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Season Recap: Bass Fishing

The bass fishing team completed its 2021-22 season in the Georgia Bass Nation state tournament on June 3-4. The team consistently saw a handful of anglers near the top of the pack in each tournament throughout the season.

The middle school duo of DJ Broome and Jack Thomson placed 11th overall in the junior state tournament, and usually were found among the top-20 in every tournament this year. Meanwhile, freshmen Haygen James and Koen Eller, who placed 44th overall at the state tournament, also found success in nearly every tournament.

Broome and Thomson qualified for state in the junior tournament after being ranked seventh among all middle school teams. Their point total of 1,376 throughout the regular season was not far off the top team's score of 1,482. In the Junior State Classic, the duo reeled in 17.06 pounnds, and went up against 44 total teams.

James and Eller posted a point total of 1,084 during the regular season, ranking them 41st in the state heading into the State Classic. There, the freshmen hauled in 15.02 pounds over the two-day event. Other anglers on the roster in 2021-22 included George Ketch and Austin Zigler.