PlainField South Bass Fishing Team Wins The Illinois B.A.S.S. Nation State Championship

Plainfield South High School Bass Fishing Team Won the Illinois B.A.S.S. Nation State Championship @ Lake Clinton on May 6^th 2017. The Team of Ryan Park and Tommy ( Scoop ) McDonald Coached by Jim Nelson brought 3 fish to the scales weighing in at 16.54lbs. The Big Bass of 7.67lbs was bigger than the net but Scoop got him in the net anyway. Second Place was a Marion High School L.Owens & C. Mayfield with 12.95lbs and Third place team from Buffalo Grove High School Tyler Lubbat and Nolan Siara with 10.65lbs. Plainfield South Bass Fishing team is Coached by Pat Scanlan , Bob Bobich, Jim Nelson and Bud Edmunds as Full time coaches as well as Roumel Renyon, and Pat Harrison and Matt Arambasich & Arron Lang as assistant Coaches.

Plainfield South High School Qualified another Team of Michael Bobich and Jack Blomquist Coached by Bud Edmunds. The very next day the same 4 anglers Coached by Pat Scanlan & Bob Bobich finished in 3^rd place at the I.S.H.A. Heideke Lake Sectional Qualifying for The I.S.H.A. State Bass Championship with the First and Second place teams from Minooka High School.

P.S.H.S Bass fishing team also took 10th place earlier this year @ FLW/SAF/TBF State Championship. I'm so proud of the boy's they're really learning now. Plainfield South High School is hosting a high school tournament on 9/10/17 on Bangs Lake With the help from Lake County Water Sports and Wauconda Boats. All the proceeds are going to the Veterans” Operation Pay them Back” ! We have 35 Rod's & Reels and Tackle boxes to hand out to a Veteran that comes to Bangs Lake to take the wrapped boats out fishing for free. The tournament will be a Illinois B.A.S.S. Nation High School State qualifying event for the 2018 State Championship.