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La Moille bass team competes in first tournament

Members of the LaMoille bass fishing team competed in their first tournament of the fishing series with Bass Nation at Lake Springfield. Sixty seven boats competed. Team members are Rodney Shafer (from left), Coach Denny Boyles, Todd Peterson, Gavin Leffelman, Colton Ladson, Brayden Alstrom, Tate Sundberg and Chris Leffelman.

Members of the LaMoille bass fishing team competed in their first tournament of the fishing series with Bass Nation at Lake Springfield. Sixty seven boats competed. Team members are Rodney Shafer (from left), Coach Denny Boyles, Todd Peterson, Gavin Leffelman, Colton Ladson, Brayden Alstrom, Tate Sundberg and Chris Leffelman. (Photo provided by Denny Boyles)

By Kevin Hieronymus

Members of the La Moille High School bass fishing team competed in their first tournament of the fishing series with Bass Nation at Lake Springfield on Sunday.

Sixty seven boats competed. Although none of the three teams La Moille sent placed, coach Denny Boyles said “the boys all had to operate the boat controls and manage to fish on their own while dealing with 25 mph winds that were present on Lake Springfield. A very tough task.”

Team members are Gavin Leffelman, Tate Sundberg, Brayden Alstrom, Colton Ladson and Rodney Shafer.

Boat captains this season are Chris Leffelman, Todd Peterson and Robert Rouse.

The La Moille anglers will compete next at Braidwood Lake on Saturday, April 19.

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Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin has been sports editor of the BCR since 1986 and is Sports Editor of Putnam County Record. Was previously sports editor of the St. Louis Daily News and a regular contributor for the St. Louis Cardinals Magazine. He is a member of the IBCA and Illinois Valley Hall of Fames. He is one of 4 sportswriters from his tiny hometown Atlanta, IL