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TFS Bass Fishing Club qualifies for state competition

Marshall Williams and Marshall Harrelson, members of the newly-formed Tallulah Falls
School Bass Fishing Club qualified for a state berth at a tournament on Sept. 17.

The catch by the Tallulah Falls School Bass Fishing Club in its first Georgia B.A.S.S. Nation high school tournament resulted in a state qualifying berth.

With approximately 172 high school male and female anglers representing a field of 86 teams, the competition was intense at Lake Lanier on Sept. 17.

TFS teammates freshman Marshall Williams of Homer and sophomore Marshall Harrelson of Clarkesville were able to land 14 fish through the course of the tournament.

According to Russell Williams, club sponsor and boat pilot, only four fish were the legal length limiting the team to weighing in a bag one fish short of the legal limit.

“However, the four-fish creel weighing 6.25 pounds was enough weight to gain them a spot in the state championship next June,” Russell Williams said.

Marshall Harrelson and Marshall Williams, who fished as an independent team last year, did not qualify for the State Championship until three months into their previous season, he added.

“This early qualification with a championship berth takes the pressure off of the anglers and captain allowing the team to focus on other goals such as placing first in tournaments for the rest of the year and going out to fish for fun,” Russell Williams said.

“We are very proud of the early success of this new club at TFS,” said President and Head of School Larry A. Peevy. “It’s going to be exciting to follow the progress during the tournament season.”

Next month the team of anglers compete on Lake Hartwell where Tallulah Falls School will be recognized as the host school for the tournament.  Everyone is invited to come watch the weigh in at Tugaloo State Park at 3 p.m. on Oct. 8, he said.