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Chantilly Resident Wins $1,000 in Fishing Event

Ryan McCarthy will advance to the National Guard FLW College Fishing Northern Conference Championship in Bassett.

Chantilly resident Ryan McCarthy was part of a two-man team from Radford University which placed fifth in the National Guard FLW College Fishing Northern Conference event on the Ohio River/Tanners Creek on Aug. 5. 

The other member of the team was Steven Jarrells of of Radford. 

McCarthy and Jarrells won $1,000 and the right to advance to the Northern Conference Championship on Sept. 13-15 on Philpott Lake in Bassett. The winning team will win a Ranger 1771TR bass boat with a 90-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard.

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McCarthy has been a member of the Radford University team for 4 years. He graduated from Chantilly  High School in 2008 and from Radford in May 2012.

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