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We had 64 participants in the 1st annual Longblades Tourney!! And that included 18 in the Junior division!!!
The Grand Champion was G.R. TARR with 72.95 points
Second Place was BRAD THORNBOROUGH with 70.95
The Jr. Champion was TRAVIS STOKES with 51.8 (which was 3rd Overall)

Largest Hogfish : 9.35# - JOBERT (Scuba)
Open Hogfish
2nd Place Scuba Hog - 4.95# Brandon Haynes
2nd Place Freedive Hog - 4.25# Aaron Wright
Jr Hogfish
2nd Place Scuba Hog - 2.4# John Kuntzeman
2nd Place Freedive Hog - 2.35# Lucas Mongelli

Largest Snapper : 16.1# G.R.Tarr (Freedive)
Open Snapper
2nd Place Scuba Snapper - 14.45# Ben Bateman
2nd Place Freedive Snapper - 13.35# Cameron Kirkconnell
Jr Snapper
2nd Place Scuba Snapper - 12# Austin Cerkleski
2nd Place Freedive Snapper - 14.05# Torre Palmero

Largest Grouper : 25.25# Chad Palan (Freedive)
Open Grouper
2nd Place Scuba Grouper - 24.1# Stephen Sanders
2nd Place Freedive Grouper - 20.8# Jose Santiero
Jr Grouper
2nd Place Scuba Grouper - 9.9# Kenneth Jenison
2nd Place Freedive Grouper - 17.55# Travis Stokes

Largest Cobia / AJ : 37.8# Brad Thornborough (Freedive)
Open Cobia / AJ
2nd Place Scuba Cobia / AJ - n/a
2nd Place Freedive Cobia / AJ - 34.6# G.R. Tarr
Jr Cobia / AJ
none

Largest Dolphin / Wah / King Mac : 24.95# King Mac: Travis Stokes (Jr. Freediver)
Open Dolphin / Wah / King Mac
2nd Place Scuba Dolphin / Wah / King Mac - 8# Dolphin : Billy Winn
2nd Place Freedive Dolphin / Wah / King Mac - 8.65# Dolphin : Robbie Shaw
Jr Dolphin / Wah / King Mac
None

Largest Lobster - 6# Rick Gage

Sportsmanship Award - SONNY KNOWLES!!!!!

Well done guys!! Congrats to all the winners and participants. 18 juniors is awesome!! I can't believe no one on scuba turned in an AJ :crazy: Sounds like it was a well run and successful tournament, and definitely for a good cause.

Great job on a well-run tournament! My wife and I had an excellent time and look forward to doing it again. It was great to meet and spend some time with Johny's family. Now we know why he was so laid back and down to earth.

It gave us goosebumps as we watched the excitement among the junior division. What an excellent cause to get kids involved in such a wonderful sport. Johny would be proud!