Friday River Bottoms Classic Late Cast #1 Play By Play

[Jerry Moll]

By Kenny Zuspan

Cast #1
Judge: Jake Rininger. Panel: Mike Hensley, Mike Dowler, Justin Chism. Guide: Jeremiah Baker

The "Wicked" Vapor … Smith/Shabel … Tony Smith
Wipeout 4sum … Stephenson/Eaddy/Cochran … Josh Watson
Country's Hot Babe … Burkholder/Chapman … Steve Burkholder
Full Throttle Heads Up … Hale/Olivia … Nickey Hale

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Cast has arrived to a nice section of timber along the Ohio river

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They are cut at 1:32am. Everything silent through the minute

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One dogs barks and 2 dogs are struck. Nickey and Josh are trying to decide if it's up or 4sum. Both claiming it's all theirs.

Babe struck for 50

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Judge says he is splitting strike between up and 4sum. Burkholder questions it

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Panel is talking it over. Judge agrees he heard 1 dog when both struck.

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Panel decided minus 4sum 100-
Strike up for 100
Move babe up to 75
Josh questions that call saying they have never heard 4sum before. Nickey says still haven't lol
6 is working

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4sum struck for 25. Judge and panel agree it wasn't 4sum at the beginning. Josh questions that he should go in for 50. He's informed he only goes in for 25

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Dogs have moved a ways off. Were closing the distance..... looking at coons setting up along this lane

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Sounds like up is looking up....

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Put Up on the paper....treed for 100!!

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Headed towards Up. Still no word from Vapor.

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We stop to listen.... silence......2 working

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Up decided to go go back to trailing. Minus Up 100-
Vapor is struck for 50

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Action has slowed to a crawl. Dogs beating around. 6 working