WCHS Bowling Teams: 2007-08 Post-Season

CONGRATULATIONS to Senior BRITTANY FARMER on being named to the TENNESSEAN's ALL-MIDSTATE GIRLS BOWLING FIRST TEAM!

We are all very proud of Brittany and her achievements on the WC team!  GOOD LUCK in the future, Brittany!!

In a match our ladies would probably like to soon forget, the Hixson Lady Wildcats rolled an awesome 1157 in game 1 and cruised the rest of the way over our girls 23-4.  While pumped up and excited, and definitely loose before the match, the relaxed feeling slipped away mid-way through Game 1.  We started off very strong - several strikes in the first 3 frames.  But through frames 5 - 7, the Hixson girls caught fire while our LadyCats missed way too many easy spares.  With a final score of 1157-907, and only winning 1 point, it was obvious this day was not going to be ours.

Games 2 and 3 were "better."  With scores of 960 and 964, the girls seemed to loosen back up and bowl more like they usually do.  But we needed our best performance of the year to even come close to this team, and it was not to be today.  Congrats to Brennan Page with high game of the day at 214 - 548 series; and to Brittany Farmer, after a cold start in game 1 finished with a 550 series with a 204 score in games 2 & 3.  And, we must also give props to Alyssa Bald, who subbed in game 3 and bowled her highest game ever of 180!  All in all, not a performance we wanted, but valuable experience gained for this very talented young team!  I have NO DOUBT we will be back next year!!  Congratualtions, Lady Wildcats on another OUTSTANDING season!!     

After battling a stomach ailment that had her hospitalized earlier in the week, Brittany Farmer bravely attempted to bowl anyway in the 2008 TSSAA Individual State Tournament.  She had worked so hard all year to qualify as one of the top bowlers in the State with a 190 average, but was just too weak from her illness to be in "top form" for this tournament.  Brittany rolled a 621 for 4 games, and still finished tied for 42nd place out of 67 girls.  Hats off to Ms. Farmer for valiantly trying to compete, and hopefully she can get some rest for the team event!

Geremy Roseti also had a difficult time with the lane conditions at Smyrna.  With a high game of 160, Geremy simply never got "lined up" and finished 60th out of 65 bowlers in this years' event. 

To Brittany and Geremy:  Hold your heads up HIGH!!  Both of you are GREAT bowlers and even better - SUPER young people!!  I am very proud of both of you on your great year...Geremy, you will be back next year, I'm sure!  And Brittany, you have had a super 4 year run on this team, thank you for your hard work & determination to "be the best."  Our team would not have gone as far without you these past 4 years!!  THANKS!!                                  -  Coach Mark

Bowlers & Fans,

We are very proud of our Individual Tournament bowlers - Geremy Roseti & Brittany Farmer; and also very proud of the WC LadyCats making a return trip to the TSSAA State Tournament.  Below is the link to the schedule for the tournament, followed by practice and other information:

http://www.tssaa.org/Sports/Bowling/schedule.htm

Also listed on that link is another link with directions to Smyrna Bowling Center.  For those of you not familiar with it, from the school (WC) you simply  take 840 West/South to exit 61 (Smyrna), turn right.  Go about 5 miles, turn right onto Sam Ridley Pkwy, the Smyrna Bowling Center is on your left about 1/4 mile down!

Ladies (& Geremy!)...we will PRACTICE at SMYRNA on MONDAY, 1/21/08 at 11:00am.  Please be there on time as we have lanes reserved for that time!!  To Geremy & Brittany, Smyrna will put out the "Sport" shot on WEDNESDAY so if you can please go practice there after school.  On THURSDAY night at 6:00pm at the SMYRNA TOWNE CENTER will be a reception/meet & greet for all bowlers, coaches, & parents!!  This is new this year and I encourage all of you to attend.  It is my understanding that this is a free event.  They will also be naming a "Mr & Ms Bowling" for Tennessee for the first time! 

ALL Central bowlers (both boys & girls teams) are supposed to have permission to attend the Individual Tournament on Thursday if you wish.  Please see MR. LEWIS in W203 for permission slips and information!! 

Please, everyone who is a fan of our ladies....join us on FRIDAY at 12:00pm for our first round match in the State Tournament.  We appreciate your support!!  Good Luck, LadyCats - and Geremy & Brittany!!

WOW!!  What a performance today in game 1 of the Region 5 finals, as our WC LadyCats "rose to the occasion," and blasted off with a SCHOOL RECORD 1111 game #1, winning 7 of 8 points!  Led by Sr. Brittany Farmer's AWESOME 266 game, the LadyCats built a 175-pin lead that Centennial HS vailiantly tried to overcome, but thankfully couldn't as we cruised home with a 17-10 victory!!  Farmer also led the way with a great 624 series; other good scores were So. Brennan Page with a nice 192-554; Fr. Danielle Chaffin with a 188-503; and Sr. Brittany Turner with a 196 game. 

Hats off to Coach Renee Lane and her Centennial squad and their "never give up" attitude, as they rolled a great 1006 game 3 and took 7 of 8 points!  We wish them good luck in their sectional match vs. Hendersonville HS!  Our next step is the Sectional match vs. the Region 6 runner-up Greenbrier HS, which is tomorrow at 3:30pm at Hermitage Lanes.  Keep the ball rolling, Ladies...we are almost there!!

Wilson Central's boys team made a great run through the regular season.  But District tournament time always seems to find a way of slowing our guys down, and today was no exception.  Bowling against a much improved Antioch squad, our boys couldn't find the strikes when they needed them and fell today 8.5-18.5. The boys really didn't bowl badly, the Antioch boys simply bowled better!  The Bears had their highest series of the year against us, with pin totals at 3490 to 3404.  We bowled OK from game to game, but couldn't match the intensity that Antioch showed today.  Good scores for us were by Geremy Roseti with a great 254 game & 676 series; JR Clemons with a 235 game; Chris Branner with a 205 & 204 game; Krishna Patel with a 204; and Drew Morrow with a 203 game. 

After graduating 4 of our top 5 bowlers last year, this was supposed to be kind of a "rebuilding" year anyway.  And these boys showed that they were more than up to the challenge of filling the shoes of last year's seniors!!  Finishing the season with a 12 - 4 record is definitely something to be proud of...our best season record EVER at WC!!  CONGRATS guys on a great year...keep working on your game(s), and next year may be even better!!

Here is the District 10 tournament info for bowlers:  All bowling will take place at our home - HERMITAGE LANES!  If you have questions, please call me at 424-4387!!

Boys team will PRACTICE from 4:00pm to 5:00pm on TUESDAY, 12/4/07.  Please go directly to Hermitage after school, as we must start our practice at 4:00pm SHARP!  Boys will then bowl their first match on WEDNESDAY 12/5/07 @ 3:30pm.  If the Boys team wins, they will bowl on THURSDAY 12/6/07 in the semi-finals @ 3:30pm; and if they win there, they will bowl on FRIDAY 12/7/07 in the finals @ 3:30pm.   

Girls team will PRACTICE from 4:00pm to 5:00pm on THURSDAY 12/6/07.  Please go directly to Hermitage after school, as we must start our practice at 4:00pm SHARP!  Girls will then bowl the District finals on FRIDAY 12/7/07 @ 3:30pm.  GOOD LUCK IN THE TOURNAMENT WILDCATS & LADYCATS!!!