Author: Wade Littleton / Sports Editor Source: The Rogersville Review
ROGERSVILLE --- Cherokee’s girls’ bowling team is still
unbeaten and hungry for more.Bethany Parsons’ team defeated Dobyns-Bennett in the Region I final
last week in Greeneville. The Lady Chiefs will face a yet to be determined team from Region II
Saturday afternoon at The Tunnell Bowling Center in Rogersville. Starting time is 1 pm.Parsons
headed to Gatlinburg Thursday to the Region II Championships to see who her team would face.The
winning team of the sectional match will travel to the state tournament beginning Wednesday in
Smyrna.“The girls are undefeated, and that within itself is amazing,” Lady Chiefs’ coach
Bethany Parsons said, “They still have a tough road ahead with bowling in sectionals and state. I
don’t want them to lose their mindset of what it took for them to get where they are. It didn’t
happen magically overnight, it took a lot of work on their part as well as coaches, teachers and
parents.”Last Thursday, the Lady Chiefs bowled past Dobyns-Bennett in the Region I finals at
Olympia Lanes in Greeneville, 19-8. Cherokee won the first game on pinfall after being tied 4-4. The
Lady Chiefs won the second game 5-3, then the final game 7-1. Total pinfall was Cherokee 2,715, D-B
2,536. Cherokee’s Savana Mullins, who has a 173.1 pinfall average, will compete for an girls
individual state title on January 23-26 in Smyrna. She is the first Lady Chiefs’ bowler since
Stephanie Tate several years ago to compete for an individual state title.Cherokee has won by 600
total pins in 90 percent of their matches. At least seven of their 20 matches were won by more than
20 points, according to Parsons.The Lady Chiefs played district competition, including Cumberland
Gap, Dobyns-Bennett, Greeneville, Chuckey-Doak and West Greene during the regular season. As Region
I Champion, Cherokee will face the No. 2 team from Region II.Members of the Lady Chiefs’ team
include seniors Amber Collins, Savana Mullins and Taylor Wallace. Juniors are Maggie Gillenwater,
China Hake and Sophia Toney. Other members are sophomore Sabrina Dubuque and frehmen Brittany Gulley
and Josey Stone.
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