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Illinois Bass Federation Nation
Youth State Championship
Sunday August 20th 2006
Vermillion Lake in Danville, IL.
Winners of the 11 – 14 year old
age group
Cody Varner State Champion
(1.12 lbs. Total weight and Big Bass weight)
Kyle Van Duyn 2nd place (.87 lbs. Total
weight)
Winners of the 15 -18 year old age group
Tyler McCune State Champion (6.66 lbs. Total
Weight and a Big Bass of 4.13 lbs.)
Zach Brooks 2nd place (5.38 lbs Total weight)
Cody Cavenaile 3rd place (2.83 lbs. Total
weight)
Jacob Garnica 4th (2.57 lbs. Total weight)
Each of these winners received a
plaque from the Illinois Bass Federation Nation for
1st through 4th place. Tyler McCune and Cody Varner
also received a plaque for big bass in their age
group. Both State Champions also received a $300
Savings bond from the Illinois Bass Federation
Nation.
Both State Champions will advance on to Nationals in
February of 2007 at Lake
Logan Martin in Alabama. There they will spend three
days with the big time pro bass fisherman that you
see Saturday mornings on ESPN (B.A.S.S. – Bass
Anglers Sportsman Society). They will have a meet
and greet day that ends with a pairing dinner where
they will be matched up with their pro that they
will spend the next two day fishing with. The first
day will be a practice day for the Pro to take the
kids out on the water and help them with anything
they can to get them ready for the National
Championship the following day (Lake Logan Martin –
Alabama).
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