GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. – The University of Pikeville bass fishing team competed at Lake Guntersville in Guntersville, Alabama, on Friday, September 25, competing against anglers from across the country in the Major League Fishing (MLF) Columbia PFG College Fishing event.
The Bears had five teams competing in the one-day tournament, with Silas Jones and Carrson Sizemore leading UPIKE with a 96th-place finish. The duo weighed in five fish totaling 15 pounds, 15 ounces.
Ethan Elliott and Elijah Ward finished 112th with a five-fish total of 15 pounds, 1 ounce. Phoenix Parks and Dylan Teater followed in 118th place with 14 pounds, 14 ounces.
Caden Ayers and Dillon Downey finished 140th with 14 pounds, 1 ounce, while Ben Chesney and Carson Mathieu placed 154th with 13 pounds, 9 ounces. Rhett Holbrook and Carson Holbrook rounded out the UPIKE entries in 156th place, weighing in four fish totaling 13 pounds, 8 ounces. Nicholas Schaefer and Matthew Strickland also competed, finishing 172nd with 12 pounds.
Carson-Newman University's Zachary Knight and James Sumrell won the tournament with a five-fish limit weighing 24 pounds, 12 ounces.
The Bears will return to action on Friday, October 23, at the MLF Columbia PFG College Fishing event on Cherokee Lake in Jefferson City, Tennessee. Takeoff is scheduled for 8 AM.
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