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Cody Huff led Day 1 and retained his lead through a weather-delay on Friday. Kyoya Fujita weighed the biggest bag on Day 2 Saturday to take over the event lead.
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Kyoya Fujita’s win propelled him into the AOY Top-10, just 2 spots and 15 points behind Joey Cifuentes for Rookie of the Year.
Welcher and Cobb have a pretty good gap back to the rest of the AOY field, but the deep water hammers sitting #4 through #8 had to look very scary in the rear view, with St. Lawrence River being the next and final event of the season. Also don’t overlook Drew Cook in third, who has a sneaky-good St. Lawrence resume.
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