A boat captained by Josh Dehoux was the first-place winner in the boat category in the Mathews Rotary Club’s 2021 Rockfish Tournament, held on Dec. 11-12.

The winner was determined by the combined weight of the two largest fish caught, which in Dehoux’s case was 17.55 lbs. Taking second place in the boat category was the vessel captained by Joe Eubank (14.2 lbs.), with Trey Sowers’ boat taking third (11.8 lbs.).

Category winners were Haley Uliasz (ladies), Quinn Fowler and Zach Salvador (youth) and Fred Fielding (senior).Helping to make the event possible were the following tournament sponsors: Platinum Level—Chesapeake Bank, Virginia Marine Contracting, LLC, and Steven Hospodar, MD; Gold Level—Davenport and Company LLC/Jay Black, Noble Pest Control; Silver Level—Swords Marine Service, LLC, and Bay Construction. Morningstar Marinas, Haskins Bayside Service Center, Doziers Auto Parts, Bing’s Construction, Ron and Debbie Lambert, Mike Uliasz, and Tim and Susan Hill were event spon...