The Cannon County Lionettes turned their focus into a state tournament win in the quarterfinals of the TSSAA State Tournament at Murphy Center in Murfreeesboro Thursday morning. With a outstanding turnout of crowd support cheering the Lionettes. The sharpshooting Sissom girls, Emily and Abby combined for 6 three pointers as Cannon finished off the game with a 6-0 run en route to a 57-51 win over the Elizabethton Lady Fighting Cyclones. Cannon used a drive by Chelsea Payne followed by free throws from Emily Sissom to ice the game with 3 seconds left and take the win.Emily Sissom finished with a game high 17, Abby Sissom followed with 13 and Chelsey Payne added 10. The win moves Cannon County to the semi-final bracket to face McMinn Central. McMinn’s only loss this year has been to the Lionettes at the Cannon County Classic in November 64-55.
Game time for the semifinal matchup will be Friday at 2:30. Cannon County Schools will be in regular session with the buses running at normal time in the morning. However since the Lionettes won, school will be dismissed at 1:00 Countywide. WBRY encourages you to come to Murphy Center and help the Cannon County Lionettes get to the championship game. We’ll have the live broadcast beginning at 2:15 with the Mayor and The Coaches Corner on 1540AM 96.7FM WBRY.
