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Prep notes: Six area bowlers in TSSAA individual finals

Josh Miller stands next to a rack of duckpin bowling balls during a tournament at Shenandoah Bowling Lanes, Saturday, March 28, 2015, in Mount Jackson, Va. The sport, which is mostly played in the Mid-Atlantic, enjoyed its peak in the 1960s. Shenandoah, open since 1948, is one of around 60 remaining duckpin alleys in the United States. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Josh Miller stands next to a rack of duckpin bowling balls during a tournament at Shenandoah Bowling Lanes, Saturday, March 28, 2015, in Mount Jackson, Va. The sport, which is mostly played in the Mid-Atlantic, enjoyed its peak in the 1960s. Shenandoah, open since 1948, is one of around 60 remaining duckpin alleys in the United States. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Josh Miller stands next to a rack of duckpin bowling balls during a tournament at Shenandoah Bowling Lanes, Saturday, March 28, 2015, in Mount Jackson, Va. The sport, which is mostly played in the Mid-Atlantic, enjoyed its peak in the 1960s. Shenandoah, open since 1948, is one of around 60 remaining duckpin alleys in the United States. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

By Staff Reports 3 min read

Notre Dame’s C.J. Petrin and McCallie’s Andrew Haun and Jet Hieronymus comprise half of the Division II boys’ finalists in the TSSAA state tournament at the Smyrna Bowling Center, and Rhea County’s Phillip Rogers is one of the six in Division I. Rhea’s Baylee Shipley and Walker Valley’s Natily Haro are Division I girls’ finalists.

Haro was fifth after the semifinals after four-game rounds of 798 and 830, for a 203.5 average that included a 265, and will open the ladder-match finals this morning against Germantown’s Jada Horn. Shipley is seeded third at 207.9. Hardin County’s Faith Welch averaged 216.1 and awaits the ladder survivor for the championship matchup.

Girls Preparatory School’s Katelyn Beach (152.8), Allie Foropoulous (149.8) and Emma Prostko (147.3) finished eighth, 10th and 12th with Baylor’s Abby McNamara (147.8) 11th in the Division II girls’ competition. Notre Dame’s Gretchen Eckler was 17th at 135.3.

Chattanooga showed strength in the D-II boys’ event with Petrin second at 221.8, close behind Friendship Christian’s Dalton Karstens at 222.5 and barely ahead of Haun at 221.3. Hieronymus was fourth at 211.0. Notre Dame’s Tariq Griffen finished ninth at 187.5, and Baylor’s Dalton Chuba was 19th at 159.5.

Rogers (215.4) is the fifth seed in Division I and faces Knoxville Catholic’s Austin Humphreys (214.1) as ladder face-offs begin. Walker Valley’s Jacob Brown finished 15th at 204.4.