HUDDLESTON, Va. (May 2, 2022) – The Pittsford Mendon High School team of Rein Golub of Pittsford, New York, and Matthew Pitcher, of Rochester, New York, brought five bass to the scale Saturday weighing 15 pounds, 1 ounce, to win the MLF High School Fishing Open tournament at Smith Mountain Lake and earn their way into the 2022 High School Fishing National Championship.
Rounding out the top 10 teams were:
2nd: HS Potomac River Bass Master – Joah Coley, Kearneysville, W.V., and Jarren Crowder, Clearspring, Md., five bass, 14-8
3rd: Capital City Jr Bass Masters – Wade Detweiler, Dillsburg, Pa., and Jacob Vanscoik, Dauphin, Pa., five bass, 12-13
4th: Badin Bandits Fishing Team – Bo Helms, Albemarle, N.C., and Ethan Palmer, Richfield, N.C., five bass, 11-5
5th: Madison High School, Marshall, N.C. – Matthew Crawford, Marshall, N.C., and Gavin Gault, Mars Hill, N.C., three bass, 10-13
6th: Pulaski County, Dublin, Va. – Logan Martin and Dustin Martin, both of Dublin, Va., five bass, 10-10
7th: Lisbon Central High School, Lisbon, N.Y. – Connor Bell and Matthew Kinney, both of Lisbon, N.Y., five bass, 10-1
8th: Pequannock Township High School, Pequannock Township, N.J. – Nicholas Dellaporta, Pequannock, N.J., and Taylor Marcel, Accord, N.Y., five bass, 8-7, $400
9th: West Laurens High School, Dexter, Ga. – Cameron Boston and Ryan Soles, both of Dublin, Ga., three bass, 8-4
10th: Elizabethton High School, Elizabethton, Tenn. – Owen Wheeler, Kingsport, Tenn., and Spencer Winstead, Johnson City, Tenn., four bass, 7-0
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