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New York State2009

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The Good Ole Boy’s Junior Bassmasters take top honorsin the prestigious New York State Club TEAM Event!

Editor; Dominick Maio

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Pictured from the left are Dustin Robinson, Trevor Parker, Ryan Friscia, boater Tom Hudson, Coty Atkinson, boater Ron Vanbenschoten,Mitchell Jones, boater Fred Chilluffo and Raymond Bentz displaying their winning smiles.

The Good Ole Boys were lead by junior-pros RyanFriscia and Trevor Parker who boated 4 bass, absorbeda dead fish penalty and still finished with 8.16 lbs. Theywere followed by Dustin Robinson and Coty Atkinsonwho brought in 3 bass weighing in at 6.25 lbs. The thirdteam from the Good Ole Boys were Mitchell Jones andRaymond Bentz who came in with 2 bass weighing in at1.83 lbs., for a team total of 16.24 lbs.

Thanks as well must go out to the adult members ofthe Good Ole Boys, Tom Hudson, Ron Vanbenschotenand Fred Chilluffo. These boaters donated their timeand expertise while piloting their bass boats and these6 youngsters to an impressive victory.

Junior Bassmasters, traveling from all across NewYork State gathered on Saturday, July 18, 2009 atOnondaga Lake & County Parks in Liverpool, NY tocompete in the New York Junior Federation’s 5thAnnual Junior Club TEAM Championship.

These elite youngsters earned their respectiveaccolades by finishing as the top 6 anglers in their clubsand are representing their clubs against the best clubsin the state. These junior anglers represent their clubas a team by combining their total weights for the day.

The Good Ole Boys Junior Bassmasters fromCentral Square, NY took top honors, leading the 7 TEAMfield of 42 junior anglers by a total of about 1 1/2 lbs.

extremely difficult fishing conditions.Thank you Southern Tier boaters Ron Brewer, Larry

Dupere and Wade McClurg for your time andcontribution.

Hudson Valley Junior Bassmasters captured fourthplace weighing in with 4 bass totaling 6.90 lbs. Again,fishing conditions were tough but Bryan Golding, KennyChrist, Alan Rogers, Javey, Bryan Conti and CourtneyRogers made a valiant effort despite the outcome.

Thank you Hudson Valley boaters Rich Rogers, VinCrodelle and Mike Fox for your time and contribution.

Fifth place went to the Constantia Cove JuniorBassmasters with a team total of 4 bass tipping thescales at 4.96 lbs. The Constantia Cove team was ledby Jamie Conway, AJ, Zack Fitzgerald, Eddie Martin,Ronnie Penders and Katey Knapp.

Thank you Constantia Cove boaters Mr. Dan, EdMartin, and Kenny Knapp for your time and contribution.

The 6 man team from First Sullivan JuniorBassmasters finished in sixth place boating only 1 bassweighing 3.68 lbs. A great effort never-the-less was putforth by Cody Kincaide, Kyle Albers, Chris Deavers,Steve McGraw, Anthony Rich and Nick Wolf.

Thank you First Sullivan boaters Dan Hoffman, TomGraziano and Rich DeGroat for your time andcontribution.

Rounding out the field and finishing seventh was theteam representing the Eastern New York JuniorBassmasters. Junior anglers Maria Roselle, DillonKappes, Rod McKinnon, Justin Baker, Nick Wengenroth& Dylan Humphrey also struggled in the uncooperativewaters of Onondaga Lake by boating only 1 bass thatweighed in at 2.1 lbs.

Thank you Eastern NY boaters Mike Kreloff, KyleAlbers and Ralph Cheney for your time and contribution.

Since the Bassmaster ELITE Series visited OnondagaLake, we’ve all heard and seen what a tremendous fisherythis body of water is and can be.

In retrospect, our field of 42 junior, junior-pro anglersand boaters were excellent in their approach, techniquesand presentations. Fishing pressures and weather frontshowever shut down the feeding ... and bass were hard tocome by if not impossible, as local anglers confirmed whenboat after boat came back to the marina, without fish.

Thank you to ALL the volunteers at the weigh-in andeveryone who donated their time & efforts in making this2009 CTC such a success.

Thank you as well to Nancy Trout who handled the 50/50 Raffle in support of our NY Federation Scholarship Fund.

Following up in second place were the youngstersfrom Salt City Junior Bassmasters. Their 6 man teamboated a total weight of 14.79 lbs. The Salt City team

was lead by brothers Brent Temple and Billy Templewith 2 bass weighing in at 7.73 lbs. Their 2 fish totalhowever, was bouyed by the lunker of of the day, alargemouth bass tipping the scales at 5.07 lbs.Another brother team made up of Nick Wheeler andChris Wheeler followed with 3 bass weighing in at 4.61lbs. Wrapping up Salt City’s effort was the team ofAnthony Merritt and Carl Merritt, who boated 2 bassweighing in at 2.45 lbs.

Thank you Salt City boaters Rob Goffredo, Mike Walland Jim Batruch for your time and contribution.

P.S. Derrick Bickford began the day as a boater withthe Salt City juniors but experienced a hydraulic failurein his steering system and the club had to summon JimBatruch at the last minute. Thanks Jim! Your decisionto fill-in was and is greatly appreciated!

Third place went to the excellent team from SouthernTier Junior Bassmasters. Southern Tier weighed in

3 bass totaling 7.38 lbs. Tyler McClurg, Rocky Cerretto,Eric Blue, Clinton Brewer, Mike Dupere and KayleenEstes made up the team who worked hard in

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Brewer, Nick Orifice, Jesse Palermo, Carl Merritt, TrevorParker, Kevin Ligenzowski, Nick Sokolowski, EddieMartin, Joe Corbishley, Ian Cashdollar, Aric Farley,Andrew Benbenek, Cody Kincaide, Roderick MacKinnonand Jamie Conway.

Chris Wheeler took top honors in the Junior Divisionby bringing 5 bass to his boat weighing 12.66 lbs.

Following Chris in the Junior Division, and finishingin 2nd place was Kenny Christ with 5 bass weighing11.95 lbs., while 3rd place went to Brent Temple with 5bass weighing 11.48 lbs.

Completing the Junior Division in 4th place was KyleMcGill-Jones, followed by Guy Cromp Jr, Chris Deaver,Brandi Dupere, Maria Roselle, Raymond Bentz, CaswellStanton, William Easterly, Matthew Mitchell, MauriceBonvia and Kayleen Estes.

Many THANK YOU’s go out to ALL the boaters andpeople that pulled double-duty in this weekends two-dayevents beginning with the CTC and the JWC. Also a specialthank you goes out to Kyle Albers, Tom Graziano & DannyHoffman of First Sullivan, Kevin Hamon of the Good OleBoys and Kenny Knapp of Constantia Cove. These 5 “newboaters” were Junior-Pros last year & came back to help!

Junior Kyle Jones & Mike Merz showed why they were in the hunt too

Junior-Pro winner Ryan Friscia, NYS Junior Federation Director Mickey Fortunato & Junior winner Chris Wheeler

Ryan Friscia & Chris Wheeler will represent New YorkState in the 2010 Eastern Divisional in Connecticut!

The stage is set! Sunday afternoon, July 29, 2009was the day of record as Junior-Pro Ryan Friscia ofthe Good Ole Boy’s Junior Bassmasters of CentralSquare, NY and Junior Chris Wheeler of Salt City JuniorBassmasters of Syracuse, NY took 1st place in theirrespective age groups during the 14th Annual JuniorWorld Championship Qualifier. The qualifyingtournament was held on Oneida Lake launching out ofOneida Shores County Park.

Ryan and Chris will now be traveling to CandlewoodLake in Connecticut in 2010 to join in with our New YorkState Federation twelve man team and compete in theEastern Divisional.

Ryan Friscia took top honors in the Junior-Pro Divisionby boating 5 bass weighing in at 13.02 lbs.

Also, in the Junior-Pro Division, Anthony Merritt ofSalt City Juniors came in 2nd with 5 bass weighing 10.92lbs. Tom Merritt of Salt City came in 3rd place with 5bass tipping the scales at 10.79 lbs.

In fourth was Mike Dupere, Jr., next came Bryan Conti,Zack Fitzgerald, Eric Blue, Andrew Slegona, MitchellJones, Rocky Cerretto, Nicholas Wolf, Katey Knapp,Ronnie Penders, Steven McGraw, Billy Temple, Clinton

Junior anglers Mitchell Jones & Logan Schuh competein the Eastern Divisional Tournament on Lake Simcoe!

brought in 3 fish weighing 4 lbs 3 oz. Congratulations toboth! They helped buoy the 308.08 lbs brought in byour state team which enabled New York to finish 4th inthe standings.

Dan Murphy was our NYS alternate and enjoyedplenty of time with both our anglers taking them pre-fishing for the first three days as well as being their boatcaptain on competition day.

Dan, the state team members, Mickey, Mitchell andLogan appreciate your time and effort and everythingyou did to make this experience so successful.

“This is what it’s all about” stated Mickey Fortunato,New York Junior Federation Youth Director when youmention the golden opportunities offered through theJunior Bassmaster program! Youngsters can start outsimply fishing at a near-by pond, or at a Boys ScoutCamp and hopefully growing to compete in a near-byJunior Bassmaster Club. Then, there is always thepossibility of someday working your way up and winningthe Divisionals, Nationals and eventually, maybe win thepinnacle, the Bassmaster Classic.

Sure, its a dream, but your odds of doing so are muchbetter than those of winning the State Lottery.

Junior-Pro, Mitchell Jones of the Good Ole BoysJunior Bassmasters and Junior, Logan Schuh ofSouthern Tier Bassmasters were members of the NewYork twelve man team that competed against sevenother state teams in the Eastern Divisional. ThisDivisional was held on Lake Simcoe in Orillia, Ontario,Canada from July 20 to July 24th, 2009.

This is the first year that the Juniors were asked toparticipate and their weights were actually included inthe final tally for our NY state team totals. Logan Schuhbrought in 3 fish weighing 4 lbs 4 oz and Mitchell Jones

Junior-Pro, Mitchell JonesJunior, Logan Schuh

“Last minute entry” Mike Donahue & Ian Cashdollar runoff with the Junior / Partners Tourney on Oneida Lake!

In 4th place was the team of Mike Cusano and AustinFlick, followed by Craig Daino and Ryan Friscia, MikeMerz and Kyle Magill-Jones, Craig Terpening and ChrisWheeler, Jeff Raner and Tim Raner, RonVanbenschoten and Trevor Parker, Richard Hyde andNick Sokolowski, Pat Grady and Billy Temple, ConnellRaate and Mitchell Jones, Ed Martin and Eddie Martin,Frank Friscia and Coty Atkinson, Jack Loughrey andBrent Temple, Mike Fox and AJ Slegona, Rob Goffredoand Andrew Benbenek, Tom Hudson and WilliamEasterly, Chris O’Keefe and Raymond Bentz and FredChilluffo and Matthew Mitchell.

JUNIOR FEDERATION FUND-RAISERAs many of you may, or may not know, this Junior/

Partners Tournament is the only Fund-Raising Tourneyheld each year in support of our NY Junior Federation.

The funds we raise allow us to monetarily assist ourjunior’s / junior-pro’s and their families in their travelsto the Divisionals, Nationals, etc.

Monies are allocated & reimbursed for hotels,dinners, fuel charges, travel costs, etc., and the amountwe distribute is predicated by the dollars we raise.

Obviously, our Federation goal is to have TEAMSof 75 boaters & 75 juniors compete in this tournament,allowing us to raise the necessary funds for distributionas well as pay the winning boater $1,500 & the winningjunior an $800 gift certificate to Bass Pro !

Salt City Bassmaster, Mike Donahue & Constantia Cove Junior-Pro Ian Cashdollar proudly display some of the bass they caught

On Friday night, August 7, 2009, Constantia Cove’sJunior-Pro, Ian Cashdollar and his mom Kathy weredriving towards Oneida Lake from western NY hopingto have Ian ready to compete in the 5th Annual Junior/Partners Tournament.

Unfortunately, they had a huge problem. Ian didn’thave a team partner. Kathy was frantically callinganyone she knew to check their availability for Saturdaymorning. She had also been working with NY JuniorFederation Youth Director, Mickey Fortunato. Mickey,with the help of Rob Goffredo was able to locate a boaterfor Ian late Friday night and the rest is history.

Mike Donahue, Salt City Bassmasters and IanCashdollar, Constantia Cove Junior Bassmasterscarried off the 1st place plaques , winnings and BassPro gift certificates in the Junior/Partners Tournament.

Mike and Ian led the field by boating 5 bass, tippingthe scales at 15.11 lbs, buoyed by a 3.90 lb “lunker”.

The team of Mike Wall, Salt City Bassmasters andJunior-Pro Anthony Merritt, Salt City Jr. Bassmastersfollowed by taking 2nd place with 5 bass weighing in at13.68 lbs.

Taking 3rd place and “LUNKER” of the tournamentwent to the Constantia Cove team of Kenny Knappand Katey Knapp. Kenny was a junior-pro last year.He came back this year as a boater. Kenny partneredup with his sister to bring in 5 bass weighing in at13.35 lbs along with their lunker of 4.37 lbs.

Members spent Saturday cleaning up the Three Riversarea shoreline around the 481 launch site and alongthe roadside loading over 12 large bags of debris. Largeritems such as gas tanks, chairs, tires etc., were deliveredto the town facilities. Sunday, members cleaned up theold & new Phoenix Lock E-1 areas of the canal.

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If you have the opportunity to visit any one of our 3 Major or 11 Associate sponsors listed below, hopefully youwill purchase their products ... but by all means, please thank them for all they do for all our juniors.

Good Ole Boy’s Juniors participated in the Fourth Annual Canal Clean Sweep!I recognition of Earth Day 2009, Juniors from the

Good Ole Boy’s Junior Bassmasters joined more than80 communities, trail groups and businesses across NewYork State on April 18 & 19, 2009 to assist in clean-upand beautification activities in Canal parks, publicpromenades and on Canalway Trails.

To kick-off the 184th consecutive navigational seasonand the Canal Clean Sweep campaign, the New YorkState Canal Corportaion partnered with Parks & TrailsNew York, the New York State Environmental FacilitiesCorporation and the New York Consumer ProtectionBoard to sponsor the event which spanned about 524miles across the state.

The GOB junior members that participated wereRaymond Bentz, Nick Baxter, Bill Easterly, Guy CrumpJr., Matt Mitchell, Dan Mitchell, Jake Drabot, MitchellJones and Coty Atkinson along with parents and adultmembers of the Good Ole Boys Bassmasters.

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