West Laurens’ Brooks, Soles land GHSA Bass Fishing state championship

A top catch by two West Laurens anglers helped the team win the GHSA state bass fishing championship last Saturday.

By Clay Reynolds

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Sports

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May 6, 2024

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CHAMPIONSHIP CATCH: J.T. Brooks (left) and Ryan Soles (right) show off their 20-pound, 12-ounce catch, which was first among 126 teams, at Saturday’s GHSA state bass fishing championship at Clarks Hill Lake/SPECIAL PHOTO

Editor’s note: This story will be updated.

West Laurens High School’s J.T. Brooks and Ryan Soles brought home the top prize at the Georgia High School Association state bass fishing championships Saturday at Clarks Hill Lake.

The two Raider anglers, making up one of 126 teams representing 61 schools in the field, reeled in five monsters with a combined weight of 20 lbs., 12 oz. for the tournament’s best overall catch by more than three pounds.

A March qualifier during the GHSA’s West Point Regional, the team – whose boat is captained by Rodney Soles – brings West Laurens a state title in just its first year competing in the sport.

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Clay Reynolds

Clay took over the Sports Desk in 2020, but has been with The Courier Herald as a virtual jack of all trades since joining the staff as a student intern in 2010. The Dublin native, a graduate of the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, has worked all over the newsroom in a variety of full- and part-time roles and received numerous Georgia Press Association awards for his writing, photography and editing. In addition to reading his area sports coverage, you can also hear him on the radio as a local play-by-play voice, host of 92.7 WKKZ’s “Tailgate Party” and occasional contributor to the Georgia Southern Sports Network.

West Laurens’ Brooks, Soles land GHSA Bass Fishing state championship

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