The McKendree bass fishing team held a qualifier at Centralia last this past week, collecting 56 keepers for a total of 141.61 pounds.
Sophomore Jack Stephens (St. Louis, Mo./Lindbergh) led the Bearcats for the day, catching six bass weighing in at 16.95 pounds. At runner-up, sophomore Evan Sutton (Highland, Ill./Highland) snagged four bass for 12.32 pounds while junior Harmon Marien (Eagle River, Wisc./Northland Pines) took third at 11.34 pounds. Just .04 pounds apart were the fourth and fifth place finishers as junior Colton Hill (Patoka, Ill./Patoka) weighed in five bass for 10.44 pounds and sophomore Jaxson Freeman (Loda, Ill./Rantoul) weighed in four fish for 10.40 pounds.
Below are the anglers who weighed in for the day:
6th – sophomore Kyle Hopping (Lake St. Louis, Mo./Timberland) with 8.98 pounds
7th – freshman Gage Bliming (Jacksonville, Ill./Jacksonville) with 7.92 pounds including the largest catch of the day at 5.62 pounds
8th – fifth-year senior Trey Schroeder (Crestwood, Mo./Lindbergh) with 7.52 pounds
9th – freshman August Kukis (Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central) with 7.34 pounds
10th – junior Kurt Litteken (Lebanon, Ill./Wesclin) with 7.29 pounds
11th – junior Colsyn Head (Poland, Ind./Owen Valley) with 6.31 pounds
12th – freshman Ethan Fields (Breese, Ill./Mater Dei) with 5.97 pounds
13th – sophomore Lane Stephens (Talala, Okla./Oologah) with 4.68 pounds
14th – sophomore Maxwell Trotter (Decatur, Ill./St. Teresa) with 4.62 pounds
15th – freshman Zach Pocos (Norwalk, Ohio/St. Paul) with 4.53 pounds
16th – junior Grant Olsen (Gardner, Ill./Gardner South Wilmington) with 3.91 pounds
17th – freshman Connor Hall (Jacksonville, Ill./Jacksonville) with 3.70 pounds
18th – senior Nick Holtgrave (Trenton, Ill./Wesclin) with 2.57 pounds
19th – senior Harper Burkeen (Paducah, Ky./McCracken County) with 1.74 pounds
20th – freshman Tucker Siminak (Antioch, Ill./Antioch) with 1.71 pounds
21st – senior Devon Rathbun (Springfield, Mo./Parkview) with 1.47 pounds
The Bearcat anglers will compete this weekend as they host the McKendree Fall Invitational at Vandalia Lake on Saturday and Lake Springfield on Sunday.
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