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‘Team Holman’ lands Classic grand prize Andy Holman nets 20-pounder; bags Salmon Classic ‘s 1st place, $10K, purse San Juan Island’s Andy Holman braved the cold and the wind, and bested a field of 343 other anglers to snare the grand prize — $10,000 — in the 11th annual Salmon Classic hosted Feb. 7-8 by Roche Harbor Resort. Holman, a seven-year classic veteran, credits the use of electronic equipment for helping him to locate the 20.2 pound fish, in the north end of Lopez Sound, and credits his teammates even more so for helping him to land the winner. “It was quite an epic battle to say the least,” he said. Once hooked, the fish began taking line and taking line, and taking more line until Holman had only about half his line left. His wife, Carol, took over at the helm and teammate Kevin Klein readied the net as they circled the boat around, intent on hoisting and landing what they believed would prove to be a sizable catch. “I knew it was a big fish, but we never saw it until it was just at the surface,” Holman said. “It was a total team effort. I may not have caught it if it hadn’t been for the rest of the team.” In addition, Holman, whose 20.2-pounder earned him the classic’s first-place prize, snagged another Contributed photo Frank Finch with his 3rd place- $1,000 for landing the largest fish weighed in on Friday, winning 15.12 pound fish. the first day of the two-day Yankee Doodle went to town, fishing derby, a new category introduced as part of this Riding on a pony, year’s classic. Stuck a feather in his cap A total of 172 fish were weighed in over the course of And called it macaroni. the two-day winter time fishAt Sound Storage we are ing extravaganza, in which okay with the feathers but 344 fisherman and 100 boats no macaroni if you please competed for $26,000 in cash prizes. The 2014 Classic was Mr. Doodle. a sold-out event. At six-andFree complimentary moving truck a-half years of age, Tacoma’s SOUND STORAGE Christian Thomas was the 840 Mullis St. • (360) 370-5111
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Contributed photo / Roche Harbor Salmon Classic
Andy Holman, far right, and teammates, from right, Carol Holman Vickie Telfor and Kevin Klein display their first-place flag and the 2015 Salmon Classic’s grand prize, $10,000 in cash.
Frank Wilson Fishing Derby: Week 1 1st: Johnny Jackson, 10.87 lb. 2nd: Joe Crisanti, 9.23 lb. 3rd: Peter Schmidt, 7.68 lb. 4th: Karen Rhinehart, 7.10 lb. 5th: Kyle Prescott, 6.14 lb.
youngest competitor, and Barry Allyn of Snohomish won the drawing for free entry in the 2015 classic. Bellevue’s Pat Federsiel won the second-place prize of $5,000 with a 16.2-pound fish, besting Frank Finch of Friday Harbor, whose 15.12-pounder landed him $3,000 for third place. The classic’s $2,000 Mystery Fish prize went to Darin Danner of Woodinville and Craig Hougen, Brian James and Tim Melton split the Best Boat Total Weight prize of $2,000. The Bellingham boat-mates landed 10 fish that together weighed 78.8 pounds. And the winning fish? Holman plans to smoke half of it and freeze the rest. He intends to take Carol out for a nice Valentine’s Day dinner as well, and he most certainly will be out on the water again, when the 2015 Salmon Classic rolls around. “I’m always trying to improve my game,” he said. “It’s not over yet.” — Scott Rasmussen
Wolverines post-season bound The Friday Harbor boys basketball team, winners of eight of their last nine games, opened post-season play Monday, at home, in a rematch against Blaine. Friday Harbor (7-0 league, 12-8 overall) carried a five-game win streak into the Northwest Conference
1A playoff opener, including a Northwest 1A/2B League title-clinching 75-70 victory at home, Feb. 6, over Cedar Park Christian, earning the Wolverines a second-straight league title The winner of Monday’s game faced the winner of Mount Baker versus Kings,
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C.J. Woods readies a free-throw attempt in Friday Harbor’s Feb. 1 win at home over Blaine.
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with the losers squaring off in the consolation bracket, in a loser-out contest. The Friday Harbor girls basketball team opened the post-season on the road at Kings High School, Tuesday. The Wolverines (3-4 league, 8-12 overall) closed out the regular season with consecutive wins, a 56-43 victory at home, Feb. 6, over Cedar Park Christian, followed by a 45-39 victory over Shoreline Christian on the road, Feb. 7.