Colton Pyle and Cameron Acree finished in 24th place at the region bass fishing tournament -- missing a trip to the state tourney by just one place.
It was a rough day on the water and an excruciating wait for Christian County’s Cameron Acree and Colton Pyle.
They weighed in their catch of 8-pounds, 3-ounces at Saturday’s Region I Bass Fishing Tournament at Kuttawa Harbor. Then they had to see if they would place in the top 23 spots to qualify for the state tournament.
They missed out by one spot. A pound and an ounce kept them from becoming the first CCHS fishing team since Brandon Boyd and Chance Glass in 2016 to advance to state.
Acree and Pyle finished in 24th place.
Clayton Fernandez and Taylor Kelly finished further back in 30th place with two fish weighing 6-pounds, 7-ounces. However, Fernandez landed the second-largest fish of the tournament that checked in at 4-pounds.
McCracken County’s Harley Valerius and Blake Jeffery won the region title with five fish weighing 15 pounds. Whitesville Trinity’s Carson Fitzgerald and Blake McBrayer had the tournament’s big bass at 4-pounds, 3-ounces.
103 boats left Kuttawa Harbor to fish with 78 teams bringing fish to the scales. While the temperature was higher than in previous events held in the spring, anglers had to deal with windy conditions that made for choppy water.