About to leave for Carlyle Lake and remembered I had not posted the top-10 rankings for Chicago area schools before the 2016 state championship for bass fishing.
As a former prep writer, I love the whole idea of doing a top-10 for high school bass fishing.
2016 IHSA bass-fishing rankings
Ranking Chicago-area qualifiers before state tournament Friday and Saturday on Carlyle Lake
1. Minooka: Heidecke champ, seventh state trip
2. Zion-Benton: seventh state
3. Grant: seventh state
4. St. Charles North: advanced both boats, fifth state
5. Fenwick: Skokie Lagoons champ, fourth state
6. Huntley: Chain South champ
7. Lyons: Busse South champ
8. Bartlett: Busse Main champs
9. Reed-Custer: Braidwood champ
10 (t). Stevenson: Chain North champ; Andrew: Des Plaines River champ
