RESULTS

RICHMOND, Va. – The High Point University Intercollegiate Club Sports bass fishing team completed the 2025-26 season over the weekend at the BassMaster College Series in Richmond, Va. 

The third tournament in the College Series Lunkers Trail series was 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. 

High Point was represented over the weekend by Cole Mitchell and Leo Goldman, who placed 116th overall.  The Panther pair caught 10 fish totaling 14 lbs. Mitchell and Goldman were one of 124 teams to catch at least 10 fish. Furthermore, there were 18 teams that made catches totaling at least 14 lbs., with the largest weighing in at 15 lbs., at the event. 

This weekend marked 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. 

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.