TSSAA Girls’ Sectional
Saturday at Cleveland, Tenn.WALKER VALLEY 19, OAKLAND 8Game 1: Oakland, 5-3Highlights: O – Ashlyn Heart 223, Erica Atwood 168, Alexis Campbell 135, Emily Wilson 134. WV – Angel Davis 178, Alexis Rutledge 156, Kara Davison 138, Miia Thompson 136.Game 2: Walker Valley, 6-2Highlights: WV – Rutledge 194, Nicole Hartman 187, Davis 171, Thompson 153, Davidson 150. O – Atwood 222, Michaela Nippers 174, Wilson 162, Campbell 140.Game 3: Walker Valley, 7-1Highlights: WV – Thompson 222, Rutledge 210, Davis 168, Davidson 166, Hartman 144, Megan Cavett 133. O – Atwood 155, Wilson 150, Kat Shattuck 149, Nippers 149, Campbell 137, Heart 136.Total pins (3 pts.): Walker Valley, 2,869-2,694
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Forget that they had an unbeaten record to protect. The Lady Mustangs of Walker Valley had a bigger motivation to fight back from a first-game deficit in their state sectional match Saturday against Oakland High School.
And fight back they did, winning 19-8 after falling behind 5-3 in their home center, Leisure Time Bowling. Walker Valley’s six bowlers knocked down 845 pins in game one but increased to 981 and 1,043 in 6-2 and 7-1 game victories that sent them to 25-0 and back to Smyrna for this week’s state tournament.
Alexis Rutledge and Angel Davis, who with Kara Davidson already had qualified for the individual state tournament Thursday, were 3-0 along with Miia Thompson as the team qualified for the second year in a row. The Lady Mustangs lost in a state quarterfinal in 2014.