Lefevers wins Music City Division tournament

Scott Lefevers of Mount Juliet, Tenn., topped 114 BFL Boater Division competitors March 8 on Percy Priest Lake with four bass weighing 12 pounds. Angler: Scott Lefevers.

March 8, 2003 • MLF • Archives

PERCY PRIEST, Tenn. – Scott Lefevers of Mount Juliet topped 114 Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League competitors Saturday on Percy Priest Lake with four bass weighing 12 pounds. The catch earned him $3,330 and 200 points in the Boater Division.

Lefevers’s catch topped second-place boater Jason Pernell of White Bluff by 2 ounces. Pernell finished the one-day tournament with a five-bass catch weighing 11 pounds, 13 ounces worth $1,665. Lynn McWhorter of Algood earned a $500 bonus from Ranger for being the highest-finishing participant in the Ranger Cup incentive program. Greg Fender of Odin, Ill., earned $570 as the big-bass winner thanks to a 5-pound, 11-ounce bass.

Ashley Hayes of Rockvale (five bass, 11 pounds, 9 ounces, $1,132); Clifford Dunn of Lascassas (five bass, 10 pounds, 8 ounces, $866); and Carl Freeman of Portland (five bass, 10 pounds, 5 ounces, $732) rounded out the top five boaters.

Phillip White of Kingston Springs claimed first place and $1,665 in the 114-competitor Co-angler Division with five bass weighing 10 pounds, 5 ounces. He surpassed second-place co-angler Bob Furstenberg of Old Hickory by 1 ounce. Furstenberg finished with a four-bass catch weighing 10 pounds, 4 ounces worth $832.

Randy Vassar of Woodbury (two bass, 8 pounds, 5 ounces, $566); Danny Boggs of Fayetteville (three bass, 6 pounds, 15 ounces, $433); and Billy Burgess of Hendersonville (two bass, 6 pounds, 14 ounces, $366) rounded out the top five co-anglers.
Ricky Moore of Antioch earned big-bass honors and $285 in his division with a 5-pound, 8-ounce bass.

The Wal-Mart BFL will visit Center Hill Lake April 5 for the second of five Music City Division events. The boater with the most points after the division’s season finale, a two-day Super Tournament Sept. 20-21 on Old Hickory Lake, will be declared the Yamaha “Be the Best” Points Leader and awarded $1,000. The co-angler amassing the most points by the end of the season will receive $500.

The top 30 Music City Division boaters and co-anglers will advance to regional competition Oct. 7-11 on Lake Eufaula near Eufaula, Ala., where they will go up against top competitors from the Louisiana, Mississippi and Savannah River divisions for a shot at qualifying for the Wal-Mart BFL All-American – one of the most lucrative postseason tournaments in competitive angling.

As much as $6 million will be awarded in the 2003 Wal-Mart BFL.

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