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Winners of 2010 SAF High School Fishing World Finals to Be Offered Scholarships of a Lifetime and Spots On a
Collegiate Bass Fishing Team
Tens of Thousands of dollars in Total Cash & Prizes Up For Grabs with No Entry Fee for All Entries Received by July 6
There’s a lot on the line for the high school anglers in the first ever High School Fishing World Finals next month in Russellville, Arkansas on Lake Dardanelle. With collegiate bass fishing being one of the fastest growing sports in the nation, the High School Fishing World Finals will be the premier event for recruiting some of the best student anglers in the nation. Colleges are taking notice.
There will be numerous sponsored awards, prizes and trophies given during the event to top competing teams and to their home high schools. But the winning team will definitely have something to be proud of and to brag to all their friends back home about.
 The Bass Federation’s Student Angler Federation is excited to announce that the winning 2-person team of the 2010 SAF High School Fishing World Finals will be offered a spot on the Collegiate Bass Fishing Team with the Bethel University Wildcats in McKenzie, Tennessee. Not only will they have the opportunity to fish competitively at the college level, but each team member will also be offered $4,000 per year in scholarships, renewable for 4 years. That’s $16,000 per angler, making the total scholarship amount for the winning team $32,000!
Located in McKenzie, Tennessee, Bethel University is the first college in the nation to offer bass fishing as a collegiate sport. Their bass fishing team competed in the 2010 BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship just this past May and are competing this week in the BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Open event in Paris, TN on Kentucky Lake. The Wildcats Bass Fishing Coach is Garry Mason, a seasoned veteran of the sport from Buchanan, TN. He has been a fishing and hunting guide in the Kentucky Lake area for the past 25 years.
Bethel College is a member of the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) and competes in the TranSouth Athletics Conference and Mid-South Athletic Conference. It is located about 130 miles Northwest of Nashville, TN near Paris, TN.
Look for an official press release with further details within the next week. For more information regarding this event please visit HighSchoolFishing.org
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Matt King of Olathe, KS Makes Huge Leap to Win
2010 Central Division Championship in MO
 June 18, 2010; Truman Lake, MO - Matt King of Olathe, Kansas came from being down by nearly 10 lbs from yesterday's overall leader, Kerry Milner, to win the individual overall division champions title in the 2010 Central Division Championship Tournament Presented by Evinrude E-TEC.
King weighed in a monster sack of 21 lbs 4 oz today and was the largest stringer of the entire tournament, by far. What a comeback! The only one close to that weight was his draw partner today, Don Heiser of MO, who caught 16 lbs 5 oz. in the same boat.
King earned himself another trip to the TBF Federation Championship. “I changed it up a little bit and felt like I burned my fish the first 2 days. Today, I went out and fished the areas on this lake that I generally fish in the late spring and early summer, where fish should be this time of year,” King said. He was fishing the ledges in about 15-25’ of water and caught most of his fish on a Carolina Rig using a Brush Hog and a 6” lizard. Read More
16 Anglers Qualified for the 2011 TBF National Championship
Final FLW Tour Event This Week in Guntersville, AL
Get Your Fantasy Fishing Team Rosters Set,
Deadline TONIGHT at 11:59pm EST
This tournament is the last of the season for this year in FLW Fantasy Fishing. Be sure to make your picks wisely and good luck to all this week. If you can't win overall, then maybe you can at least beat your friends within your league! [22869]
The top cumulative prize this year is $50,000. The second-place finisher earns $25,000; third place gets a $5,000 Cabela’s gift card plus a 5-day guided fishing trip for two to Lake El Salto and fourth gets a BRP Can-Am Outlander 400 All-Terrain Vehicle. The overall winners will be announced during the week of the Forrest Wood Cup at Atlanta, GA, August 5-8, 2010.
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 The Arkansas Game & Fish Commission is offering a $150 grant for the first 25 Student Angler Federation Clubs (6 members) in Arkansas to sign up between now and the High School Fishing World Finals deadline of July 6th, 2010?
If you live in Arkansas and have kids interested in starting a club and fishing the High School Fishing World Finals, you need to contact Dawn Cook at ddcook@agfc.state.ar.us or 501-680-0183. She will be more than happy to assist you!
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Don't forget! Every week we put a TBF Number enclosed within brackets [xxxxx]. If you find YOUR TBF Number, call 580.765.9031. You have won a $25 Coupon to use in the TBF Member's Only Online Store! | |
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