2018 PKC Youth World Championship Final Play By Play
Salem, IL -
Saturday October 20, 2018
2018 PKC Youth World Championship Final Cast, shown below, left to right:
Allie Hopkins hunting Dirty South Side, owned by Hopkins/Weaver
Cody Barrows hunting Bowling & Hatfield's Babe, owned by Hatfield/Bowling
Austin Blackwell hunting Combo, owned by Doug Blackwell Jr
Final cast Judge; Stephen Campbell
Back Up judge; Carl Reed
Guide; Travis Dial
Panel going to the woods; Shane Patton, Bud Hood, Lane Denny
Play By Play Reporters: Amy Thomas & Tony Secoy
Play By Play Announcer: Jerry Moll
We are waiting on one early cast to return. Once they have arrived, we will take final cast photos and get on the road.
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Please stay tuned
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The 2018 PKC Youth World Championship Final Cast has left the Marion County Fairgrounds and is heading to the woods
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The cast has just arrived at the woods
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Judge Campbell is giving the final instructions as the Youth Handlers collar up their hounds
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After a "Thank You Lord" prayer, they are leading up to cut em'
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Dogs are cast into the dark at 10:41 PM CDT
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Hounds are exited, strike Babe 100
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Side in for 75, followed by Combo 50
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All under the one minute mark
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All three went right handed, but starting to split up some now
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Cast moving to top of a grade to hear better
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Austin pulls the first trigger, Combo for 100
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Second tree closes
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Side in for 50
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Babe ignores the other two, so far
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The cast starts toward the tree with Combo & Side sounding good
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After crossing a small creek, the two are handled on a small ash tree
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Nobody was home and not enough leaves for guessing
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Minus Combo 150- and Side 125-
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Two dogs are being lead one minute toward Babe
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Six workin'
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Babe opens, dogs are cast
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Six working again
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Six broke, moving toward Babe
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Side re-struck for a quarter
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Struck dogs working different directions, getting deeper
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Babe and Side still opening off & on
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Babe still fairly close to cast, while Side is deeper
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Cast tightening up on side
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Stopping in a clearing next to a pond to listen
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Six working
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Broken
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Combo struck for a quarter and treed for 100
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Combo is behind the cast and Side is trailing out the other way
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Third tree is dead, heading Combo's way
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Cast stops to listen
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Cast has arrived at Combo and he is handled alone
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Unfortunately for Austin and Combo, it's another dead ash and is quickly minused
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Combo now at 275-
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Combo is led a minute and recast
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Heading back toward Side
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Combo struck back for a quarter
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Stationary on Combo
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Combo treed 100
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Second tree closed
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Third tree closed
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Babe & Side still trailing
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Cast heading toward Combo for the third time
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Only 10 minutes remaining in the cast
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Arrived at Combo, he has a bigger tree
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It's a hardwood at the edge of a cedar thicket
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Lots of lights and squallers workin'
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Circle up Combo for 125
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Allie trees Side for 100
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Hunt is over
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The 2018 PKC Youth World Champion will be Austin or Allie, depending upon the scoring of Side's tree
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Side is still a long ways off, cast moving that way
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Most of the walking has been rough, but the cast is now walking a clearing
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Getting closer
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Closing in
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Cast has arrived, scoring now
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It's a leaning tree, with some leaves
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Circle it!
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Allie Hopkins wins the 2018 PKC Youth World Championship with Dirty South Side, owned by Hopkins/Weaver
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First place; 125-
Allie Hopkins
Second place; 275-
Austin Blackwell
Third place; 0
Cody Barrows