Crowder HS wins OK Championship

The Crowder High School duo of Jacob Lott and Blake Denny brought a five-bass limit to the scale weighing 17 pounds, 6 ounces, to win the 2016 TBF/FLW High School Fishing Oklahoma State Championship on the Arkansas River.

June 11, 2016 • MLF • Archives

Forty-two high-school teams competed in the event, which launched from Three Forks Marina in Muskogee.

1st: Crowder High School, McAlester, Okla. – Jacob Lott and Blake Denny, five bass, 17-6

3rd: Inola High School, Inola, Okla. – Ty Crutchfield and Kyle Burks, five bass, 12-15

Rounding out the top 10 teams were:

6th: Rogers County Zebra Bassanglers – Lane Conner, Claremore, Okla., and Matthew Gaines, Tiawah, Okla., five bass, 12-5

8th: Okay High School, Okay, Okla. – Austin Skiles and Jacob Cowden, five bass, 11-15

10th: Braggs High School, Braggs, Okla. – Mason Jones and Justin Haworth, five bass, 11-11

The 2016 Oklahoma State High School Fishing Championship was a two-person (team) event for students in grades 7-12. The top 10 percent from each TBF/FLW state championship field will advance to a High School Fishing conference championship along with the top three teams from each of the seven TBF/FLW High School Fishing Opens held this season. The top 10 percent of each conference championship field will then advance to the High School Fishing National Championship, coinciding with the TBF National Championship and an FLW Tour stop in the spring of 2017. The High School Fishing national champions will each receive a $5,000 college scholarship to the school of their choice.

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