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Boater Bruce Ring of Front Royal, Va., won the Sept. 11-12 BFL Shenandoah Division Super Tournament on the Potomac River to earn $6,531
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Boater Bruce Ring of Front Royal, Va., caught a 10-bass total weighing 28 pounds even Sept. 11-12 to win $6,531 in the BFL Shenandoah Division Super Tournament on the Potomac River.

The remaining top 10 anglers:

 2nd:  William Shelton III, LaCrosse, Va., 10 bass, 27-6,
      $2,265
 3rd:  Jeremy Southerly, Fulks Run, Va., 10 bass, 26-3,
       $1,511
 4th:  Terry Olinger, Hume, Va., 10 bass, 25-14, $1,057
 5th:  Michael Hall, Annandale, Va., 10 bass, 25-2, $906
 6th:  Frank Ippoliti, Mercersburg, Pa., 10 bass, 23-15,
       $831
 7th:  Wesley Harris, Rustburg, Va., 10 bass, 23-10, $755
 8th:  Edwin Jackson, Marshall, Va., 10 bass, 22-14, $680
 9th:  David Andrews, Fairfax, Va., 10 bass, 22-9, $604
 10th: Joshua Wagy, Dewitt, Va., 10 bass, 22-6, $529

Jimmy Batts of Raleigh, N.C., won co-angler the division and $2,266
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Jimmy Batts of Raleigh, N.C., caught a 10-bass total weighing 20 pounds, 1 ounce Sept. 11-12 to win $2,266 in the Co-angler Division.

The remaining top 10 co-anglers:

 2nd:  Jacob Bumgarner, Monroe, Va., 8 bass, 19-11, $1,133
 3rd:  James Taylor, Ruther Glen, Va., 10 bass, 18-15,
       $755
 4th:  David Williams, Fredericksburg, Va., 10 bass, 18-6,
       $529
 5th:  Alan Price, Staunton, Va., 8 bass, 18-0, $453
 6th:  Vic Riveras, Newport News, Va., 9 bass, 16-10, $415
 7th:  Darick Brumbaugh, Fort Littleton, Pa., 9 bass,
       15-11, $378
 8th:  Gerald Heffler, Chester, Va., 7 bass, 14-11, $340
 9th:  John Wolford, Ligonier, Pa., 7 bass, 14-11, $302
 10th: Tony Toombs, Drakes Branch, Va., 9 bass, 14-9, $264

NOTES: The next BFL Shenandoah Division tournament, the Regional Championship, is scheduled for Oct. 7-9 on the Potomac River in Marbury, Md. The top 40 boaters and co-anglers from the Northeast, Piedmont, North Carolina and Shenandoah Divisions have qualified for the Regional Championship, where the top six boaters and top six co-anglers will advance to the BFL All-American.

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