Parks and Gibson stay close to win Bassmaster High School Series at Santee Cooper
CLARENDON COUNTY, S.C. — Tripp Parks III and Russell Gibson only ran a mile to catch the winning bag of bass at the 2026 Strike King Bassmaster High School Series at Santee Cooper Lakes.
The Clarks Hill High School duo caught 26 pounds, 11 ounces to claim the title, narrowly edging out the second-place team of Hudson Logan and Weston Rigsby from the A1 Anglers Fishing Team. It is the biggest bag either of the high schoolers have landed in a tournament setting.
“We couldn’t be more blessed,” Gibson, a junior, said.
Gibson and Parks were aiming to qualify for the 2026 Strike King Bassmaster High School National Championship through their state series, where they sit second in points. With the win, they advance to Nationals, a sigh of relief and an instant release of pressure.
“These boys have been fishing really hard together for the last two years. We made Nationals through the state last year,” boat captain Woody Parks said. “When they put their heads down and fish, they are as good as anybody.
“We cranked the motor one time today.”
Parks, who is committed to Erskine College, had only visited Santee Cooper a couple times as an elementary schooler, and Gibson had never fished the mammoth fishery before this week.
Practice was a struggle for Parks and Gibson, but in one patch of grass in a pocket in Taw Caw Creek, they landed two keeper bites and decided that’s where they were going to start.
“We got lucky,” Parks said. “We caught two fish back-to-back in practice, a 4-pounder and a 3-pounder. We weren’t on anything else, so that’s where we went this morning.”
That decision was rewarded almost immediately, as they caught two 6-pounders to start the morning. They stayed in the pocket the rest of the day, catching the majority of their bag before 10 a.m.
The duo threw Z-Man JackHammers and Speed Worms through the scattered hydrilla. Parks said most of the largemouth they caught were postspawn and they were using that grass as a staging point before moving out to summer holes.
“It was a big time bedding area, and they were starting to come off the beds. I feel like they were staging in the grass before going back out,” Parks said.
Logan and Rigsby earned second with 26-7 while Logan Parker and Hudson Howell of the Cherokee Bass Team finished third with 26-4. Ten bags weighing 20 pounds or better crossed the stage on Sunday.
Eli Ellege and Aaron Crawford caught the Big Bass of the Tournament, a 7-9 largemouth.
This event was hosted by Santee Cooper Country.
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2026 Strike King Bassmaster High School Series at Santee Cooper 4/12-4/12
Santee Cooper Lakes, Manning SC.
(BOATER) Standings Day 1
Angler Club/School Pts
1. Tripp Parks III – Russell Gibson Clarks Hill HS Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 5 26-11 Total: 5 26-11
2. Hudson Logan – Weston Rigsby A1 Anglers Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 5 26-07 Total: 5 26-07
3. Logan Parker – Hudson Howell Cherokee Bass Team 0
Day 1: 5 26-04 Total: 5 26-04
4. Eli Ellege – Aaron Crawford Warrior Hs Bass Anglers 0
Day 1: 5 26-00 Total: 5 26-00
5. Owen Satterwhite – Wyatt Pinson LDHS Anglers 0
Day 1: 5 24-15 Total: 5 24-15
6. TJ Murray – Brack Robertson Meigs County High School Fishing 0
Day 1: 5 22-01 Total: 5 22-01
7. Ethan Rose – Grant Arnold Jefferson County Patriot Anglers 0
Day 1: 5 21-15 Total: 5 21-15
8. Carter Pjesky – Landon Gabby Southern IllinoisFuture Anglers 0
Day 1: 5 21-00 Total: 5 21-00
9. Aidan Cohan – Tristan Topa Oneida Lake Hs Bassmasters 0
Day 1: 5 20-13 Total: 5 20-13
10. Peyton McAndrew – Cutler Wooten SML Anglers 0
Day 1: 5 20-00 Total: 5 20-00
11. Owen Wiggins – Britton Alery Cartersville Fishing 0
Day 1: 5 19-08 Total: 5 19-08
12. Atticus Adams – Isaiah Adams North Augusta High School Fishin 0
Day 1: 5 19-06 Total: 5 19-06
12. Chamber Stockard – Sam Hayes Music City Bass 0
Day 1: 5 19-06 Total: 5 19-06
14. Reece Williams – Charlie Thompson Sc Lower State Hs Bass Club 0
Day 1: 5 19-00 Total: 5 19-00
15. Nathan Holderness – Sawyer Adams Gilbert Bass Anglers 0
Day 1: 5 18-11 Total: 5 18-11
16. Parker Jones – Brady Jones Sc Lower State Hs Bass Club 0
Day 1: 5 18-06 Total: 5 18-06
17. Kenny Bochenek-Simonis – Kayler Christensen Michigan A1 Anglers 0
Day 1: 5 17-06 Total: 5 17-06
18. Pacey Coyle – Kieran Gowdown Sc Lower State Hs Bass Club 0
Day 1: 5 17-04 Total: 5 17-04
19. Harrison Hobbs – Cade Speligene Music City Bass 0
Day 1: 5 17-02 Total: 5 17-02
19. Memphis Howard – Holt Harmon Central Lion Fishing 0
Day 1: 5 17-02 Total: 5 17-02
21. Porter Morrison – Harrison Kirkpatrick Catholic High School Fishing Bat 0
Day 1: 5 17-01 Total: 5 17-01
22. Nolan Savage – Jack Naas Mebass High School 0
Day 1: 5 17-00 Total: 5 17-00
23. Shade Snyder – Steven Murray Holly Hill Academy 0
Day 1: 5 16-13 Total: 5 16-13
24. Whitt Hickey – Nathan Hickey Trhs Devildog Anglers – Traveler 0
Day 1: 5 16-08 Total: 5 16-08
25. Tucker Larrance – Jaxson Pierce Jefferson County Patriot Anglers 0
Day 1: 5 16-03 Total: 5 16-03
26. Jack Dowdy – Wyatt Galbraith Lowndes High School Lip Rippers 0
Day 1: 5 15-15 Total: 5 15-15
27. Ian Hendricks – Josiah Ennes 314 Fishing Club 0
Day 1: 4 15-00 Total: 4 15-00
28. Anderson Thrower – Wade Spooner Vestavia Hills Rebel Anglers 0
Day 1: 5 14-13 Total: 5 14-13
29. Caden Grose – Hunter Mcclung Southern West Virginia Jr. Bassm 0
Day 1: 5 14-10 Total: 5 14-10
30. Jack Story – Wick Medlin Clarks Hill Hs Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 4 14-10 Total: 4 14-10
31. Austin Miller – Gilbert Bass Anglers 0
Day 1: 5 14-07 Total: 5 14-07
32. Jesse Lancaster – Fisher Lancaster Triangle Bass Club 0
Day 1: 5 14-06 Total: 5 14-06
33. Maddox Kelly – Felix Bradshaw Headland Bass Team 0
Day 1: 5 14-04 Total: 5 14-04
33. Tucker Twelkemeier – Parker Fowler Corinth Holders High School Bass 0
Day 1: 5 14-04 Total: 5 14-04
35. Jake Paradis – JT Cross L/A Junior Bassmasters 0
Day 1: 5 14-00 Total: 5 14-00
36. Bradford Vandemark II – Elias Hitson Eagleville Fishing Club 0
Day 1: 4 13-14 Total: 4 13-14
37. Ayden Rigsbee – Triangle Bass Club 0
Day 1: 5 13-11 Total: 5 13-11
38. Caleb Godson – Jason Wood Jr. North Augusta High School Fishin 0
Day 1: 4 13-04 Total: 4 13-04
39. James Barkley – Lebanon High School 0
Day 1: 5 13-00 Total: 5 13-00
40. William Collins – Curren Malinchak Soddy Daisy High School 0
Day 1: 4 13-00 Total: 4 13-00
41. Walker Brogdon – Drake Walls Bainbridge High School Bass Cats 0
Day 1: 5 12-15 Total: 5 12-15
42. Brody Ensminger – Drew Mayers Central High School 0
Day 1: 5 12-13 Total: 5 12-13
43. Gage Wright – Braxton Bogdansky Sc Upper State Bass Club 0
Day 1: 5 12-10 Total: 5 12-10
44. Crews Mcferrin – Colin Bourne Karns Jr High School 0
Day 1: 4 12-10 Total: 4 12-10
45. Brenson Pulley – Noah Schoviak Rudolph Gordon 0
Day 1: 5 12-09 Total: 5 12-09
46. Paxton Wormsley – Grayson Dykes Campbell County High School 0
Day 1: 3 12-06 Total: 3 12-06
47. Kannon Wood – Gulf Port High School 0
Day 1: 5 12-03 Total: 5 12-03
48. Coy Cassady – Ryan Crane Wateree Anglers Club 0
Day 1: 4 12-02 Total: 4 12-02
49. Jonah Yates – Wyatt Harmon Central Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 5 11-13 Total: 5 11-13
50. MacLane Fritts – Cayden Wright Campbell County High School 0
Day 1: 2 11-13 Total: 2 11-13
51. Banks Stuart – Finn Stuart Pendleton High School Fishing Te 0
Day 1: 5 11-11 Total: 5 11-11
52. Jacob Hicks – Kinsley Wooten Sml Anglers 0
Day 1: 5 11-08 Total: 5 11-08
53. Corbin Bornstein – Logan Tolbert Lipscomb Academy 0
Day 1: 5 11-07 Total: 5 11-07
54. Aiden Alcock – Garrett Brown Triangle Bass Club 0
Day 1: 5 11-06 Total: 5 11-06
55. Dawson Barnett – Jackson Padgett Benjamin Russell Anglers 0
Day 1: 5 11-04 Total: 5 11-04
56. Brodie Gibson – Kolbie Gibson Knight Fishing Anglers 0
Day 1: 3 11-03 Total: 3 11-03
57. Conner Harris – Nathan Mccoy Riley’s Catch 0
Day 1: 4 10-15 Total: 4 10-15
58. Connor Strachan – Wyatt Johnson Bryant High School 0
Day 1: 4 10-13 Total: 4 10-13
59. Kaden Tomblin – Jakob Fullerton Southern Garrett Bass Slayer 0
Day 1: 5 10-12 Total: 5 10-12
60. Ayden Parker – Hunter Wilkins Gaffney High School Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 4 10-06 Total: 4 10-06
61. Wallace Rampey – Gage West Lowndes High School Lip Rippers 0
Day 1: 4 10-04 Total: 4 10-04
62. Andrew Carr – Landon Tusing Lake Anna Elite Anglers Junior 0
Day 1: 3 10-04 Total: 3 10-04
63. Eben Bolding – Mason Carter Trhs Devildog Anglers Travelers 0
Day 1: 5 10-02 Total: 5 10-02
63. Allen Rabon – Luke Russell Florence One Schools 0
Day 1: 5 10-02 Total: 5 10-02
65. Tyler Shore – Tyler Morgan Davie High War Eagle Bass Fishin 0
Day 1: 3 09-07 Total: 3 09-07
66. Brody Brinson – Greer Gammon Mt Juliet Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 4 09-03 Total: 4 09-03
67. Brayden Rivest – Zach Stall Off The Hook High School Bassmas 0
Day 1: 3 09-01 Total: 3 09-01
68. Hunter Brakefield – Luke Childs Music City Bass 0
Day 1: 5 09-00 Total: 5 09-00
69. Caden Stevens – Riley Garner Franklin County High School 0
Day 1: 4 09-00 Total: 4 09-00
70. Aiden Roberson-Barber – Daniel Lowhorn Monterey Anglers 0
Day 1: 4 08-15 Total: 4 08-15
71. Jack Kennedy – Mid Florida Youth Anglers HS 0
Day 1: 3 08-15 Total: 3 08-15
72. Griffin Sheets – John Hicks SML Anglers 0
Day 1: 2 08-13 Total: 2 08-13
73. Sullivan Jones – Garrett Canada Jefferson County Patriot Anglers 0
Day 1: 4 08-09 Total: 4 08-09
73. Gavin Nappier – Jimmy Capizzo Byrnes Rebels Jr Anglers 0
Day 1: 4 08-09 Total: 4 08-09
73. Sawyer Taylor – Cooper Taylor Lowndes High School Lip Rippers 0
Day 1: 4 08-09 Total: 4 08-09
76. Grant Perrone – Grayson Theberge York County Juniors 0
Day 1: 4 07-13 Total: 4 07-13
77. Gavin Ebert – Kale Webb Music City Bass 0
Day 1: 3 07-10 Total: 3 07-10
78. Caleb Gurley – Keegan Smith Palmetto High Bass Fishing 0
Day 1: 2 07-10 Total: 2 07-10
79. Hunter Dickinson – Case Payton Central Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 4 07-06 Total: 4 07-06
80. Jack Sharpe – Patrick Givens Sumner County Bass Team – TN 0
Day 1: 3 07-06 Total: 3 07-06
81. Justin Gilpin – Dalton Todd Green Trhs Devildog Anglers Travelers 0
Day 1: 4 07-03 Total: 4 07-03
82. Parker Terrell – Dylan Terrell Port City Jr. Bassmasters – NY 0
Day 1: 2 07-02 Total: 2 07-02
83. William Gunner Willoughby – George Rogers Clark High School 0
Day 1: 1 06-12 Total: 1 06-12
84. Tucker Robertson – Meigs County High School Fishing 0
Day 1: 2 06-11 Total: 2 06-11
85. Jaiden Redd – Bentley Smith Bhp Bass Anglers 0
Day 1: 2 06-06 Total: 2 06-06
86. Gavin Corker – Adam Monk Corinth Holders High School Bass 0
Day 1: 3 06-00 Total: 3 06-00
87. Jace Childers – Rhylen Watkins Bandys High School 0
Day 1: 2 05-08 Total: 2 05-08
88. Thomas Newman – Cayden Ryman Frederick County Bass 0
Day 1: 2 05-07 Total: 2 05-07
89. Levi Stanley – Landen Bean Triangle Bass Club 0
Day 1: 5 05-06 Total: 5 05-06
90. Dylan Gregory – Owen Thigpen Riley’s Catch 0
Day 1: 5 05-02 Total: 5 05-02
91. Quinn Barbee – Andrew Miller Southeastern Bass Anglers 0
Day 1: 2 05-00 Total: 2 05-00
92. Mason Clark – Jonathan Berlin Sc Lower State Hs Bass Club 0
Day 1: 1 05-00 Total: 1 05-00
93. Gage Jones – Liam Taylor Bandys High School 0
Day 1: 2 04-15 Total: 2 04-15
94. Dawson Lytton – Collier Alderman 0
Day 1: 2 04-11 Total: 2 04-11
95. Mitchell Henderson Jr – Joseph Frierson Sc Lower State Hs Bass Club 0
Day 1: 1 04-11 Total: 1 04-11
96. Brayden Tisdale – Straughn High School 0
Day 1: 2 04-07 Total: 2 04-07
97. Caleb Moore – Dean Austin Off The Hook IL Bassmasters 0
Day 1: 2 04-06 Total: 2 04-06
97. Taryn Underwood – Ryder Rowland Ldhs Anglers 0
Day 1: 2 04-06 Total: 2 04-06
99. Landon Hoopaugh – Tyler Harrison Gaffney Jr High School Fishing T 0
Day 1: 2 04-01 Total: 2 04-01
100. Tristan Stewart – Mt Pleasant High School Bass Tea 0
Day 1: 2 03-13 Total: 2 03-13
101. Ashton Feck – Allie Addison Boyle County High School 0
Day 1: 2 03-12 Total: 2 03-12
102. Kyle Wood – Bradley Merritt Central Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 2 03-11 Total: 2 03-11
103. Brady Wells – Zeke Brock Bath County Fishing 0
Day 1: 1 03-10 Total: 1 03-10
104. Jaxson Beard – Landon Vaughn Pendleton High School Fishing Te 0
Day 1: 1 03-05 Total: 1 03-05
105. Brayden Elliott – White Oak High School Bass Fishi 0
Day 1: 1 03-04 Total: 1 03-04
106. Conner Luft – Brennan Maljian Music City Bass 0
Day 1: 1 03-00 Total: 1 03-00
106. Ainsley Lynn – Tanner Howerton Karns High School 0
Day 1: 1 03-00 Total: 1 03-00
108. Noah Wright – Shane Williams South Greene High School 0
Day 1: 1 02-15 Total: 1 02-15
109. Branson Heisig – Knox Heisig Pac Bass Anglers 0
Day 1: 1 02-11 Total: 1 02-11
110. Brody Musser – Cooper Reynolds Swva Bassin 0
Day 1: 1 02-06 Total: 1 02-06
111. Tanner Sims – Tunstall Trojans Bass Team 0
Day 1: 1 02-02 Total: 1 02-02
112. Shane Starnes – Eli Sims Kingston Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 1 02-01 Total: 1 02-01
113. Kohen Dulaney – Carter Lamb Mcdowell High School Bass Fishin 0
Day 1: 1 02-00 Total: 1 02-00
114. Gavin Smith – Levi Wood Nicholas County High School Bass 0
Day 1: 1 01-13 Total: 1 01-13
114. Colton Stockdale – Headland Bass Team 0
Day 1: 1 01-13 Total: 1 01-13
114. Emmalyn Vice – Bailey Swartz Bath County Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 1 01-13 Total: 1 01-13
117. Caydan Waters – Cameron Waters 904 Anglers 0
Day 1: 1 01-12 Total: 1 01-12
118. Gabe Holshouser – Gunner Edwards Roco Anglers 0
Day 1: 1 01-11 Total: 1 01-11
119. John Parker Deal – Vin Radetic Headland Bass Team 0
Day 1: 1 01-08 Total: 1 01-08
119. Abe Sledge – Bryson Sutton Loudon Bass Club 0
Day 1: 1 01-08 Total: 1 01-08
119. Carly Thomas – Tyler Dunn Dekalb Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 1 01-08 Total: 1 01-08
122. Jasper Keogh – Xavier Keogh Riley’s Catch 0
Day 1: 1 00-15 Total: 1 00-15
123. Evan Beard – Tyler Wilson Greenbrier High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
123. Taylor Bogard – Wilkes County Bandits 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
123. Logan Brown – Caleb Southerly Lake Anna Elite Anglers 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
123. Jackson Brownlee – Tristian Gowdown Sc Lower State Hs Bass Club 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
123. Landon Chenault – Nathan Hoskins George Rogers Clark High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
123. Dalton Cribb – Holliston Manley Gilbert Bass Anglers 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
123. Wyatt Crow – Lipscomb Academy 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
123. Landon Daves – Blake Mosteller Gaffney High School Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
123. Cameron Gramling – Liam Hanna Gilbert Bass Anglers 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
123. Jake Gwin – Hayden Barnes York Co High School Anglers 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
123. Caden Hacay – Jaxon Yaussy Lake Anna Elite Anglers 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
123. Michael Harris – Danil Williams Mt Juliet Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
123. Grayden Hovis – Fielding Faulkenberry York Co High School Anglers 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
123. Gus Jennings – Noah Weed Pac Bass Anglers 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
123. Javin Laws – Jaxon Coates Mcdowell High School Bass Fishin 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
123. Noah Mazzarisi – Wyatt Gill Oregon Panthers 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
123. Max McCorkle – Walker Thompson Vestavia Hills Bass Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
123. Hudson Mynatt – Wilson Shepherd Karns High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
123. Kayson Richards – Hagen Fowler Creekview Anglers 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
123. Josiah Smith – Andrew Larsen Warrior Bass Anglers 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
123. Quentin Stayrook – Mason Noble Bandys High School 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
123. Ellis Turner – Colby Senn Heard County Bass Anglers 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
123. Jackson Turpin – Alex Spakes Kingston Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
123. Colson Webb – Levi Webb Sc Upper State Hs Club 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
123. Ben Welch – Axel Geboy Edgewood Fishing Team 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
123. Gavin Williams – Channing Jordan Chatham Anglers 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00
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BIG BASS OF TOURN
Eli Ellege Leicester, NC 07-09 $0.00
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 52 426 1286-14
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52 426 1286-14
