Heatwoles take Day 1 Lead at Kerr Lake
The District 5 Berkley Classic Series Championship Presented by Realtree Fishing began on Thursday evening at the Clarksville VA Community Center thanks to our Host the Clarksville Chamber of Commerce.
Bruce Frye shared his musical talent and testimoney along with a little pit of good ol Barny Fife humor and challenged us all about our relationship with Christ. Several decisions were made.
Friday morning 48 teams took off in search of the reportedly stubborn Kerr Lake Bass. Under bluebird skies with little to no wind fishing proved to be tough with only 16 limits coming to the scales.
The always tough team of Mark and Mike Heatwole of VA-East brought 12.16 lbs to the scales to take the Day 1 lead
In 2nd was the team of Jeffrey and Clay Ross whose limit weighed 11.76 lbs
Sitting in 3rd is the team of Chris Atkins and Stephen Costa with 11.48 lbs
4th place is currently held down by the team of Billy Wright and Grant McPeters with 11.07 lbs
Rounding out the Top 5 is the team of Walter Emerson and Brody Webb with10.91 lbs
The Day 1 Big Fish was caught by the team Michael and Kayla Blankenship and weighed 4.10 lbs
Fishers of Men would like to thank the Clarksville VA Chamber of Commerce and all of our National Sponsors Berkley, Basscat Boats, Abu Garcia, Mercury, Spiderwire Durabraid, Realtree Fishing, FireFly Marine, PowerPole, Th Marine, X2 Power, Frogg Toggs and Jacobs Glass

| View Multiday Day Results | Day 1 | Day 2 |
Place | Team | Members | # Fish | Big Fish | Gross | Penalty | Net Wt | Points | |
1 | 23959 |
Michael Heatwole Mark Heatwole | 5 | 0 | 12.16 | 0 | 12.16 | 200 | |
2 | 16170 |
Jeffrey Ross Clay Ross | 5 | 0 | 11.76 | 0 | 11.76 | 199 | |
3 | 28520 |
Christopher Atkins, III Stephen Costa | 5 | 0 | 11.48 | 0 | 11.48 | 198 | |
4 | 15110 |
Billy Wright Grant McPeters | 5 | 0 | 11.07 | 0 | 11.07 | 197 | |
5 | 10720 |
Walter Emerson Brody Webb | 5 | 3.11 | 10.91 | 0 | 10.91 | 196 | |
6 | 25358 |
James Griffin III Doug Wharton | 5 | 0 | 9.87 | 0 | 9.87 | 195 | |
7 | 28675 |
Jarrett Freeze Rodney Adams | 5 | 0 | 9.6 | 0 | 9.6 | 194 | |
8 | 23211 |
Eric Rowe Eddie Griggs | 5 | 2.77 | 9.52 | 0 | 9.52 | 193 | |
9 | 28505 |
Jay Perkins Rick Williams | 5 | 2.87 | 9.34 | 0 | 9.34 | 192 | |
10 | 26096 |
Edward Gantt Joey Branch | 5 | 0 | 9.52 | 0.25 | 9.27 | 191 | |
11 | 28509 |
Thomas Harden Luis Ponce | 5 | 0 | 9.11 | 0 | 9.11 | 190 | |
12 | 28460 |
Harold Olsen Jared Vandergriff | 5 | 0 | 8.28 | 0 | 8.28 | 189 | |
13 | 23958 |
David Williams Darryl Williams | 5 | 0 | 7.93 | 0 | 7.93 | 188 | |
14 | 28683 |
Van Powell James Marshall | 3 | 3.82 | 7.79 | 0 | 7.79 | 187 | |
15 | 28461 |
Edward Strealy Kyle Moore | 5 | 0 | 7.43 | 0 | 7.43 | 186 | |
16 | 27201 |
Michael Williams Allison Williams | 5 | 2.21 | 7.32 | 0 | 7.32 | 185 | |
17 | 10549 |
Nathan Alt Jeff Camp | 5 | 0 | 7.21 | 0 | 7.21 | 184 | |
18 | 6795 |
Carl Sadler Aaron Sadler | 4 | 2.67 | 7.2 | 0 | 7.2 | 183 | |
19 | 28496 |
Dustin Mullins Devin Terry | 4 | 0 | 6.7 | 0 | 6.7 | 182 | |
20 | 26878 |
Taft Durr Jon Simmons | 4 | 0 | 6.4 | 0 | 6.4 | 181 | |
21 | 25709 |
Stephen Highfield Jeff Mills | 3 | 3.12 | 5.78 | 0 | 5.78 | 180 | |
22 | 12268 |
Brandon Hill Kevin King | 4 | 0 | 5.75 | 0 | 5.75 | 179 | |
23 | 27116 |
Wilson Bradley Robert Carter | 4 | 0 | 5.61 | 0 | 5.61 | 178 | |
24 | 29469 |
Frankie Hartman Ronnie Anderson | 4 | 0 | 5.58 | 0 | 5.58 | 177 | |
25 | 14172 |
Elvin Martes William Gartner | 3 | 3.64 | 5.68 | 0.25 | 5.43 | 176 | |
26 | 22595 |
Mark Blankenship Elizabeth Blankenship | 4 | 0 | 5.67 | 0.25 | 5.42 | 175 | |
27 | 25401 |
Michael Blankenship Kayla Blankenship | 2 | 4.1 | 5.27 | 0 | 5.27 | 174 | |
28 | 28466 |
Russell Nixon Levi Marshall | 3 | 0 | 5.14 | 0 | 5.14 | 173 | |
29 | 25708 |
Jimmy Pack Tristan Thomas | 3 | 0 | 4.94 | 0 | 4.94 | 172 | |
30 | 12122 |
Samuel Fisher Aaron Fisher | 4 | 0 | 5.09 | 0.25 | 4.84 | 171 | |
31 | 28462 |
Rick Kinlaw Gary Flinchum | 3 | 0 | 4.72 | 0 | 4.72 | 170 | |
32 | 8549 |
Anthony McCraw Penny McCraw | 3 | 0 | 4.32 | 0 | 4.32 | 169 | |
33 | 28970 |
Mickey McCleary Butch Brooks | 3 | 0 | 3.96 | 0 | 3.96 | 168 | |
34 | 27565 |
Richard Nearhoof James Walters | 3 | 0 | 3.67 | 0 | 3.67 | 167 | |
35 | 25400 |
Bradley Whitfield Brian Lindamood | 3 | 0 | 3.66 | 0 | 3.66 | 166 | |
36 | 16134 |
Brad Webb Jay Ferk | 1 | 2.92 | 2.92 | 0 | 2.92 | 165 | |
37 | 26941 |
Ray Wilson Joshua Blankenship | 2 | 0 | 2.87 | 0 | 2.87 | 164 | |
38 | 28873 |
Paul Wiley Jon Crans | 2 | 0 | 2.81 | 0 | 2.81 | 163 | |
39 | 16005 |
Steven Bishop Richard Alley | 2 | 0 | 2.64 | 0 | 2.64 | 162 | |
40 | 28464 |
Mike Smith Erin Smith | 2 | 0 | 2.38 | 0 | 2.38 | 161 | |
41 | 29472 |
Brad Peyton Charles (Chuck) Huffman | 2 | 0 | 2.23 | 0 | 2.23 | 160 | |
42 | 28849 |
Sean Peddicord Lonell Merchant | 1 | 1.71 | 1.71 | 0 | 1.71 | 159 | |
43 | 23366 |
Greg Soukup Darrell Hobson | 1 | 1.37 | 1.37 | 0 | 1.37 | 158 | |
44 | 28010 |
Marty Nester Don Smith | 1 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0 | 0.97 | 157 | |
45 | 25880 |
Shannon Spradlin Cody Herndon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 | |
46 | 27977 |
Curtis Welton Rhonda Welton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155 | |
47 | 18788 |
Ray Scroggins Christopher Scroggins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154 | |
Heatwoles 12.16 lbs Ross and Ross 11.76 lbs Atkins and Costa 11.48 lbs Wright & McPeters 11.07 lbs |