High School basketball gurus call it a huge surprise. Cannon County Lionette head coach Michael Dodgen just simply said the Lionettes have finally bought into the game plan. Whatever the reason is the Lionettes trek from the number five seed in the district tournament all the way to tonight’s sectional game could be considered a cinderella type run. The Lionettes played the top four finishers in the district regular season close and remained competitive in most of the games but still were swept by each. The district tournament started and it was time that the Lionettes put into practice what they learned against each of the teams they couldn’t beat in the regular season and the result was totally eliminating two teams from the postseason and claiming a region tournament championship. Monday night at Robert A Harris gymnasium they take the next step in their trek to possibly begin play Thursday in Murfreesboro but this team looks at it one game at a time and tonight they are familiar with their opponent as it is a rematch of last years sectional game. The Sequoyah Lady Indians come to Woodbury this time after dropping their region championship to McMinn Central Saturday night. The Lady Indians are 18-12 and the outlook is good for the Lionettes as Sequoyah has not been able to collect any wins against what would be considered ranked AA basketball programs however they did surprise the Lady Chargers in the district tournament championship only to be brought back to earth in Saturday’s game. The Lionettes have put a little consecutive winning streak going themselves. It stands at five right now. The team understands that loss number 10 on their record after tomorrow night means their season is over. We encourage all our listening audience and beyond to come support the Cannon County Lionettes as they play their third consecutive sectional game and attempt to make it a third straight appearance in the state tournament which starts Wednesday. The game starts at 7:00 Monday evening. Tickets will be on sale starting at 5:45 in the afternoon at the door for $7.00. If you can’t make it tonight, you are more than welcome to hear the live broadcast of the game on AM-1540/FM96.7 WBRY streaming online at wbry.com and through your smartphones and tablets through WBRY by using the Tune In Radio app.
