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Texas takes third Elite Series victory, turns focus toward AOY title
By Deb Johnson, Bassmaster.com
LA CROSSE, Wis. — Time was running out. About 15 minutes to go before he had to call it a day, Todd Faircloth hooked into a 3-pounder. And even though he had led for two days, only then did he feel that maybe, just maybe, he had nailed the Mississippi River Rumble.
Faircloth was right. He closed on his third Bassmaster Elite Series win Sunday by 1 pound, 4 ounces. It was a big margin compared to every other day of the Rumble, when only ounces separated leaders from the pack, and each place from another.
Faircloth’s 62-pound, 4-ounce total was enough to finish ahead of Cliff...