The waters have been calm all over the state but with the winter came a fishing tournament and that places Benjamin Russell High’s Stihl Smith and Jackson Kelly right in the thick of a comeback for the Wildcats.
Trailing for most of the season behind Holtville High, Smith and Kelly have been working hard and have led the Wildcats in two of the previous tournaments and with another slated for this weekend, there’s a lot on their plate.
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