Sandite Bass Fishing sees success at Eufala tournaments

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Hunter Hilger and Noah Daczewitz placed top-ten both days and first on Saturday. SUBMITTED.

By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

Several fishing teams from Charles Page High School competed at the Oklahoma Bass Nation High School tournaments on Lake Eufala this weekend. Two teams placed top-ten on both days and one team took first place Saturday in a crowded competition with more than a hundred boats in the water.

Noah Daczewitz and Hunter Hilger placed first out of 108 boats on Saturday, catching four fish totaling 16.15 pounds, for the first Sandite  victory ever and the heaviest Sandite catch ever. On Sunday they placed seventh out of 114 teams with four fish totaling 11.09 pounds.

Seth Kearns and Cole Scott placed ninth on Saturday, catching four fish totaling 11.22 pounds, then took tenth on Sunday with four fish totaling 10.35 pounds. 

John Miller and Caden Pennington placed 26th on Saturday, catching two fish totaling 6.31 pounds, and 18th on Sunday with four fish totaling 9.16. 

Kyle and Kale Hilligoss placed 30th on Saturday with one fish. Fortunately for them, it was the biggest fish caught by anyone Saturday at 5.09 pounds. 

Jerret Haley and Corbin Williams placed 21st on Saturday, catching three fish totaling 7.66 pounds.

Braden Millican and Ty Steelman couldn't make it out Saturday due to a baseball tournament, but placed 26th on Sunday. They caught four fish totaling 7.94 pounds. 

The Sandites will return to action on the 30th at Lake Tenkiller for the OBN State Championship.

Sand Springs Bass Teams perform well at SAF State Championship

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SUBMITTED\\ Ty Steelman and Braden Millican comprise Sand Springs High School Team #3.

By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

Two Sand Springs High School fishing teams competed at the Oklahoma Student Angler Federation State Championship in Muskogee. The event was held on the Arkansas River this past weekend. Ty Steelman and Braden Millican placed eleventh in the event while John Miller and Caden Pennington placed eighteenth out of forty-two boats. 

The SAF State Championship is separate from the Oklahoma Bass Nation trail that the Sand Springs teams typically compete on. The OBN State Championship will be June 25th at Lake Keystone. The top four teams from the SAF State event will advance to the Southern Conference Regional Championship in Shreveport, Louisiana in October.

Steelman and Millican failed to catch the five-fish limit but still outweighed six teams that did net five bass, and were only one pound, five ounces away from qualifying for the Regional. The two possessed the heaviest four-fish net of the whole tournament at eleven pounds, eight ounces. 

SUBMITTED\\Caden Pennington and John Miller comprise Sand Springs High School Team #2. 

Miller and Pennington weren't far behind with four fish weighing nine pounds, three ounces. 

This is the first year Sand Springs has sent a team to the event, which has been going on since 2011. All three teams are expected to take to the waters of Lake Keystone for the OBN State Championship.

Hunter Hilger and Noah Daczewitz comprise a third Sandite team. They didn't participate at the SAF tournament, but they're currently ninth in the State OBN standing. Miller/Pennington are sixteenth in the standings and Steelman/Millican are thirty-sixth after only participating in two of five tournaments. 

Sand Springs High School bass teams place top ten at Ft. Gibson Tournament

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By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief

All three Charles Page High School fishing teams traveled to Fort Gibson this weekend for the last leg of the Oklahoma Bass Nation High School Trail. The lake hosted two back-to-back single day tournaments to conclude the regular season.

SUBMITTED: Hilger (left) and Daczewitz (right) are sponsored by True Smile Orthodontics, American Crating Company, Economy Lumber, Cust-o-Fab, Keystone Chevrolet, Air Solutions, Whitey's Pawn, Woody's Bait & Tackle, Danny's Auto Repair, and A1 Rental.

Braden Millican and Ty Steelman placed eighth in the first tournament with four fish weighing a total 9.41 pounds. The largest weighed in at 3.59 pounds. Noah Daczewitz and Hunter Hilger came in at ninth place with two fish weighing 6.39 pounds total. Their largest was 4.52 pounds. Caden Pennington and John Miller tied for last place after failing to land a catch. It was a rough day all around as only five of the thirty teams in the competition hauled in the full five-fish limit. Ten teams didn't land a single fish. 

SUBMITTED: Pennington (left) and Miller (right).

The Day Two tournament wasn't much better for the Sandites. Daczewitz and Hilger fared well for the second day in a row, coming in eleventh with three fish totaling 7.21 pounds, but the other two teams had a far rougher time. Miller and Pennington landed one fish at a solid 3.75 pounds for nineteenth place, but Millican and Steelman were unable to replicate their prior day's success. Team Three had several bites, according to Coach Bradley Millican, but three big ones slipped the hook right at the boat. 

Daczewitz and Hilger finished the regular season ninth in the state out of 42 teams with 357 points. Central Oklahoma's Keenom and Knoch finished with the top rank at 392 points and will get to travel to the National Championship this summer. The Sand Springs First Team participated in all five tournaments this season and placed fifteenth at Lake Eufala, twelfth at Lake Murray, and twenty-eighth at Lake Texoma.

SUBMITTED: Steelman (left) and Millican (right) are sponsored by Colburn Electric, A&M Baits, Basskwondo, New Wave Plastics, Lews, and Bison Coolers. 

Miller and Pennington finished the season sixteenth in the state with 291 points. They missed the Eufala Tournament due to mechanical problems, but placed fifteenth at Murray and a very impressive fourth place at Texoma. 

Team Three had a rough time this season as they missed the first three tournaments due to conflicts with baseball season and ultimately placed thirty-sixth. Millican and Steelman had a solid debut in the first Ft. Gibson Tournament, but would have needed to place first both days just to finish in the top 25. 

The State Championship Tournament will be held on June 25, 2016 at Lake Keystone and all three teams will be competing.