DAYTON, Tenn. (Oct. 25, 2021) – Maryville, Tennessee’s William Blount High School duo of Hunter Stewart of Friendsville, Tennessee and Austin Gredig, of Maryville, Tennessee, won the High School Fishing Open tournament at Lake Chickamauga on Saturday in Dayton, Tennessee. The victory advanced the team to the 2022 High School Fishing National Championship, scheduled for June 2022 at Alabama’s Pickwick and Wilson lakes.
According to post-tournament reports, the duo caught their fish targeting laydowns in 3 to 5 feet of water with a Z-Man ChatterBait and a Strike King KVD 1.5 squarebill crankbait.
TOP 10 RESULTS
|
RANK |
SCHOOL/CLUB NAME/CITY |
ANGLER NAME |
BASS |
WEIGHT |
|
1st* |
William Blount High School, Maryville, Tenn.* |
Hunter Stewart, Friendsville, Tenn. |
5 |
12-5 |
|
2nd* |
Elizabethton High School, Elizabethton, Tenn. |
Zeb Roberts, Roan Mountain, Tenn. |
5 |
10-6 |
|
3rd* |
Alcoa High School, Alcoa, Tenn. |
Landon Myers, Maryville, Tenn. |
2 |
7-4 |
|
4th* |
Greenbrier High School, Evans, Ga. |
Henry Garrett, Evans, Ga. |
3 |
7-3 |
|
5th* |
Rhea County High School, Evensville, Tenn. |
Will Travis, Dayton, Tenn. |
2 |
6-10 |
|
6th* |
South Forsyth High School, Cumming, Ga. |
Jeremy Zyck, Cumming, Ga. |
3 |
6-3 |
|
7th* |
East Jessamine High School, Nicholasville, Ky. |
Ridge Rutledge, Nicholasville, Ky. |
3 |
6-3 |
|
8th* |
Campbell County High School, Jacksboro, Tenn. |
Bryson Dotson, LaFollette, Tenn. |
3 |
5-13 |
|
9th* |
Edinburg Township High School, Edinburg, Ill. |
Levi Kohl, Edinburg, Ill. |
2 |
5-9 |
|
10th* |
Sale Creek High School, Sale Creek, Tenn. |
Banks Shaw, Harrison, Tenn. |
2 |
5-8 |
*National Championship Qualifier. The top 10% of teams advance to the 2021 High School Fishing Fishing National Championship
2022 UPCOMING QUALIFICATION OPPORTUNITIES
|
EVENT |
DATE |
LOCATION |
HOST |
|
2022 High School Fishing National Championship & World Finals |
June 22-25, 2022 |
Pickwick Lake & Wilson Lake |
Florence-Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau |