Cole Sands and Conner Dimauro of Bryan College maintain the lead on Day 2 of the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops at Lake Chickamauga out of Dayton, Tenn., with a total of 44 pounds, 4 ounces.
Photo by Dalton Tumblin/B.A.S.S.
Aug. 2, 2019
DAYTON, Tenn. — Bryan College anglers Cole Sands and Conner Dimauro dipped into their vast
knowledge of Lake Chickamauga once again Friday and maintained their lead in the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship presented by Bass Pro.
Sands and Dimauro caught a limit of five bass that weighed 19 pounds, 11 ounces. Added to Thursday’s weight of 24-9, they have a two-day total of 44-4 that gives them a 12-ounce lead over Bethel University’s Carter McNeil and Cole Floyd (43-8) heading into Saturday’s final round.
Bryan College is located only a few blocks from Lake Chickamauga and Dayton Municipal Park where takeoffs and weigh-ins are being held this week. The Bryan team practices and competes on the lake year-round, which provides its anglers an edge no others in the championship field enjoy.
Still, no team (including the four other Bryan College tandems in the tournament) have produced quite like Sands and Dimauro so far. The leaders didn’t catch another 7-15 lunker like Sands had Thursday, but Friday’s catch was consistent — a quintet of 4-pounders that puts the duo in prime position to clinch a national title on home water.
“We’ve got hundreds, if not close to a thousand waypoints on this lake,” Dimauro said. “We had a decent practice, but we’ve been able to narrow things down and target some key areas. We have to keep our heads down and not get psyched out. We’re not spending too much time running. We’re just fishing a lot, which I think is the right thing to do.”
Sands and Dimauro have utilized a variety of techniques and lures to boat their best bass. They didn’t divulge their methods, but they noted that clear skies over the Volunteer State have aided their cause.
“We were with a camera guy today and we told him ‘Get ready, we’re about to catch a big one,’” Sands said. “When that sun got out, it was right (for us). We’re praying for one more day with conditions just like this.”
McNeil and Floyd stayed in second place with a 21-2 limit Friday to go with the 22-6 they weighed a day earlier. Despite the similar weights, the Bethel duo said they found conditions to be vastly different on Friday.
“We started out a lot slower than we did the first day,” Floyd said. “We ended up getting one of the right bites we needed with a 6-pounder early. We caught another good one, but then we were stuck on two for a long, long time. It was a grind.
“We wound up having four of the right ones and a little one.”
McNeil said one more big bite on Friday could have been enough for the tournament lead. They believe they found an area late in the day that could produce quality bites, and they’ll target that spot to begin the final round Saturday.
“There definitely are big fish (at Chickamauga,)” McNeil said. “Right now, it’s just getting the number of quality bites (to catch them.)”
Dalton Combs and Jack Rankin of Missouri’s Drury University weighed the heaviest bag Friday (22-11) and are in third place overall with a two-day total of 38-0. Their Day 2 limit was buoyed by an 8-9 kicker that Combs said he caught on his last cast of the day.
“I caught a 9-6 in practice and I thought this fish today was bigger,” Combs said. “It was close. I caught it doing the same thing on the same bait.”
They’ll target more big bites and hope to close the gap on the top two teams.
“This is Chickamauga,” Rankin said. “Anything’s possible.”
Just ask Michigan State angler Riley Welch, who didn’t weigh a fish Thursday, but rebounded Friday with the Big Bass of the tournament to date — a 9-14 lunker that was a personal best.
“I caught a bunch of 14-inch fish yesterday,” Welch said. “That was disappointing. Today, I was just chucking a big swimbait and I got that one to bite. It’s a nice way to end my tournament. I’ll drive home with a smile on my face.”
The field of 116 teams was cut to 12 after Friday’s weigh-in. The Top 4 of those dozen teams (eight anglers in all) will advance to the Bassmaster College Classic Bracket event to be held Aug. 27-29 at Watts Bar Lake, also in Tennessee. They will compete individually in a head-to-head format there with a berth in the 2020 Bassmaster Classic at Alabama’s Lake Guntersville going to the winning angler.
The Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship presented by Bass Pro resumes Saturday with takeoff from the Dayton Boat Dock at 6:40 a.m. ET. The final championship weigh-in is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. at Point Park.
Bryan College, the City of Dayton and Fish Dayton are hosting the event.
2019 Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops 8/1-8/3
Lake Chickamauga, Dayton TN.
(BOATER) Standings Day 2
Angler Club/School Pts
1. Cole Sands – Conner Dimauro Bryan College- TN 0
Day 1: 5 24-09 Day 2: 5 19-11 Total: 10 44-04
2. Carter McNeil – Cole Floyd Bethel University- TN 0
Day 1: 5 22-06 Day 2: 5 21-02 Total: 10 43-08
3. Dalton Combs – Jack Rankin Drury University- MO 0
Day 1: 5 15-05 Day 2: 5 22-11 Total: 10 38-00
4. Cody Huff – Garrett Enders Bethel University 0
Day 1: 5 18-06 Day 2: 5 18-10 Total: 10 37-00
5. Jordan Hartman – Will Gentry Murray State University- KY 0
Day 1: 5 15-15 Day 2: 5 20-14 Total: 10 36-13
6. Robert Gee – Saxton Long University of Tennessee 0
Day 1: 5 19-12 Day 2: 5 15-08 Total: 10 35-04
7. Jarrett Brown – Elliot Torode University of Montevallo 0
Day 1: 5 19-14 Day 2: 4 14-15 Total: 9 34-13
8. Perry Marvin – Cantley Krafft Virginia Tech University 0
Day 1: 5 15-10 Day 2: 5 18-07 Total: 10 34-01
9. Will Andrie – Gaige Blanton Kansas State University- KS 0
Day 1: 5 14-08 Day 2: 5 19-02 Total: 10 33-10
10. Noah Boyett – Hunter Hanby University of Arkansas- AR 0
Day 1: 5 18-12 Day 2: 5 14-05 Total: 10 33-01
11. Trevor McKinney – Ethan Jones McKendree University 0
Day 1: 5 15-07 Day 2: 5 17-09 Total: 10 33-00
12. Tyler Christy – Trey Schroeder McKendree University- IL 0
Day 1: 5 18-02 Day 2: 5 14-06 Total: 10 32-08
13. Joshua Boone – Blake Riley Eastern Kentucky University- KY 0
Day 1: 5 18-00 Day 2: 5 14-04 Total: 10 32-04
14. KJ Queen – Dax Ewart Bethel University 0
Day 1: 5 15-14 Day 2: 5 16-04 Total: 10 32-02
15. Bailey Fain – Trevor St. John Bryan College 0
Day 1: 5 09-15 Day 2: 5 20-10 Total: 10 30-09
16. Cal Culpepper – Mason Waddell University of Montevallo 0
Day 1: 5 16-08 Day 2: 5 14-00 Total: 10 30-08
17. Isaac Duncan – Fisher Young Blue Mountain College- MS 0
Day 1: 5 09-09 Day 2: 5 19-14 Total: 10 29-07
18. Tyler Bounds – Carson Leber Chico State 0
Day 1: 5 12-11 Day 2: 5 16-08 Total: 10 29-03
19. Collin Cropp – Mitch Van Ert University of Wisconsin-Whitewat 0
Day 1: 5 13-15 Day 2: 5 15-01 Total: 10 29-00
20. Derek Freeman – Caleb Allgood Clemson University 0
Day 1: 5 15-13 Day 2: 5 13-00 Total: 10 28-13
21. Brian Linder – Nathan Thompson Bemidji State University 0
Day 1: 5 11-11 Day 2: 5 17-01 Total: 10 28-12
22. Jacob Woods – Samuel Vandagriff Tennessee Tech University 0
Day 1: 5 14-10 Day 2: 5 14-01 Total: 10 28-11
23. Griffin Heffington – Mason Cizek Bryan College- TN 0
Day 1: 5 14-11 Day 2: 5 13-09 Total: 10 28-04
24. Brandon Mann – Hunter Bryant Arkansas Tech 0
Day 1: 5 17-09 Day 2: 5 10-04 Total: 10 27-13
25. Cole Breeden – Cameron Smith Drury University 0
Day 1: 3 13-13 Day 2: 5 13-13 Total: 8 27-10
26. Jackson Carrell – Bryton Kurtz Sam Houston State University 0
Day 1: 5 13-03 Day 2: 5 14-06 Total: 10 27-09
27. Aidan England – Braden Perry Carson-Newman University 0
Day 1: 5 13-14 Day 2: 5 13-10 Total: 10 27-08
28. Fisher Overton – Alden Keel Jr Blue Mountain College 0
Day 1: 5 12-05 Day 2: 5 15-00 Total: 10 27-05
29. J T Russell – Porter James University of Montevallo 0
Day 1: 5 16-01 Day 2: 5 10-12 Total: 10 26-13
30. Spencer Lambert – Wesley Banks University of Louisiana at Monro 0
Day 1: 5 12-14 Day 2: 5 13-08 Total: 10 26-06
31. Joshua Gruen – Riley Blair University of Wisconsin- Plattev 0
Day 1: 3 08-00 Day 2: 5 18-03 Total: 8 26-03
32. Chase Serafin – Jack Hippe Adrian College 0
Day 1: 5 18-02 Day 2: 4 08-01 Total: 9 26-03
33. Jacob Moore – Gilliam Tharpe North Carolina State University 0
Day 1: 5 15-03 Day 2: 4 10-15 Total: 9 26-02
34. Aaron Digh – Jerris Bush East Carolina University 0
Day 1: 5 12-11 Day 2: 5 13-02 Total: 10 25-13
35. Jared Turnbloom – Thomas Milstead University of Alabama 0
Day 1: 4 19-04 Day 2: 2 06-03 Total: 6 25-07
36. Grant Pavelka – Dylan Petersen MPCC 0
Day 1: 5 13-10 Day 2: 3 11-13 Total: 8 25-07
37. Tyler Price – Preston Kendrick Bryan College 0
Day 1: 5 12-05 Day 2: 5 13-01 Total: 10 25-06
38. Garrett Warren – Eric Lampkin Snead State Community College 0
Day 1: 5 12-08 Day 2: 5 12-07 Total: 10 24-15
39. Nicholas Inzeo – Nick Montilino Murray State University 0
Day 1: 5 13-07 Day 2: 3 10-15 Total: 8 24-06
40. Tristan McCormick – Dakota Pierce Bethel University 0
Day 1: 5 13-00 Day 2: 5 11-05 Total: 10 24-05
41. Landon Siggers – Logan Reynolds Wytheville Community College 0
Day 1: 5 20-06 Day 2: 2 03-13 Total: 7 24-03
42. Josh Flynn – Zac Hopkins Kansas State University 0
Day 1: 5 16-00 Day 2: 3 06-08 Total: 8 22-08
43. Chris Carnes – Tyler Lawwill UNC-Charlotte 0
Day 1: 5 11-08 Day 2: 3 10-14 Total: 8 22-06
44. John Garrett – Kyle Palmer Bethel University- TN 0
Day 1: 4 11-03 Day 2: 4 10-14 Total: 8 22-01
45. Jacob Louis – Nathan Doty McKendree University- IL 0
Day 1: 5 11-02 Day 2: 5 10-13 Total: 10 21-15
46. Cole Lamb – Tristan Weaver Arkansas Tech University- AR 0
Day 1: 5 10-10 Day 2: 5 11-00 Total: 10 21-10
47. Ben Seaman – Dante Piraino Clarkson University 0
Day 1: 5 14-02 Day 2: 3 07-07 Total: 8 21-09
48. Brad Ableman – Seth Roberts Bethel University 0
Day 1: 4 11-12 Day 2: 5 09-09 Total: 9 21-05
49. Thad Simerly – Ethan Shaw Bryan College 0
Day 1: 2 04-10 Day 2: 5 16-10 Total: 7 21-04
50. Miller Spivey – Trey Dickert University of Montevallo 0
Day 1: 3 06-06 Day 2: 5 14-13 Total: 8 21-03
51. Ty Cox – Chandler Boman Blue Mountain College 0
Day 1: 5 10-10 Day 2: 5 10-08 Total: 10 21-02
52. Chandlar Ellis – Gil Senn Lander University 0
Day 1: 5 09-11 Day 2: 5 11-03 Total: 10 20-14
53. Benjamin Hager – Noah Shaver UNC-Charlotte 0
Day 1: 5 14-03 Day 2: 3 06-06 Total: 8 20-09
54. Chase Sansom – Tyler Drown Marshall University 0
Day 1: 5 10-11 Day 2: 3 09-08 Total: 8 20-03
55. Shane Nelson – Brayden Federer Adrian College 0
Day 1: 3 07-11 Day 2: 5 12-07 Total: 8 20-02
56. Aaron Denny – Bill Mathews Grand Valley State University- M 0
Day 1: 5 09-06 Day 2: 5 10-11 Total: 10 20-01
57. Griffin Fernandes – Gunner Wilson Adrian College 0
Day 1: 4 08-02 Day 2: 4 11-14 Total: 8 20-00
58. Logan Parks – Lucas Lindsay Auburn University 0
Day 1: 4 11-15 Day 2: 4 07-13 Total: 8 19-12
59. Derek Pietsch – Trey Dawson Texas A&M 0
Day 1: 4 07-05 Day 2: 5 12-06 Total: 9 19-11
60. Tyler Lubbat – Harold Wells University of Alabama 0
Day 1: 5 11-12 Day 2: 5 07-13 Total: 10 19-09
61. Walker Wilson – Jackson Hall Univeristy of Arkansas- AR 0
Day 1: 1 02-01 Day 2: 5 17-06 Total: 6 19-07
62. Jacob Schrimsher – Nathan Wight Calhoun Community College- AL 0
Day 1: 3 06-10 Day 2: 5 12-12 Total: 8 19-06
63. William Nichols – Jamon Phillips Jacksonville State University 0
Day 1: 5 13-05 Day 2: 3 05-14 Total: 8 19-03
64. Conner Choate – Hunter DeSplinter University of Wisconsin – Platte 0
Day 1: 5 14-04 Day 2: 2 04-03 Total: 7 18-07
65. Louis Monetti – Andrew Weaver UNC-Charlotte 0
Day 1: 4 07-03 Day 2: 5 11-03 Total: 9 18-06
66. Jason Felter – Joseph McClosky Bethel University 0
Day 1: 5 09-08 Day 2: 3 08-08 Total: 8 18-00
67. Rob Hendrick – Chad Pruner Western Carolina University 0
Day 1: 2 07-15 Day 2: 3 09-11 Total: 5 17-10
68. Lucas Murphy – Mitchell Gunn Grand Valley State University 0
Day 1: 4 08-09 Day 2: 3 08-08 Total: 7 17-01
69. Alex Williamson – Coleman Roberts Liberty University 0
Day 1: 5 12-05 Day 2: 2 04-11 Total: 7 17-00
70. Mitch Moore – Clark Mannas Texas A&M University 0
Day 1: 2 03-09 Day 2: 5 13-04 Total: 7 16-13
71. Scott McClellan – Huff McIntosh LA Tech 0
Day 1: 4 08-02 Day 2: 4 08-08 Total: 8 16-10
72. Austin Phillips – Samuel Scott Arkansas Tech University- AR 0
Day 1: 1 02-15 Day 2: 5 13-10 Total: 6 16-09
73. Anthony Vintson – Brandon Mathews Auburn University 0
Day 1: 4 11-14 Day 2: 2 04-06 Total: 6 16-04
74. Jonathan Kelley – Grant Tattersall Coastal Carolina University 0
Day 1: 5 09-07 Day 2: 3 06-13 Total: 8 16-04
75. Matt Baker – Kory England Arkansas Tech University-AR 0
Day 1: 5 13-02 Day 2: 1 03-01 Total: 6 16-03
76. Nolan Minor – Casey Lanier West Virginia University- WV 0
Day 1: 5 14-02 Day 2: 1 02-00 Total: 6 16-02
77. Matthew Davis – Jarrod Layton Adrian College 0
Day 1: 5 10-07 Day 2: 3 05-08 Total: 8 15-15
78. Charley Kuhn – Reese Penfield University of South Carolina- Be 0
Day 1: 1 02-05 Day 2: 4 13-08 Total: 5 15-13
79. Brandon Buckley – Michael Orris Penn State University 0
Day 1: 2 05-00 Day 2: 5 10-11 Total: 7 15-11
80. Zeke Gossett – Hayden Bartee Jacksonville State University- A 0
Day 1: 5 12-11 Day 2: 1 02-12 Total: 6 15-07
81. Reid Strobl – Samuel Scott Dallas Baptist University- TX 0
Day 1: 1 02-05 Day 2: 3 13-00 Total: 4 15-05
82. Bradley Dunagan – Campbellsville University 0
Day 1: 4 12-11 Day 2: 1 02-07 Total: 5 15-02
83. Grant Adams – Adam Carman Campbellsville University- KY 0
Day 1: 3 05-13 Day 2: 4 09-04 Total: 7 15-01
84. Taylor Hamburger – Tristen Turley Oklahoma State University- OK 0
Day 1: 3 05-01 Day 2: 4 09-14 Total: 7 14-15
85. Mitchell Naler – Lee Mattox University of Alabama 0
Day 1: 4 07-03 Day 2: 3 07-10 Total: 7 14-13
86. Dalton Smith – Wil Rigdon Campbellsville University- KY 0
Day 1: 5 14-05 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 5 14-05
87. Carter Henderson – Connor Whisenant Texas A&M University- TX 0
Day 1: 5 13-13 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 5 13-13
88. Riley Welch – Michigan State University 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 2 13-13 Total: 2 13-13
89. Grant Adams – Shane Stafford Texas A&M University 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 5 13-07 Total: 5 13-07
90. Justin Barnes – Adam Carroll University of Montevallo 0
Day 1: 1 01-13 Day 2: 5 11-10 Total: 6 13-07
91. Alex Moore – Marshall Wiggins U. of Central Florida 0
Day 1: 4 10-13 Day 2: 1 02-03 Total: 5 13-00
92. Mason Bishop – Southern Illinois University Car 0
Day 1: 3 05-12 Day 2: 2 06-15 Total: 5 12-11
93. Ty Black – Avry Thomason Georgia Southern University 0
Day 1: 4 12-05 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 4 12-05
94. Grant Ehlenfeldt – Seth Korb University of Wisconsin- Plattev 0
Day 1: 3 06-09 Day 2: 3 05-08 Total: 6 12-01
95. Justin Sisavath – Nathan Ragsdale University of Georgia 0
Day 1: 4 08-12 Day 2: 1 02-08 Total: 5 11-04
96. Tanner Ward – Rory Franks Kent State University 0
Day 1: 2 04-07 Day 2: 3 06-06 Total: 5 10-13
97. Grant Hack – Jonathan Stepp Ohio State 0
Day 1: 1 01-14 Day 2: 2 08-07 Total: 3 10-05
98. Liam West – Brady Waits Clemson University 0
Day 1: 1 01-15 Day 2: 3 07-11 Total: 4 09-10
99. Britt Myers – Tanner Maness Lander University- SC 0
Day 1: 3 04-08 Day 2: 2 04-02 Total: 5 08-10
100. Nick Schultz – Trey Autry UNC-Charlotte 0
Day 1: 3 08-08 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 3 08-08
101. Justin Carr – Austin Carr Illinois State University 0
Day 1: 3 06-05 Day 2: 1 02-03 Total: 4 08-08
102. Josh Worth – Calvin Corey Colorado Mesa University 0
Day 1: 1 02-00 Day 2: 3 06-01 Total: 4 08-01
103. Zach Oldre – Andrew Okada University of North Dakota 0
Day 1: 1 01-13 Day 2: 3 06-00 Total: 4 07-13
104. David Dueland – Cameron Glasscock University of Montevallo 0
Day 1: 1 01-14 Day 2: 3 05-13 Total: 4 07-11
105. Tanner Johnson – Guy Wegienka LaGrange College 0
Day 1: 3 07-09 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 3 07-09
106. Adam Puckett – Murray State University 0
Day 1: 3 06-12 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 3 06-12
107. Rudy Worley – John Nowlin Blue Mountain College- MS 0
Day 1: 1 02-04 Day 2: 2 04-04 Total: 3 06-08
108. Dan Dubose – Jon Kilpatrick University of Alabama 0
Day 1: 2 06-07 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 2 06-07
109. Zachariah Edwards – Drew Douglas University of Central Oklahoma 0
Day 1: 2 04-00 Day 2: 1 01-12 Total: 3 05-12
110. Connor Usher – Omar Petty UNC-Charlotte 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 2 05-07 Total: 2 05-07
111. Luke Lamb – Wilson Smith Bethel University 0
Day 1: 3 05-05 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 3 05-05
112. Brian Volkernick – Erik Zilgme University of Maine 0
Day 1: 1 01-15 Day 2: 2 03-01 Total: 3 05-00
113. Emma Mullineaux – University of Maryland 0
Day 1: 1 02-11 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 1 02-11
114. Ethan Wallace – Tyler Beckerman University of Missouri 0
Day 1: 1 02-03 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 1 02-03
115. Anthony Fazio – Luke Jasper Illinois State University 0
Day 1: 1 01-07 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 1 01-07
116. Logan Tate – Chase Chastain Jacksonville State University 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
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