Texas East Division- Ross Motor Sports Kickoff Tournament

What an exciting way to start a season!  So blessed to have Ross Motor Sports as our sponsor and division dealership!  Friday evening had our fishing family going to the beautiful Broaddus High School Gymnasium for check in and pre-tournament banquet!  Approximately 400 family and friends joined in the banquet fellowship festivities as long time members were introduced to hundreds of new family members.  It was an awesome sight to behold!

We were once again blessed by Daron Skero, of Skero Furniture, to a fantastic meal of smoked sausage hoagies, kettle chips and sinful brownies!  Daron and his team have been providing our division’s food for a decade now and are a blessing beyond words.

As the meeting portion began we were treated to Angie Adkins singing the National anthem and then once again just prior to our speaker when she sang the beautiful song “Sanctuary”.  Many thanks to her and her husband Ford Adkins , Ross Motor Sports representative to FOM, for their support of our division.

We at Fishers of Men are so blessed to be sponsored by Bass Cat Boats and we were extremely blessed to have Rick Pierce, President of Bass Cat Boats, come and share his story and heart with our family.  Rick challenged us to take a moment and check the mirror about judging others and start looking at ourselves for ways to take on the true face and heart of Jesus.  Between Angie’s singing and Rick’s message the spirit was moving as we had one of our senior men answer the Lord’s call on his life along with numerous decisions to turn around and renew commitments to walk closer with the Lord.  I am sure we caused a smile on the Fathers face.

Saturday found us weighing in our 129 teams at the completion of a very windy day which caused a large part of our draw to pullout without weighing.  Big Sam gets really mean when the wind blows!  At the end of the day the solo team of Lindy Hadley dropped a sack on the scales that weighed 18.45 and allowed him to claim the first $10,000.00 check of the season!  Second place honors went to long time Texas Team Larry Nassar and Lynn Thibodeaux with their catch tipping the scales at 17.85.  Rounding out the top three was the team of Roy Radcliff and David Truax with a bag that weighed 16.49.  Big fish honors went to the humorous team of Danny Cherry and Mark Lanham with a 9.16 beast!

All in all we were so excited to be able to serve all of the faithful longtime members but were overjoyed with the hundreds of new members that have come to be a part of our fishing family!  Our hope is that friendships that will last a lifetime will be formed and that everyone will feel the love of Jesus each and every time they come together in fellowship and fishing at Texas East events.

We are so  very thankful to Lucas Holloway, Superintendent Broaddus ISD,  and Kim Holloway, Broaddus High School Principal, for their willingness to partner with Fishers of Men in this ministry effort.

Texas East’s next event is February 18, 2023 on Sam Rayburn (Cassels Boykins)  with the meeting at Broaddus High School on the 17^th.  Please stay on mission and invite, invite, invite!! 

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Texas East would like to thank all of our national sponsors, Basscat Boats, Berkley, Abu Garcia, Mercury, Realtree Fishing, Spiderwire  Durabraid, Firefly Marine, Power-Pole, TH Marine, X2 Power, Frogg Toggs

We would not be able to do what we do in our division if it weren’t for so many wonderful local sponsors,  Ross Motor Sports, Beacon Wealth Management, Skero Furniture, O’Ferrell Transportation, Brandon Belt Fishing, Big Help Desk, Workrise, Terrill Petroleum, Droptine Timber and Land, Menade Inc., Anderson’s A/C &Heating, Tax Resolution Guide Services, Cajun Lures, Hillister Assembly of God, FBC Broaddus, FBC Hemphill, Johnny Franks Family, Trey Kistler Family, Tim Browder Family, George Anderson Family, Ralph Logan Family, Dan Hilton Family, Rusty West Family, Coy Jennings Family

Place	Team	Members	# Fish	Big Fish	Gross	Penalty	Net Wt	Points
1	29925	Lindy Hadley JAMES INGRAM	5	0	18.45	0	18.45	300
2	11771	Larry Nassar Lynn Thibodeaux	5	8	17.85	0	17.85	299
3	29852	Roy Radcliff David Truax	5	0	16.49	0	16.49	298
4	29858	Austin Wooddell Wesley Baxley	5	5.33	15.26	0	15.26	297
5	26950	Danny Cherry Mark Lanham	4	9.16	14.63	0	14.63	296
6	29526	Dawson Schnautz John Jay III	5	0	14.37	0	14.37	295
7	18337	Todd DeClaris Troy DeClaris	5	5.73	14.28	0	14.28	294
8	29584	Jordan Sansom Brooks Leonard	5	0	13.99	0	13.99	293
9	25140	Billy Waldrep Justin Sowell	5	0	13.17	0	13.17	292
10	29630	Rickey Elliott Stephen Burgay	4	0	12.62	0	12.62	291
11	29075	Lee Clack	5	0	12.39	0	12.39	290
12	29806	Ryan Carson Mark Gorman	5	0	12.26	0	12.26	289
13	29822	Michael Trpkosh Jeff Fisher	5	0	12.26	0	12.26	289
14	29849	James Stricklin Terry Hardy	5	0	12.2	0	12.2	288
15	29864	Buddy Day Gay Day	5	0	11.71	0	11.71	287
16	29813	Corbett Ross Haylie Ross	5	0	11.69	0	11.69	286
17	29826	Troy Roder Josh Wendt	5	0	11.58	0	11.58	285
18	29886	Randy Turner James Jared	5	0	11.14	0	11.14	284
19	29838	Stacy Peacher Mark Mundy	5	0	11.01	0	11.01	283
20	29527	Gilbert Ornelas Jr Logan Ornelas	5	0	10.68	0	10.68	282
21	29896	Austin Loew Jody Loew	5	0	10.45	0	10.45	281
22	29783	Eddie Carter Melissa Carter	5	0	10.4	0	10.4	280
23	29859	David Gore Jerry Williams	5	0	10.11	0	10.11	279
24	25131	David Price Ronald Roberts	5	0	9.74	0	9.74	278
25	29853	Anthony Sharp Mason Sharp	5	0	9.51	0	9.51	277
26	29887	Eric McGaha Kris Wernecke	5	0	9.25	0	9.25	276
27	29645	Craig Sterling Colton Potter	4	0	9.16	0	9.16	225
28	29546	Bobby Eads Bill Cochensparger	5	0	8.9	0	8.9	274
29	352	Stephen Kinney Jimmy Martin	4	0	8.64	0	8.64	273
30	23586	Joshua Kieffer Jared Pollard	5	0	8.28	0	8.28	272
31	29717	Kolten Eberlan Mark Eberlan	5	0	8.17	0	8.17	271
32	29836	Dakota Moore Robert Moore	5	0	7.91	0	7.91	270
33	29815	Kenneth McMellon Nicolas Grey	4	0	7.33	0	7.33	269
34	23600	George Anderson Ralph Logan Sr.	4	0	7.25	0	7.25	268
35	29892	James Dykes David Dykes	5	0	7.1	0	7.1	267
36	29810	Stephen English Clifton English	4	0	7.01	0	7.01	216
37	3551	Tommie Payne Warren Mayfield	3	0	6.8	0	6.8	265
38	29782	Rick Guillory Richard Garcia	4	0	6.69	0	6.69	264
39	29823	Oren (Ty) Haymon Colby Dark	3	0	6.54	0	6.54	263
40	29841	Jacob Trahan Collen Fontenot	3	0	6.37	0	6.37	262
41	29840	Michael Walsworth Michael Walsworth	3	0	6.04	0	6.04	261
42	28206	Theodore Thibodeaux Jessica Thibodeaux	4	0	5.86	0	5.86	260
43	23589	Stephen Ashworth Tex Rieder	3	0	5.78	0	5.78	259
44	19950	John Brown Doyce Cartrett Jr	3	0	5.65	0	5.65	258
45	29781	Danny Hemperley Tony Spivey	3	0	5.55	0	5.55	257
46	27941	Aubrey Lewis Jim Swoda	3	0	5.48	0	5.48	256
47	28396	Chris Waller Dewayne Whitmire	3	0	5.27	0	5.27	255
48	28200	Tony Owen James Harper	3	0	5.23	0	5.23	254
49	29638	Robert Seals John Finkbeiner	2	0	5.12	0	5.12	253
50	29821	John Walker Cambrea Walker	2	0	4.6	0	4.6	252
51	29866	Josh Beckman Ford Adkins	3	0	4.42	0	4.42	251
52	29685	Brian Johnson Scott Overton	2	0	4.19	0	4.19	250
53	23093	Robert Richey Samuel Richey	2	0	3.96	0	3.96	249
54	28203	Rick Goodman Jimmy Gore	2	0	3.86	0	3.86	248
55	29808	Charles Kruithof Charlie Stewart	2	0	3.7	0	3.7	247
56	15802	Terry Reed Gwen Reed	2	0	3.49	0	3.49	246
57	22372	Jerry Wade Dale Reynolds	2	0	3.33	0	3.33	245
58	29551	Charles Watts William Watts	2	0	3.23	0	3.23	244
59	10162	Robert Moore Matthew Moore	2	0	2.99	0	2.99	243
60	29862	Jason Godwin Tim Newman	1	2.41	2.41	0	2.41	242
61	29811	Shane Standley Aaron Standley	1	2.3	2.3	0	2.3	241
62	29837	Timothy Browder	1	2.27	2.27	0	2.27	240
63	29817	Aaron Bourgeois Shannon Thibodeaux	1	1.96	1.96	0	1.96	239
64	29548	Eddie Duhon Jacob Duhon	1	1.94	1.94	0	1.94	238
65	23582	Bill Lambert Jon Robinson	1	1.65	1.65	0	1.65	237
66	29553	Rick Blount Harold Payne	1	1.61	1.61	0	1.61	236
67	29827	Jesse McClelland Rayburn McClelland	1	1.45	1.45	0	1.45	235
68	29888	Don Johnson Joe Soileau	1	1.39	1.39	0	1.39	234
69	345	Gary Baker Jason Dew	0	0	0	0	0	233
70	6192	Rusty West Levi West	0	0	0	0	0	233
71	15762	Pete Chumchal Jr. James Pessagno	0	0	0	0	0	233
72	15801	Dan Hilton Rick Sanders	0	0	0	0	0	233
73	21192	Ronnie Bland Forest Owens	0	0	0	0	0	233
74	22751	Eddie Richards Scott Townsend	0	0	0	0	0	183
75	25282	Gary Babb Jackson Babb	0	0	0	0	0	233
76	26448	Rickey Garrett Jr Alicia Garrett	0	0	0	0	0	233
77	26475	Chaz Quinn Matthew McAdams	0	0	0	0	0	233
78	26477	Jerry DuBose James Conner	0	0	0	0	0	233
79	28202	Cole Moore Richard Moore	0	0	0	0	0	233
80	28397	Michael Orgeron Noah Orgeron	0	0	0	0	0	183
81	28608	Trey McGuire Cale Frye	0	0	0	0	0	233
82	29511	Jordan Fontenot Bevan Dupre	0	0	0	0	0	233
83	29512	Brent White Christopher Simmons	0	0	0	0	0	233
84	29524	Bryan Allen Brian Bayless	0	0	0	0	0	233
85	29525	Aaron Freeman Hayden Heck	0	0	0	0	0	233
86	29541	Bill Babb Mitchell Bueter	0	0	0	0	0	233
87	29549	Chris Bergeron Rhonda Anderson	0	0	0	0	0	233
88	29550	Tommy Shelton John Squires	0	0	0	0	0	233
89	29552	Blaine Abshire Karie Abshire	0	0	0	0	0	183
90	29643	Craig Gary Easton Gary	0	0	0	0	0	233
91	29644	Scotty Rayborn Bobby Blanton	0	0	0	0	0	233
92	29730	Cameron Swonke Nathan Harper	0	0	0	0	0	233
93	29732	Thomas Rash II Cody Wilkerson	0	0	0	0	0	233
94	29779	Mark Everett Luke Huffman	0	0	0	0	0	233
95	29780	Ryan Reynolds Shelley Reynolds	0	0	0	0	0	233
96	29792	Lee Shearin Jathan Green	0	0	0	0	0	233
97	29807	Eric Girola Robert McKinley	0	0	0	0	0	233
98	29809	Cody Laird Jimmy Duke	0	0	0	0	0	233
99	25142	Eric Herzog Jason Chance	0	0	0	0	0	233
100	29814	Johnny Franks Craig May	0	0	0	0	0	183
101	29818	James Barnett Stephanie Hemphill-Pellerin	0	0	0	0	0	233
102	29819	Brent Primrose Clayton Primrose	0	0	0	0	0	233
103	29820	Shane Hartt Drake Hartt	0	0	0	0	0	233
104	29824	Charles Sharp Levi Creed Moore	0	0	0	0	0	233
105	29825	Forest Griffin Gary Martz	0	0	0	0	0	233
106	29828	Wade Bryan Tyler Meeks	0	0	0	0	0	233
107	29835	Jesse Williams Weston Williams	0	0	0	0	0	233
108	29839	Toby Johnson Sam Huckabee	0	0	0	0	0	233
109	29843	Michael Page Lisa Page	0	0	0	0	0	233
110	29850	Michael Green	0	0	0	0	0	233
111	29851	John Hope Phil Brannan	0	0	0	0	0	233
112	29854	Bryan Carethers Nathan Prine	0	0	0	0	0	233
113	29856	Thomas Rash Jason Courville	0	0	0	0	0	233
114	29857	Chris Lowry Tim Lowry	0	0	0	0	0	233
115	29860	James Hudson Ben Newsom	0	0	0	0	0	233
116	29863	Patrick Ingraham Trenton Ingraham	0	0	0	0	0	233
117	29882	DOUGLAS THOMPSON Teresa Thompson	0	0	0	0	0	233
118	29729	Chris Tipton Cordaryl Rawls	0	0	0	0	0	233
119	29846	Kevin Madeley James Martin	0	0	0	0	0	233
120	29889	Chris King	0	0	0	0	0	233
121	29890		0	0	0	0	0	233
122	29884	Perry Nelms Hagen Lee	0	0	0	0	0	233
123	28208	Frank Weaver Aaron McGuire	0	0	0	0	0	233
124	29891	Chris Clemens Dallas Cole	0	0	0	0	0	233
125	29855	Mark Halpain Melford Butch Wimberly	0	0	0	0	0	233
126	29861	Randy Chatelain Bodre Rising	0	0	0	0	0	233
127	29893	Edgar Rayo Efren Melgar	0	0	0	0	0	233
128	29894	Ben Read Jeff Lee	0	0	0	0	0	183
129	29895	Brian Traw	0	0	0	0	0	183
First place- Lindy Hadley Second Place Larry Nassar -Lynn Thibodeaux Third place- Roy Radcliff- David Truax First stop Big Bass-9.16 Danny Cherry- Mark Lanham