WCHS Bowling Teams

The first round of the 2009 TSSAA Girls State Tournament was good for our LadyCats, as they won easily over Greeneville HS by a 20-7 final score.  The match was actually decided after 2 games, as our girls rolled out to a 16-0 score on games of 1079 & 950.  In game 3, all of our subs came in to get some playing time in the State, which was GREAT!  Our two freshmen starters lead the way today, with Brittany Sisco shooting a great 208 in game 1, followed by Laurel Everett with a nice 202 game!  After that, our girls simply went into "coast" mode against the over-matched Greeneville squad.  Also, rolling in game 3 was Fr. Elizabeth Callas with a nice 185 game.

Click here for a recap of our match:

http://www.tssaa.org/2008Champions/StateBowling/DIGirls/Match3.htm

Now our ladies will find the competition VERY steep, as our semi-final match will be vs. the defending State Champion Hendersonville Lady Commandos!  Our Congratulations go out to Greeneville HS, as both their boys & girls made it to State for the first time!! 

TIME TO SHINE, LADYCATS!!  LET'S GO!!

At the semi-finals of the 2009 TSSAA Individual State Tournament, Jr. bowler Brennan Page showed just how far she has come in just two and a half years of bowling!  Ms. Page qualified in 18th place with a 735 series (4 games) in the qualifying round, then proceeded to roll nearly as well in the Sport-Bowling semi's with a nice 664 for 4 games, ending with a 1399 total which missed the cut to the top 6 by only 21 pins!!  Brennan finished with the 3rd-highest total for Girls on the Sport Shot, and also rolled the ONLY 200+ game by the girls, a nice 202!  She finished in 9th place overall.  A great tournament for her any way you look at it!  Way to go, Brennan!

Also qualifying for the finals for the boys were Jr. Geremy Roseti & Fr. Spencer Harp.  Geremy qualified 8th with a great 882 series (4 games), while Spencer made the cut at a tie for the 22nd spot at 840!!  JR Clemons started great with a 224 in game #1, but fell off after that and did not make the top 24 cut, rolling 774 total.  Also participating but falling short of the cut was Dani Chaffin, who started with a nice 192, but shot 667 for 4 - not enough to make the top 24.

Congratulations to all 5 of our bowlers for your performance ALL YEAR LONG!! Click on these links to see entire tournament results:

http://www.tssaa.org/2008Champions/StateBowling/DIBoys/Results.htm

http://www.tssaa.org/2008Champions/StateBowling/DIGirls/Results.htm

Wilson Central's teams have always had a "flair" for dramatic matches and finishes...but the sectional match for the boys vs. Station Camp is one that these boys OR their coaches will not soon forget!  After jumping out to a 196-pin lead in game 1, winning 6.5 of 8 points, our team felt really good about our chances of advancing.  But a couple of substitutions by our opponent and a game later, and all of that changed.  Station Camp improved 270 pins from game 1 for a super 1249 game 2, and that score beat us by 60 pins, as we followed our 1175 start with an 1189 score.  Now after 2 games, we were only up by a point (8.5 - 7.5) but still had a 136-pin lead in total pins.  But as the lanes dried up, so did our strikes and as game 3 progressed, it looked like we were letting our chance slip away!  With the other five struggling to find a line, Jr. Geremy Roseti actually FOUND his, and powered his way to a great 237 final game, and with his point and Seth Carey's 171-137 win, we got 2 points and held onto the 3 points for total pins to achieve a 13.5 - 13.5 TIE!  The TSSAA rules state that the tie-breaker for a tie in total points is TOTAL PINFALL.  WE WIN!!!  By virtue of our 41-pin lead in totals - 3475-3434 - the Wilson Central boys cheered as they are STATE TOURNAMENT BOUND for the first time!! 

Our veteran boys led the way today, with Mr. Roseti rolling a 619 series, and JR Clemons adding a 224-610 total.  Other good scores were:  Spencer Harp with 213-591; and Chris Branner with a 210-597.  We want to congratulate Coach Cliff Stafford and his Station Camp team on their outstanding comeback and great bowling in games 2 & 3!  They were certainly a great team and should be commended on their season!!  Here we go guys...get ready for THE RIDE!!

The 2008-09 WC Lady Wildcats are STATE TOURNAMENT BOUND!  Facing off against a very good Gallatin girls team, the LadyCats finished game 1 with a good 1088-944 score while taking 7 of 8 points.  But it was the start of game 1 that had everyone a little concerned.  With the lanes a little more oily than normal, our girls got off to a very slow start, especially for this team.  After 5 frames we were actually down in total pins and losing 4 of the 6 points!  But as they have done so many times this season, these girls finished with a flurry of strikes & spares to take control!  Game 2 saw three of our ladies really struggle to find the line, and we ended up dropping that game 1051-1078.  But we still took 4 of the individual points, so after 2 games we were up 11 - 5.  In game 3 our girls really nailed it, with 3 200+ games and an 1120-1036 score.  Final score of match was 19 - 8, with total pins at 3259-3058. 

Kirstin Page was our individual leader today - winning 2 of 3 points against Gallatin's very good #1 player Heidi Daniel.  Kirstin rolled games of 199-225-212 for a great 636 series!  Ms. Daniel finished with a very nice 613 series.  Other big scores for us were:  Dani Chaffin with a 206 & 215 and 572 series; Brennan Page with a 216-567; Laurel Everett with 201-550; and Sr. Alyssa Bald returning to action after her 2-month layoff with a super 203 in game 3! 

Now it is "Time to Shine" as Coach Kenny likes to say - so let's go ladies...let's bring home a STATE CHAMPIONSHIP to WILSON CENTRAL!!

The WC bowling teams continued their trek to a Regional Championship in today's semi-finals with wins over opponents MLK & Page HS.  The LadyCats stormed out to an 8-0 lead over MLK in game 1 with yet another SCHOOL-RECORD performance, rolling 1184 to MLK's 845.  With that huge lead, coach started subbing in game 2 and the LadyCats finished off the win by a 6-2 score.  Jr. Brennan Page was the only girl to stay for all 3 games, and she made it pay off with her team-leading, FIRST-EVER 700 series, an beautiful 709!  Brennan put together games of 215-257-237, and also had the first 8 strikes in game 2!  Way to go, Bren!!  Other great scores in this match were:  Kirstin Page with 219 & 225 in games 1 - 2; Laurel Everett with another monster game of 233; & Kaitlin Page had a nice 202 in game 1.  LadyCats win moves them into a 4th meeting with Mt Juliet in the Region finals!!

The Wildcats had an interesting semi-final match today, thanks to the coaches' discretion.  The boys jumped out with a 1301 in game 1 and a 6.5-1.5 lead, winning by 220 pins!  2 subs come in in game 2 - to try and rest some arms for the likely trip to the finals.  And Game 2 sees a nice 1252 - 1207 win, taking 7 of 8 points for a 13.5 - 2.5 lead after 2 games.  Also up on total pins by 265.  So the match is "in hand" right?  Coaches Mark & Kenny decide to give the rest of our bench an opportunity to bowl and "put it away."  But seeing this "statistical chance" set the Page boys on fire!  After 5 frames, we were losing every point, and were already down by almost 200 pins!  So, Coach Mark went back to the "dugout" and asked Spencer Harp & JR Clemons to come in and close it.  And they did just that!  Spencer took over in frame 7 and promptly rolled 6 straight strikes to win the one point we needed to take the match!  JR also had 4 strikes in his "fill-in" role and helped our team secure total pins as well.  I must say that none of our subs rolled badly, the Page boys were just fired-up and hitting it!  Page won game 3 1235-1036, but as stated we win by a final 17.5 - 9.5 margin.  JR Clemons led our boys in this match with a 255-220; Geremy Roseti had a great 236-215; Chris Branner shot awesome with 234-225; Spencer Harp had 201-202 & finished game 3 with 213!  Also, hats off to a few of our subs who did GREAT - Eric Lane with a 202 in game 2; Josh Leedham with a nice 192 in game 3; and Ryan Peplinski with 188 in game 2.  Now on to the finals vs. Overton HS!  GREAT WIN, 'CATS!!