Brother Martin High School held the 26th Annual Fishing Rodeo on Saturday, June 21st in the Backyard at school. It was a beautiful, warm day for Alumni, families, and friends of Brother Martin as participants competed for various titles in 15 categories.
The Captain’s Party held the Brother Martin Alumni and Advancement Office kicked off the event on Wednesday. Fishermen and their guests were able to register while enjoying complimentary sandwiches, beverages, and fishing tips.
On Saturday, Eddie Gonzales ’77 served as the emcee and entertained the crowd with music as younger fishermen were able to cool off on our water slide. The Schmidt Family Cooking Team provided delicious fried fish, burgers, hotdogs, and fries.
“Phinns and Pheathers I” took home 1st Place in the coveted 5-Trout Stringer category. The team of Guy Valvis ’73, Kevin Baldridge, Connor Duchmann, Connor Prigmore, and Kaleb Baldridge, “Team Dry Dock“, “Halibuts“, “Salt Water Mafia“,”Catchin-A-Buzz“, “SNAFU“, “The Art Street Crumbs“, “Anchors” and “Mr. Clean” were also 1st Place winners in our different categories.
The members of the Fishing Committee assisted with selling “Big Board Raffle” spots and a Parade of Prizes consisting of gift cards, Brother Martin items, fishing gear, and more.
Johnny Blue ’86, Andrew Casadaban ’08, Jimmy Casadaban ’79, Mike Cascio ’96, Chad Courrege ’85, Hayden Courrege ’18, Logan Courrege ’15, Pete Dares ’56 SA, Gary Delahoussaye ’74, Drew Dodd, John Gelpi IV ’04, Eddie Gonzales ’77, Jay Hotard ’82, Rob Hymel, David Klein ’90, Jimmy LaCava ’55 SA, Nick Macaluso ’85, Matthew Patterson, Dave Pecot ’76, Dave Schmidt ’76, Jerry Schmidt ’81, Todd Schwander ’93, Steven Spiers ’84, Chuck Stall ’76, Billy Thiele ’78, and Andrew Woodroof ’03 served on the committee.
