BEDFORD, Iowa — Jake Wailes and Holden DeVore from Atlantic captured the Powerade High School Division championship during the fourth stop of the Firman Power Equipment/KWF/Fast Metal TBF SWIFT Tournament Trail at Lake of Three Fires.
Wailes and DeVore with their boat captain Rob Clausen brought an impressive five-bass limit weighing 17.22 pounds to the SlideMaster Championship Stage, powered by Firman Power Equipment. They edged Sawyer Goss and Augi Precht, who placed second with 16.73 pounds. Dawson Schenck and Field Vande Noord finished third with 12.12 pounds.
DeVore also earned the Keith Harlan–AM Cohron & Sons Big Bass Award with a massive 6.46-pound largemouth bass. The fish was the largest brought to the scales and marked DeVore’s personal-best bass caught during a high school tournament.
In the Fairlife Junior Division, Brendan Wilke and Brody Frederickson of Atlantic continued their outstanding season by winning with a five-fish limit weighing 10.11 pounds. Tristan Kinnaman and Aiden Kruger placed second with 8.48 pounds.
The tournament began after a two-hour delay caused by lightning and heavy rain. Despite the challenging start, Lake of Three Fires produced excellent fishing, with every participating team bringing a five-fish limit to the championship stage.
Powerade High School Division Results
- Jake Wailes and Holden DeVore — five fish, 17.22 pounds
- Sawyer Goss and Augi Precht — five fish, 16.73 pounds
- Dawson Schenck and Field Vande Noord — five fish, 12.12 pounds
- Mykah Barnett and Tate Stiles — five fish, 12.07 pounds
- Kade Wilson and Landen Schenck — five fish, 11.92 pounds
- Colton Krueger and Leon Polley — five fish, 11.48 pounds
- Brentyn Hoover and Grayson Molgaard — five fish, 11.23 pounds
- Brock Schechinger and Logan Erlbacher — five fish, 10.64 pounds
- Tim Donovan and Keaton Hawkins — five fish, 9.87 pounds
- Peyton Kinnaman and Blake Siefken — five fish, 7.58 pounds
- Letty McSorely and Fynn Thompson — five fish, 6.53 pounds
Fairlife Junior Division Results
- Brendan Wilke and Brody Frederickson — five fish, 10.11 pounds
- Tristan Kinnaman and Aiden Kruger — five fish, 8.48 pounds
SWIFT extends its appreciation to the corporate sponsors, boat captains, volunteers and families whose support makes the tournament trail possible.
The fifth and final stop of the TBF SWIFT Tournament Trail will be held Sunday, Sept. 20, at 12 Mile Lake. The Southwest Iowa Fishing Team will face the Central Iowa Student Anglers in a head-to-head competition for the Big Bass Battle Championship.
(Story provided by Bob Harris)
