Boater Bruce Ring of Front Royal, Va., caught a 10-bass total weighing 28 pounds even Sept. 11-12 to win $6,531 in the BFL Shenandoah Division Super Tournament on the Potomac River.
Rounding out the top 10 boaters:
2nd: William Shelton III, LaCrosse, Va., 10 bass, 27-6, $2,265
3rd: Jeremy Southerly, Fulks Run, Va., 10 bass, 26-3, $1,511
4th: Terry Olinger, Hume, Va., 10 bass, 25-14, $1,057
5th: Michael Hall, Annandale, Va., 10 bass, 25-2, $906
6th: Frank Ippoliti, Mercersburg, Pa., 10 bass, 23-15, $831
7th: Wesley Harris, Rustburg, Va., 10 bass, 23-10, $755
8th: Edwin Jackson, Marshall, Va., 10 bass, 22-14, $680
9th: David Andrews, Fairfax, Va., 10 bass, 22-9, $604
10th: Joshua Wagy, Dewitt, Va., 10 bass, 22-6, $529
Batts winning co-angler
Jimmy Batts of Raleigh, N.C., caught a 10-bass total weighing 20 pounds, 1 ounce Sept. 11-12 to win $2,266 in the Co-angler Division.
Rounding out the top 10 co-anglers:
2nd: Jacob Bumgarner, Monroe, Va., eight bass, 19-11, $1,133
3rd: James Taylor, Ruther Glen, Va., 10 bass, 18-15, $755
4th: David Williams, Fredericksburg, Va., 10 bass, 18-6, $529
5th: Alan Price, Staunton, Va., eight bass, 18-0, $453
6th: Vic Riveras, Newport News, Va., nine bass, 16-10, $415
7th: Darick Brumbaugh, Fort Littleton, Pa., nine bass, 15-11, $378
8th: Gerald Heffler, Chester, Va., seven bass, 14-11, $340
9th: John Wolford, Ligonier, Pa., seven bass, 14-11, $302
10th: Tony Toombs, Drakes Branch, Va., nine bass, 14-9, $264
Coming up
The next BFL Shenandoah Division tournament, the Regional Championship, is scheduled for Oct. 7-9 on the Potomac River in Marbury, Md. The top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers from the Northeast, Piedmont, North Carolina and Shenandoah divisions have qualified for the Regional Championship, where the top six boaters and top six co-anglers will advance to the BFL All-American.
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