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      Lane and Norton win Best of
      Kansas Bass Team Trail tournament on Perry May 16 
 
      Again rain overnight and a cold front dropping the take-off temperature
      to the mid-forties with wind gusting to 30 mph, Jeff Lane of
      Mayetta, Ks and Randy Norton of Meriden, Ks finish in 1st place.
      With a 5 fish limit, Lane and Norton brought 16.65 pounds to
      the scales. Anchored by the 2nd big bass of the day at 4.47 pounds
      they won by nearly 2 pounds. Finishing in the money for the second
      straight tournament they took home $885 and 2 custom painted
      DD22's with 1st place and our logo for their efforts. Jeff is
      sponsored by PTMN INC. of Topeka and Randy is sponsored by R&S
      Maintenance of Topeka. 
      Finishing in 2nd with 14.67 pounds from 5 fish
      is Jim Potts of Hesston, Ks and Hollis Hensley of Peculiar, Mo.
      With a 4.14 lb largemouth anchoring their catch they reported
      culling at 10:30 on an all day bite. They took home $525 dollars. 
      Coming in 3rd was Chris Schiffelbein of Tecumseh,
      Ks and Kevin Knudson of Topeka, Ks with 4 fish and 11.95 pounds.
      They took home $300 dollars for their efforts. 
      In 4th place were newcomers Scotty Cavanaugh of
      Meriden, Ks and Wayne Flerlage of Alma, Ks. With 4 fish at 11.53
      pounds they took home $150 dollars. 
      With a 5.44 pound largemouth, the team of Bob Saathoff
      of Topeka, Ks and Justin Saathoff of Lawrence, Ks take home $120
      and a custom DD22 with Big Bass and our logo for 1st big bass. 
      Conditions were less than ideal with a cold front
      that brought 30+ mph winds and temps in the 40's to Perry on
      Saturday. 18 teams toughed it out to battle for nearly $2000
      dollars in prize money plus 3 different gift certificates to
      Dicks's Sporting Goods and 3 packs of custom made jigs from Fitzwater
      Lures. 11 teams took something home. 
      1 Norton/Lane 5 4.47 16.65 $885 
      2 Potts/Hensley 5 4.14 14.67 $525 
      3 Schiffelbein/Knudson 4 3.74 11.95 $300 
      4 Cavanaugh/Flerlage 4 3.85 11.53 $150 
      5 Miller/Holt 4 3.06 10.65  
      6 Buchele/Calik 4 10.36 
      7 Hottman/Perritt 3 3.97 9.32 
      8 Gardner/Mercer* 4 2.87 9.22 
      9 Smith/Smith 4 9.03 
      10 Wittman/Walker 4 3.35 8.90 
      11 Budden/Budden* 3 3.82 8.61 
      12 Saathoff/Saathoff* 2 5.44 7.74 $120 
      13 Thomas/Thomas 3 7.19 
      14 Brumley/Brumley 3 6.81 
      15 Ziegler/Antes 2 3.77 6.33 
      16 Finch/Humbert 2 5.22 
      17 Montgomery/Johnson* 0 
      17 Nation/Nation 0 
       
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