HIGH POINT, N.C. – The High Point University Intercollegiate Club Sports bass fishing team puts the finishing touches on the 2025-26 season when it heads to the final segment of the Bassmaster College Series events this weekend.
The third tournament in the College Series Lunkers Trail series is being held at the James River in Richmond, Va. The James River is the longest in the Commonwealth of Virginia and extends from the Appalachian Mountains to the Chesapeake Bay (340 miles) and covers nearly 25 percent of Virginia.
The event marks the final tournament for the HPU Intercollegiate Club Sports bass fishing team, which also took part in events at Lake Okeechobee and Santee Cooper Lakes earlier this year.
Two Panthers—
Cole Mitchell and
Leo Goldman—will represent the team this weekend at the event.
Lake Okeechobee | January 28-29, 2026 | Okeechobee, Fla.
The High Point University Intercollegiate Club Sports bass fishing team completed its first of three Bassmaster College Series events of the season at Lake Okeechobee.
The Panthers had two teams place in the two-day event, which took place on January 28-29th, including
Kole Costello and
Trey Horton (143rd) and
Ryan Dujmovits and
Grant Anthony (158th) of the 220 total teams that were participating.
The pairing of Costello and Horton reeled in three fish that totaled 5 lbs., 6 oz. Meanwhile, Dujmovits and Anthony had two catches that tallied 3 lbs., 5 oz. The Panthers had two pairings (
John Bagdasarian /
Zachary Steinman) and (
Cole Mitchell /
Leo Goldman) who competed but were unsuccessful in landing a fish.
Santee Cooper Lakes | April 9, 2026 | Clarendon County, S.C.
The High Point University Intercollegiate Club Sports bass fishing team completed the second of a three-tournament series hosted by the Bassmaster College Series at the Santee Cooper Lakes in Clarendon, S.C.
The event, which was limited to one day of competition due to inclement weather on Wednesday, included 205 teams. Three of those teams were from High Point University.
The top unit for the Panthers were
John Bagdasarian and
Zachary Steinman, who hauled in two fish that totaled 12 lbs. Teammates
Cole Mitchell and
Leo Goldman also caught a pair, which were eight pounds. The same was true for
Kole Costello and
Trey Horton, who paired up for the Panthers, and brought home two fish for eight pounds.
On Thursday, there were 56 teams that caught at least 20 fish, including Caleb Edwards and Jayden Lintner (Emmanuel), who took home the top prize with 34 fish that weighed nine pounds. They edged out Brody Robison and Peyton Sorrow (Montevallo), who closed with 34 fish that totaled six pounds.
The top five teams in the event closed with at least 30 fish on the event. Furthermore, there were seven teams that had fish a total haul of 15 pounds.
