The Bass Federation of South Carolina hosted their Youth programs state championship on Lake Murray on May 19th. In all there were 98 young anglers from 17 schools and clubs from all around SC. at Dreher Island State Park ready to compete.
TBF is affiliated with FLW Outdoors and has been working with DNR of SC to expand the Juniors program to include school clubs. Lorianne Riggin of DNR and Roxanne Coleman of Berkley were on hand and were presented with certificates of appreciation by TBF of SC for all their help.
Two Juniors State Champions would be decided at this tournament, one in the 11-14 age group and one from the 15-18 group. They will go onto The Juniors World Championship sponsored by The National Guard at Lake Lanier, Ga. later this year and compete for $5000 in scholarship money. Also the club with the heaviest weight for their team of 6 would be crowned as State Champion Club and display the Champions Trophy for the coming year. Continue reading