Avondale, Arizona Angler Is State Champ

Jennifer Switalski of Avondale is the Arizona Bassmaster Casting Kids state champion winner.

This was Jennifer's first year of competition in the Bassmaster Casting Kids program.

She won her Casting Kids division in the fall, and was asked to return and compete for the Arizona state title at Cabel's in Glendale.

Jennifer, 9, was tied at the end of the regulation casting tournament play. The three Bassmaster judges called for an immediate "winner takes-all cast-off," where each competitior was to cast from three different distances and the first to score the highest point was to be declared the winner.

After a second tie, Jennifer won the competition. She won an all-expenses -aid trip to represent Arizona in the Bassmaster National finals in Washington state in May.