JASPER, Ind. (April 5, 2016) – The Tipton High School duo of Chad Mauck and Jaret Wampner brought a five-bass limit to the scale Sunday weighing 18 pounds, 5 ounces, to win the 2016 TBF/FLW High School Fishing Indiana State Championship tournament on Patoka Lake. The win earned the team trophies, the title of state champions and advanced the team to the High School Fishing Central Conference championship on the Ohio River in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, on September 23-24.
Thirty-four teams competed in the event, which launched from the Lick Fork Launch Ramp near Jasper. The winning squad from Tipton said that they used a green-pumpkin-colored Z-Man ChatterBait and caught 10 to 12 fish throughout the day.
The top three teams on Patoka Lake that advanced to the Central Conference championship were:
1st: Tipton High School, Tipton, Ind. – Chad Mauck and Jaret Wampner, five bass, 18-5
2nd: Lawrenceburg High School, Lawrenceburg, Ind. – Hunter Schneider and William Halbig, four bass, 14-7
3rd: Union High School, Modoc, Ind. – Austin Tinsman and Evan Patterson, five bass, 13-8
Rounding out the top 10 teams were:
4th: Bloomington High School South, Bloomington, Ind. – Blake Albertson and Adam Puckett, five bass, 13-7
5th: Heritage Hills High School, Lincoln City, Ind. – Derek Kerstiens and Garret Vaal, two bass, 8-13
6th: Wabash High School, Wabash, Ind. – Griffin Fernandes and Benjamin Messersmith, three bass, 7-14
7th: Prairie Heights High School, LaGrange, Ind. – Hunter Light and Avery Elswick, two bass, 7-2
8th: Brownstown Central High School, Brownstown, Ind. – Chanier Fleetwood and Carson Lambring, two bass, 6-8
9th: Wabash High School, Wabash, Ind. – Jacob Ireland and Travis Miller, two bass, 4-5
10th: Southridge High School, Huntingburg, Ind. – Chad Meyer and Coleman Gerber, one bass, 3-12