BY DAVE LINK Alcoa won another state football championship last fall, won a boys’ state basketball championship in the winter, and won a girls’ state track and field title this spring. Add another state title to Alcoa’s history … [Read more...]
FCA Fishing Files: Sevier County anglers Chase McCarter and Ty Trentham tame Dale Hollow Lake
BY DAVE LINK Chase McCarter and Ty Trentham of the Sevier County Anglers finally figured out the bite at Dale Hollow Lake on April 29 during the final stop of the Tennessee Bass Nation’s North Central Division trail. They had success in other … [Read more...]
FCA FISHING FILES: Karns sophomores Hunter Owens, Clayton Kelley have ‘One-in-Million’ day fishing
BY DAVE LINK LENOIR CITY – Hunter Owens figured it might be a good day early Saturday morning (March 11) during the third stop of the Bass Pro Shops-Sevierville High School series on Fort Loudon/Tellico Lakes. He had no idea how good it would … [Read more...]
FCA Fishing Files: Olivia Mauldin wins Bass Pro Shops Sevierville event; Tucker Larrance, Jaxson Pierce win Juniors
BY DAVE LINK Grace Christian Academy junior Olivia Mauldin got the fishing bug when she was a young girl, going often in summers with her dad Mark, brother Garrett, and his friend Efrem. She’s never shaken the bug. “When I was little,” … [Read more...]
FCA FISHING FILES: Kingston sophomore Hayden Barnett ‘blindsided’ by win on Norris Lake
BY DAVE LINK Hayden Barnett of the Roane County High Bass Fishing Team had to make other plans when his co-angler, Will Bacon, was gone Oct. 8 for the Tennessee BASS Nation’s Bass Pro Shops-Sevierville event on Norris Lake. Barnett fished solo … [Read more...]
FCA FISHING: Tanner Herndon, Jaden Purkey to fish in college; Bacon, Barnett win Southeast title
BY DAVE LINK Tanner Herndon and Jaden Purkey have known each other since they were children and are longtime friends. They’re senior classmates at Jefferson County High School and partners on the school’s Patriot Anglers Fishing Team. After … [Read more...]
Walker LaRue and Joe Vaulton of Alcoa Fishing Team heading to national championships
BY DAVE LINK Alcoa Fishing Team’s Joe Vaulton and Walker LaRue are fishing like seasoned veterans on the Major League Fishing and Bassmaster High School circuits. And they’re just getting started. Vaulton is a sophomore and LaRue is a … [Read more...]
Joe Vaulton, Walker LaRue lead Alcoa Fishing to its first-ever team title in TN BASS Nation event
BY DAVE LINK Joe Vaulton and Walker LaRue didn’t win the Tennessee BASS Nation Southeast Region event Dec. 18, but they left Watts Bar Lake with a goal achieved. Their second-place finish among 87 teams propelled the Alcoa Fishing Team to its … [Read more...]
Sale Creek twin anglers prove to be one of top duos in Tennessee Bass Nation high school circuit
By DAVE LINK Twin brothers Dylan and Carter Nutt are the hottest team on the Tennessee BASS Nation High School Fishing circuit. The seniors at Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet High School in Nashville are atop the points standings in three of the four … [Read more...]