My son is entering his 3rd year of high school bass fishing here in Texas, and we need to add to our arsenal of rods. His current rods are mostly JB3 warriors series and they've done a good
Job so far. We've had a couple minor issues with guides and the cork, and also we had one rod blank brake. The owner of JB3 replaced it at no charge which was much appreciated. Overall I'd say they are good rods but I'm curious as what othwrs are fishing that do tournament fishing.

I've always been a leisure fisherman and didn't realize how much wear and tear happens when you fish hard for 8-9 hours straight during tournaments. Thank you in advance.

Also, Reel Suggestions would be great too. So far my shimano curado 200 dc is my favorite. Most of our reels are the shimano mgl 70

Being in the industry for 40 years I see what a lot of pro fisherman and tournament fisherman use. Understand that the pros and some regional tournament guys all have sponsors and therefore push the brands they are sponsored by. They change sponsors, they suddenly change their opinions of who they think is the best.
Nowadays so many well known old rod companies have Chinese blanks ….that other than name, many are the same.
In order of preference by what I see guys that I respect and make their living using are the following rods:
1.) St. Croix Legend, Victory, Avid Series. (Made in the US).
2.) Kistler Rods
3.) G.Loomis/Shimano (Shimano owns Loomis)

Reels:
1.) Shimano Curado in any Series
2.) Daiwa Tatula Series.

That's not to say there aren't other good brands like Dobyns, Duckett or Waterloo.

There are lots of individual opinions for sure.

Money is no object and you want the best, for me it's G. Loomis and Shimano. There are a bunch of both rods and reels that will not only work but are awesome, but these two can't be beat imo.