June 27 & 28, AJ Bouch & his teammate (Garrett Dean from West Branch/MCCTC) competed in The "2020 Ohio High School Bass Nation State Championship" against kids from all over the state of Ohio and they end up in 2nd place, the 2020 Ohio High School Bass Nation State Runner-Up.
The top 2 teams in this tournament qualified and each earned a spot in the "2020 Bassmaster National Championship" .
The National Championship is in Kentucky in October. They will be competing against students from all throughout the country.
AJ also won the award for “Biggest Bass” for the whole weekend tournament with a 3.13 lb bass.
Their 2 day total of 20.97 lbs of bass was only .02 lbs away from being 1st place, (1st was 20.99 lbs of bass).