny Bunsey, Parma, Ohio, and Joseph Pinjuh, Independence, Ohio, five bass, 11-4
4th: Prime Time Anglers – Gavin Schulz, Massillon, Ohio, and Luke Haymaker, Canal Fulton, Ohio, four bass, 8-0
5th: Christian Life Academy, Woodland Heights, Pa. – Jacob Black, Oil City, Pa., and Caleb Glancy, Utica, Pa., four bass, 7-11
6th: Renegades Bass Club – Brent Moore, Kenton, Ohio, and Kobe Thompson, New Lexington, Ohio, two bass, 6-12
7th: Kokosing Valley School, Gambier, Ohio – Adam Kinnear and William Hux, both of Mount Vernon, Ohio, two bass, 4-8
8th: Prime Time Anglers – Kyle Shinko, Avon Lake, Ohio, and Nathan Markley, Mentor, Ohio., two bass, 4-2
9th: Nordonia High School, Macedonia, Ohio – Tyler Lewis and Justin Lewis, both of Macedonia, Ohio, one bass, 3-15
10th: Aurora Central Catholica High School, Aurora, Ill. – David Bartlett, Aurora, Ill., and John Murray, Cortland, Ohio, bass, 3-8