Bottom row left to right- Letty McSorely, Carson, IA, Colton Krueger, Carson, IA, Cody Swank, Harlan, IA, Colton Anderson, Atlantic, Braxton Hass, Atlantic, Hunter Quist, Atlantic, Adien Smith, Elliott, Brentyn Hoover, Anita, IA, Jake Wailes, Wiota, IA, Grant Petty, Atlantic, Holden DeVore, Atlantic, Hade DeVore, Atlantic, Garret Stezel, Atlantic, Gavin Doughtery, Lewis. Top row left to right Conner Britten, Red Oak, Braden Smith, Atlantic, Drey Newell, Atlantic, Dylan Comes, Atlantic, Cooper Jipsen, Atlantic, Owen Hoover, Anita, Korben Brunt, Anita, Vicente Butcher, Corning, Joaquin Wailes, Wiota, Joey Oathoudt, Corning, Colton Rudy, Atlantic, Colin Rudy, Atlantic, Jake Oathoudt, Corning, Dakota Breaud, Corning, Mason McCready, Macedonia, IA, Caden Foristall, Carson.

Atlantic, IA. – The duo of Vicente Butcher of Corning, Iowa and Conner Britten from Red Oak took home the top spot in the Powerade High School Series at the Olsen BP SAF SWIFT tournament at Prairie Rose Lake on Saturday. The teams total of 5 bass weighing 11 pounds, 11 ounces, gave them a mere 2-ounce-margin victory over the second-place team of Drey Newell of Atlantic and Braden Smith of Atlantic who brought 5 bass to the stage weighing 11-09. Third went to Dylan Comes and Cooper Jipsen both from Atlantic with 5 bass, 11-2.

Hunter Quist of Atlantic and Adien Smith from Elliott scored the win in the Fairlire Yup Junior Series with 5 bass weighing 11-7. Quist/Smith had to overcome some early adversity when their boat would not start once it was backed into the water. The only way they could maneuver their boat was by using the remote on the trolling motor, but kept fishing and with a little divine intervention perhaps they were still able to weigh-in the biggest 5 bags of fish. Second place went to Cody Swank of Harlan and Braxton Hass of Atlantic hauled in 4 bass at 6-15, rounding out the field in third place was the team of Jake Wailes of Wiota, IA and Brentyn Hoolver of Anita, IA. their total was 3 bass 5-12.

It was a perfect sunny spring day with temperature in the low 70’s and extraordinarily little wind for thirty student anglers and their boat captains who launched from the docks at 7:30am on the hunt to put a 5 bass limit in the boat. The teams navigated across 173-acre Prairie Rose Lake for seven in half hours making history for the first SAF High School and Junior Fishing tournament to be held in the state of Iowa. At the official weigh-in there were a total of 46 were caught with a combined weight of 99lbs 8oz., all bass were safely returned to the lake. Seven teams caught a 5 bass full bad limit and the average bass weighed one pound seven once.

Jake Wailes a 6th grader from Atlantic earned the AM Cohron & Sons Big Fish of the tournament with his bass weighing in at three pounds.

Powerade High School Boat Series results from the Olsen BP SAF SWIFT tournament at Prairie Rose Lake on Saturday.

1st: Vicente Butcher, Corning, IA., and Conner Britten, Red Oak, IA., 5 bass, 11.11
2nd: Drey Newell, Atlantic, IA and Braden Smith, Atlantic, IA, 5 bass, 11.09
3rd: Cooper Jipsen, Atlantic, IA and Braden Smith, Atlantic, IA, 5 bass, 11.02
4th: Mason McCready, Macedonia, IA and Caden Forristall, Carson, IA, 5 bass, 11.01
5th: Korben Brunt, Anita, IA and Owen Hoover, Anita, IA, 5 bass, 10.6
6th: Colton Rudy, Atlantic, IA and Colin Rudy, Atlantic, IA, 5 bass, 9.9
7th: Joey Oathoudt, Corning, IA and Joaquin Wailes, Wiota, IA, 2 bass, 4.1
8th: Jake Oathoudt, Corning, IA and Dakota Breaud, Corning, IA, 1 bass, 2.11

Fairlire Yup Junior Boat Series results from the Olsen BP SAF SWIFT tournament at Prairie Rose Lake on Saturday.

1st: Hunter Quist, Atlantic, IA., and Adien Smith, Elliot, IA., 5 bass, 11.7
2nd: Cody Swank, Harlan, IA and Braxton Hass, Atlantic, IA, 4 bass, 6.15
3rd: Jake Wailes, Wiota, IA and Brentyn Hoover, Anita, IA, 3 bass, 5.12
4th: Gavin Dougherty, Lewis, IA and Garrett Stetzel, Atlantic, IA, 1 bass, 2.3
5th: Hade DeVore, Atlantic, IA and Holden DeVore Atlantic, IA, 0 bass, 0
6th: Letty McSorely, Carson, IA and Colton Krueger, Carson, IA, 0 bass, 0
7th: Grant Petty, Atlantic, IA and Colton Anderson, Atlantic, IA, 0 bass, 0

The next event for SWIFT will be a Lake Anita on April 17th.
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