Board members recognized two student anglers who recently won the Kentucky Bass Nation High School state championship and advanced to the national competition.

Board member Parker introduced the recognition, noting that FAST fishing is a club sport for secondary students and highlighting the team aspect across schools. Parker named Cody Gayheart, a sophomore at Scott County High School, and Lake Noble, a freshman at Great Crossing, as the state champions, saying the pair’s record included multiple top-10 and top-5 finishes and qualification for national events.

Parker praised fishing as requiring ‘‘patience, strategy, and flexibility’’ and asked the audience to join him in congratulating the students. The board called the students up to the dais for recognition; the transcript records applause and brief remarks of congratulations but does not include extended statements from the students themselves.

The recognition was presented during the meeting’s awards and recognition portion; no board action or funding decision was linked to the presentation in the transcript.