Wilkinson & Oathoudt

Draper & King

Atlantic, IA. – The SW Valley student anglers of Joey Oathoudt and Owen Wilkinson of Corning, IA captured top spot in Powerade High School Series at the McDermott & Son Roofing Company SAF SWIFT bass tournament at Lake Anita on Saturday. The teams total of 5 fish weighing 7.51 pounds, gave them 2.74-pound margin victory over the second-place team of Drey Newell of Atlantic and Braden Smith of Atlantic who brought 5 bass to the stage weighing 4.77. Third went to Dylan Comes and Cooper Jipsen both from Atlantic with 1 bass, 4.38.

Cooper Jipsen – Big Fish

Emmett of Panora, IA and AJ Draper of Linden, IA scored the win in the Fairlire Yup Junior Series with 5 bass weighing 4.61 pounds. Second place went to Hunter Quist of Atlantic, IA., and Adien Smith, Elliot, IA hauled in 3 bass at 4.56 lbs., and rounding out the field in third place was the team of Jake Wailes of Wiota, IA and Brentyn Hoolver of Anita, IA their total was 5 bass 3.97 lbs.

Fishing conditions were tough and presented many challenges for the thirty-two student anglers, but the students launched their boats at 7:30am and navigated across 159-acre Lake Anita for seven in half hours on the hunt to put a 5 bass limit in the boat.  At the official weigh-in there were a total of 35 were caught, and all bass were safely returned to the lake.

Cooper Jipsen from Atlantic earned the AM Cohron & Sons Big Fish of the tournament with his bass weighing in at 4.38 pounds.

Powerade High School Boat Series results from the McDermott & Son Roofing Company SAF SWIFT tournament at Lake Anita on Saturday.

1^st – Joey Oathoudt, Corning, IA and Owen Wilkinson, Corning, IA, 5 bass, 7.51- Boat Captain- Bob Harris
2^nd– Drey Newell, Atlantic, IA and Braden Smith, Atlantic, IA, 5 bass, 4.77 lbs., Boat Captain- Brendon Atkinson
3^rd– Cooper Jipsen, Atlantic, IA and Braden Smith, Atlantic, IA, 1 bass, 4.38 lbs., Boat Captain- Dent Petty
4^th Tie- Vicente Butcher, Corning, IA., and Conner Britten, Red Oak, IA., 1 bass, 1.20 lbs., Boat Captain- Jim Robinson- Villisca
4^th Tie– Mason McCready, Macedonia, IA and Caden Forristall, Carson, IA, 1 bass, 1.20 lbs., Boat Captain- Eric McCready
6^th– Korben Brunt, Anita, IA and Owen Hoover, Anita, IA, 1 bass, 1.04 lbs., Boat Captain- Butch Spence Elk Horn
7^th– Jake Oathoudt, Corning, IA and Dakota Breaud, Corning, IA, 1 bass, .96 lbs., Boat Captain- Chuck Elmquist
8^th– Colton Rudy, Atlantic, IA and Colin Rudy, Atlantic, IA, 0 bass, 0 lbs., Boat Captain- Chuck/Jill Rudy

Fairlire Yup Junior Boat Series results from the McDermott & Son Roofing Company SAF SWIFT tournament at Lake Anita on Saturday.

1^st- Emmett King, Panora, IA., and AJ Draper, Linden, IA., 5 bass, 4.61 lbs., Boat Captain-Jeremy King
2^nd– Hunter Quist, Atlantic, IA., and Adien Smith, Elliot, IA., 3 bass, 4.56 lbs., Boat Captain-Kyle/Braden Quist
3^rd-Jake Wailes, Wiota, IA and Brentyn Hoover, Anita, IA,5 bass, 3.97 lbs. Boat Captain- Rob Clausen
4^th–Cody Swank, Harlan, IA and Braxton Hass, Atlantic, IA, 5 bass, 3.46 lbs.,  Boat Captain- Don Switzer
5^th: Grayson Molgaard, Atlantic, IA and Owen Miller, Atlantic, IA, 1 bass, 2.48 lbs., Boat Captain- Peter Molgaard
6^th: Gavin Dougherty, Lewis, IA and Garrett Stetzel, Atlantic, IA, 1 bass, .96 lbs., Boat Captain- Koby Stetzel
7^th: Letty McSorely, Carson, IA and Colton Krueger, Carson, IA, 0 bass, 0 lbs.,- Boat Captain- Adam Krueger
8^th: Brody Hughes, Red Oak, IA and Bently Hughes, Red Oak, IA, 0 bass, 0 lbs., -Boat Captain- Bill Hughes

The next event for SWIFT will be Sunday May 2^nd at Lake of Three Fires.
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