THS Fishing Teams compete at SAF HSF National, World Finals

  • Tecumseh High School incoming junior Alex Hurst and 2026 graduate Maddox Dickson pose with one of the bass they caught in the recent 17th Annual SAF HS Fishing National Championship and World Finals in Kentucky. Photo provided
    Tecumseh High School incoming junior Alex Hurst and 2026 graduate Maddox Dickson pose with one of the bass they caught in the recent 17th Annual SAF HS Fishing National Championship and World Finals in Kentucky. Photo provided

    Tecumseh High School 2026 graduate Maddox Dickson stood on his grandfather’s 21-foot Phoenix bass boat and watched the sun rise over Lake Cumberland in Russell County, Kentucky.

    Their’s was Boat #201 out of 411 teams in the 2026 Student Angler Federation High School Fishing National Championship and World Finals, held June 23-26.

    Dickson’s grandfather, Billy Mitchell, has been the boat captain on th…