Fishing team winners: (left to right) Jacob Lovell, Blake Pike, Ronnie Knight, Dustin Lawless, Dillon Bryant Tim Scott, Travis Walker, Tony Walker and Hylton Scott.
The Patrick County High School Fishing Team won the Joseph Thompson Six-Man Team State Championship Tournament August 5, at Buggs Island Lake.
This tournament takes the top-six teams of each school from the regular season who compete for the championship at the end of the season. The PCHS Fishing team was the FLW state champ for several years, but this is the first BASS state trophy the team has won.
The schools that competed this year were Patrick County, Magna Vista, Orange County, Fluvanna County, Jefferson Forest, Louisa County, Madison County and William Monroe.
The team results were as follows: Patrick County: 25.31 lbs; Orange County: 24.79 lbs; Magna Vista: 23.74 lbs; Jefferson Forest: 23.70 lbs; Madison County: 15.87 lbs.; Fluvanna County: 13.33 lbs; William Monroe: 11.78 lbs; and Louisa County: 10.98 lbs.
