After the Eufaula BASSMASTER, Frank Scalish wins the rookie race on the BASSMASTER Tour. A 74th-place finish was good enough to come out on top, as the B.A.S.S. rookie just below him in the rookie standings -- Yusuke Miyazaki -- finished even lower at Eufaula (93rd).
Scalish also is the only B.A.S.S. rookie to qualify for the 2002 BASS Masters Classic championship.
But as far as the BassFan.com Rookie of the Year Race goes, now Scalish must wait for the final two FLW tournaments to run their course. When Scalish stumbled with a 115th at Guntersville, he left the door open for an FLW Tour rookie to catch up
At this point Oklahoma's Harmon Davis, Virginia's John Crews and Arkansas' Adam Wright have the best chance of unseating him. Davis needs 210 points to unseat Scalish, and has been averaging 93 points per tournament. In other words, the race will be close.
Note: Arizona's Rob Vander Kooi was removed from the Rookie Race because he only fished the first three BASSMASTER Tour events.
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