Young Adrianna Burrage has been fishing the Sandy Ridge Tourney for as long as she can remember. And the last five years she has placed among the top finishers every year while fishing with her dad Larry Burrage. This year was no different for the father and daughter team as Adrianna caught a lot of fish again. This time, however, she won the children’s division for her first divisional win. This young lady is among a growing contingent of female anglers who are not content to sit on the sidelines and watch the boys do it. No sir, she’s getting in the game and showing them how to do it!
And Adrianna is not alone when it comes to catching fish as there were many young ladies that caught fish and had a great time. Though not everyone could finish at the top, many children caught fish and had a whale of a time. And once again everyone came away with something such as caps, shirts, and fishing tackle and gear that were given away to the participants.
Though it’s been 20 years in the making, this bream tournament is still as much fun to the participants and hosts as the ones that came before it. Frank and Evelyn Tillman put on a fine tournament once again with the help of a host of volunteers and many sponsors. With nearly 200 kids in attendance, this was surely one of the biggest turnouts ever seen at the annual tourney. Winners are as follows:
Pre School:
1. Stephina Ford
2. Sarah Scarlato
3. Grant Butler
4. Anna K. Spooner;
Big fish award: Gervaina Brown
Children’s division:
1. Adrianna Burrage
2. Lane Boykin
3. Jaquan Clark
4. Destiny Johnson
Big fish award: Ethan Hale
Youth division:
1. Shay Daniels
2. Colby Cooley
3. Aleah Coleman
4. Chase Lewis
Big fish award: Jacob Sheely
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May 14, 2009
20th Annual Sandy Ridge Bream Tourney a success
- Outdoors
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Foy on Turkey hunting and S.H.A.R.E.
- The Leaf
- Squirrel hunting memories
- The big one at last
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How to hunt and take Lauderdale County’s biggest buck
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Final day monster bucks
- Unforgettable Jesse Burroughs
- Roberson scores on trophy buck
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Successful Elk hunt?
We knew going in that the odds were against us. An elk every five years of hunting is the average. Even hunting for the more plentiful cows in the great herds of the mountains, our chances were not much better than the cow/bull average. Throw in the fact that our hunt followed the rut by a month when the November storms move the elk, slow our pace with deep snows and freezing winds, and we had a deck stacked against us that included the handicap of hunting an area completely unfamiliar, except for maps. My nephew, Rob and I were in for a challenge.
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