MILLEDGEVILLE — Brantley County’s 12-member, six-team bass fishing program participated here Saturday at Lake Sinclair in the state finals.
BCHS’s representation was the most of any program across the state in the finals.
Five of the six teams landed bass led by the 17th-place finish of Hayden Hickox and Brysen Chancey. The duo reeled in the five-catch limit with a combined weight of 12 lbs., 6 ozs.
Jefferson High School’s Jacob Janning and Ben Wilson won the title with 20 lbs., 5 ozs., with their five-catch limit. The biggest bass was 6 lbs., 10 ozs., by the Hart County duo of Cooper Sanders and Kain Norris (17 lbs., 10 ozs. total), who finished fifth. The Sanders-Norris big bass outweighed the totals of 35 teams.
Brantley County’s Eli Crawford and Kolby McLeod tied for 60th with a combined weight of 6 lbs., 15 ozs., with their five bass.
Brooks Anderson and Ryder Mercer finished 64th with a weight of 6 lbs., 12 ozs., for five bass.
Ryder Todd and Conner Wages placed 76th with their two bass weight 5 lbs., 14 ozs.
Saybree Niece and Waylon Thomas finished 92nd with their two bass weighing 3 lbs., 13 ozs.
Randy Johns and Jesse Miller were one of the 11 teams who were unable to reel in a bass.
