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Nick
Dietrich and Andrew Sams Advance to 2008
Castingkids Divisional
Championship
Jr.
State Team Established
Congratulations to Nick Dietrich and Andrew Sams for winning their
age groups on Saturday, August 23, 2008, on the
Lower Potomac
. Nick and Andrew now advance to the Mid-Atlantic Region
Federation Nation Divisional Championship to be held on
Lake
Kerr
in
Virginia
.
The
Jr. State Team for 2008 was established from this tournament also
and will consist of the following anglers: Nick Dietrich,
Andrew Sams, A.J. Dipietro, Logan Mellott, Mike Nutter, Danny
Roselle, Seth Wills and Alex Thomas.
Nich
Dietrich took lunker award in the 11-14 age group with a 3.09 lb.
fish; and Robert Staley (15-18 age group) had a 3.79 lb. fish.
There
were 74 keepers caught during this youth event. A great big
Thank You go out to the following boat captains, who took the time
and made this event possible for our youth: Charles King,
Randy Richards, Mike Day, Rick Lanore, Kevin Waterman, Rick May,
Ray Minton, Tom Rollins, John Sims, Greg Hosteller, Cliff Mangus,
and Ed Riley.
Thanks
to Randy Elliott, who was the weighmaster, and Ron Hines, who
bumped fish. These two individuals were also the rescue
boats for the tournament. The last hour of the tournament a
boat went down and Randy gave his boat up, with Ron towing the
disabled boat in. Class act, guys. Thanks again.
After
the weigh-in, a cookout was held, consisting of hamburgers and hot
dogs, which were donated by Gary Hemp of Hemp Meats in
Jefferson
,
Maryland
. A very special thank you, Gary; we appreciate your support
of our youth program.
The
State CastingKids Championship was held prior to the tournament.
Thanks go to Randy Dotson for running this event. Thanks
also to Rich Weldon and everyone that volunteered at both events
– you all made this happen.
The
two youth who will advance to the Mid-Atlantic Region Federation
Nation Divisional CastingKids Championship are Logan Kuhrmann
(7-10 age group) and Johnny Duarte (11-14 age group).
Congratulations to both finalists!
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