Top 5 teams to fish in the championship tournament. PIctured from left, Austin Stokes, David Stokes, Preston Gregory, Lane Lowery, Zac Hamilton, Will Noland, Courtney Dudley, Dylan Fondren, Riley Harcrow.
The term “March Madness”, is primarily associated with NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball and is a single-elimination tournament each spring to determine the national championship. I want to share with you a little different “March Madness,” and how its significance is close to the heart of some high school youth.
March 24th, 2018 marked the sixth and final regular season tournament for the 2017-2018 Pickens Anglers High School Fishing Team. Teams have battled since October 2017 for the top five positions which will compete next month in the grand finale. Saturday’s tournament was hosted at Long’s Landing in Sumter County on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. David and Austin Stokes won Saturday’s tournament with five fish and a combined weight of 14.4 pounds. This also secured them a spot in the top five with a season cumulative weight of 41.2 pounds. Cole Browning and Dax Cooper took second place Saturday with five fish weighing in at 11.6 pounds. Zac Hamilton finished in third place for Saturday’s tournament with 11.5 pounds. Will Noland landed the “big fish” of the day, weighing 3.8 pounds.
See complete story in the Pickens County Herald.
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