GREENVILLE, Ill. –
The McKendree bass fishing team held their fourth qualifier of the year at Governor Bond Lake in Greenville, Ill. this past week. Altogether, the team caught 46 keeper bass on the day.
The top finisher for the Bearcats was junior
Colsyn Head (Poland, Ind./Owen Valley) as he caught the only five-fish limit weighing in at 15.60 pounds. Head also snagged the biggest bass of the day at 4.62 pounds.
Finishing at runner-up was senior
Nick Holtgrave (Trenton, Ill./Wesclin) with four bass at 10.20 pounds followed by fifth-year senior
Trey Schroeder (Crestwood, Mo./Lindbergh) also with four fish weighing 9.01 pounds.
Rounding out the top five finishes for the day were
Tomas Matual (Chicago, Ill./Nazareth Academy) weighing three bass for 8.06 pounds and
Colton Hill (Patoka, Ill./Patoka) with three bass at 7.68 pounds.
Below are the anglers who weighed in the for the day:
6th – senior
Harper Burkeen (Paducah, Ky./McCracken County) with 7.39 pounds
7th – sophomore
Maxwell Trotter (Decatur, Ill./St. Teresa) with 7.05 pounds
8th – sophomore
Lane Stephens (Talala, Okla./Oologah) with 7.02 pounds
9th – freshman
Ethan Fields (Breese, Ill./Mater Dei) with 6.91 pounds
10th – sophomore
Jaxson Freeman (Loda, Ill./Rantoul) with 6.18 pounds
11th – freshman
Zach Pocos (Norwalk, Ohio/St. Paul) with 4.88 pounds
12th – junior
Harmon Marien (Eagle River, Wisc./Northland Pines) with 4.75 pounds
13th – freshman
Connor Hall (Jacksonville, Ill./Jacksonville) with 4.16 pounds
14th – junior
Grant Olsen (Gardner, Ill/Gardner South Wilmington) with 4.07 pounds
15th – senior
Trey Budach (Morris, Ill./Morris) with 3.02 pounds
16th – freshman
Tucker Siminak (Antioch, Ill./Antioch) with 2.99 pounds
17th – freshman
August Kukis (Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central) with 2.29 pounds
18th – senior
Devon Rathbun (Springfield, Mo./Parkview) with 1.89 pounds
19th – sophomore
Kyle Hopping (Lake St. Louis, Mo./Timberland) with 1.60 pounds
Coming up next, the Bearcats will host the McKendree Fall Invitational this weekend at Vandalia Lake on Oct. 1 and Lake Springfield on Oct. 2.
