Youth Bass Club at state tournament on Friday[Photo provided]
After starting Saturday in 43rd place, the Raider team of Isaiah Owens and Garrett Davis again netted 5 keepers weighing 14.94 pounds. This gave the duo a 2 day total of 25.17 pounds which was good enough to lift them to 10th place overall.
The brother tandem of Dawson and Branson Wells started the day in 43rd place as they caught 5 fish on Friday weighing in at 12.34 pounds. On Saturday, Team Wells also landed 5 keepers which tipped the scales at 9.54 pounds. This gave the Wells gang a 2 day total on 20.38 pounds and a 37th place finish against teams from all over the state.
Adam Petty and Jayden Yates were the Coffee County leaders after Day #1 as they began Saturday in 29th place with a 5 fish stringer weighing 11.36 pounds. Petty and Yates got shut out on the day as they came home with an empty live well. They finished the tournament in 105th place out of 150 boats.
For the season, Owens and Davis were the top Coffee County team in the standings as they finished in 41st place. The Wells brothers finished 52nd place while Colby Thurmond and Jacob Garms came home in 56th place. The team of Petty/Yates finished in 167th place, Briley Sain and Kaden Freeze were 237th and Chris Tudor and Sawyer Banks fished 1 state trail event to come in 262nd place as more than 400 teams took part in the season long trail series.
Next up for the Coffee County Youth Bass Club will be the Junior State Championship on Tims Ford on May 18th for the team of Kylan Mantooth and Lance Marcom. Select members of the high school anglers now prepare for the Bassmaster High School National Championship in August to be held on Kentucky and Barkley Lakes.
