Cornersville freshman Annabelle Mulliniks did what she had to do to make it out of the Division I, Small Class, Region 6 Tournament Monday at the Lawrenceburg Golf and Country Club, shooting an 85 on the 4,574-yard par 71 tract.

Mulliniks shot 42 on the easier front nine and 43 on the tough, hilly back nine to claim the second of three individual qualifier spots for next week’s state tournament at the WillowBrook Golf Club in Manchester on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Mulliniks is the first Lady Bulldog golfer to qualify for state tournament play.

“Our entire team and parent base, heck our whole school and community is excited about this,” Cornersville coach Peyton Newton said. “Her teammates finished their rounds and just waited around for a couple of hours just to hear her named called to advance, that’s pretty cool.”

“You always dream of a state tournament appearance in whatever sport you play or coach in, and now we get to experience that with our golf team. I can’t wait for us to experience it next week and hopefully get a feeling for it for future trips back.”

Mulliniks will tee off on hole number one at 10:10 a.m. in Tuesday’s first round and will be paired with Chandler Noel (Cascade), Brooke Turner (Watertown), and Caroline Burns (Signal Mountain).

Junior Braylin Powers shot 99 and freshman Isabella Robinson carded a 126 for the Lady Bulldogs.

“Braylin caught some bad breaks and got sick late in the season so that played a factor in this tournament,” Newton said. “She had a good district tournament but just didn’t have the energy to put 18 good holes together for the region after being sick. She’ll bounce back and be great next season for us.”

“Annabelle will work her tail off as she always does and then Jayli (Childress) and Bela are two new golfers who are figuring it out, so with a lot of practice and work in the off-season, we expect them to be ready to contribute next season as well.”

Cornersville (184) finished second at the district tournament and finished tied for third place with Perry County on Monday with Cascade (170) finishing second while the Summertown Lady Eagles (145) continued their domination of the event with a first place finish.

“Our girls had a very successful and fun season this year,” Newton said. “It started by winning The Gary Wells Cup and then they won just about every match we played in.”

“We have three freshmen and a junior. Braylin and Annabelle have been around a couple of years, but seeing them bring Isabela and Jayli along and encourage them to work hard like they do was awesome to see.”

Summertown dominated the top three spots on the medalist stand with senior Kaley Campbell shooting an even-par 71, while freshman Karlie Campbell was three shots back with a 74, junior Lanie Campbell carded a 90, and Cascade senior Chandler Noel won the fourth low medalist spot with an 84 and her teammate Kennedy Miller qualified as the third lowest individual qualifier with an 85.

The Lady Eagles have won the last four region titles and two state championship team titles.

Kaley Campbell won the individual title in 2018 and finished third last year behind Karlie Campbell and Gordonsville’s Sophie Linder.

The Forrest Lady Rockets, who finished in third place in the District 11 Tournament last week at Henry Horton did not make it through as both senior Carissa Curtis and freshman Maggie Browning carded 94’s Monday at Lawrenceburg. Freshman Abby Ferguson shot a 130.

“The biggest thing for us this year was getting the opportunity for our other two freshmen, Abby Ferguson and Christa Warren, to get some experience as well,” Forrest coach Andy Burkett said. “The fact that we had three freshmen getting valuable playing/match experience is going to be crucial for our girls golf team moving forward.”

“I look for them to have a great year again next year and really improve on the foundation they laid for themselves.”

Curtis finished her Forrest golf career in style, shooting a solid 40 on the tough back nine at Lawrenceburg, including a birdie on the par-4 eighteenth hole.

“I'm so happy Carissa came back out for the golf team this fall after missing last season with a knee injury,” Burkett said. “It was pretty cool that she teamed up with Sara (Browning) for two years, and then had the opportunity to team up with Sara's sister, Maggie, this year.”

“We will miss Carissa next year, but we wish her the best of luck for the future and her basketball career at Freed-Hardeman. Proud and happy I got the opportunity to be her coach.”

Browning, who like Mulliniks, still has three more years to play and her round was highlighted by an eagle on the par-4 173-yard sixth hole.

“Maggie Browning, even as a freshman, proved she could really compete at the top of this district,” Burkett said. “She consistently shot some great scores, averaged mid-40s for most of the year, and even dropped in a score of 40 in two matches. She can play.”

On the boys’ side, the Summertown boys unseated Cascade, who came in to the tournament with back-to-back region titles.

It was a close match as the Eagles shot a four-man score of 341, just three shots clear of second place Perry County (344) and 16 shots ahead of the Wartrace squad.

Three-time district low medalist and University of Tennessee verbal commit Evans Woosley-Reed shot 68 to claim his second low medalist finish in three years and the Cascade junior will go for back-to-back state titles next week at WillowBrook.

Woosley-Reed’s final round 65 in last year’s state tournament was the third best 18-hole individual score in TSSAA history. The best state tournament score ever recorded was a 62 by MBA’s Jason Leisure in last year’s Division II-AA segment.

Cole Campbell led the Eagles with a 76, Harrison Gobble shot 87, Eric Wilkinson was one shot back with an 88, and Drake Blackwood carded a 90.

The Forrest Rockets sent three individual qualifiers out of the district tournament as sophomore Noah Brown, junior Sebastian Thompson, and sophomore Trey Williamson all competed on the always tough 5,708-yard Lawrenceburg tract where keeping the ball in play is a premium.

Brown shot 45-43-88, Thompson carded a 51-52-103, and Williamson finished up the Rockets’ season when he came to the clubhouse with a 48-48-96 score.

“Noah has really accepted the role of number-one boys’ golfer,” Burkett said. “He got a taste of competition this year, and I think he really loved it.”

“He was consistently our best boys golfer all season long, and we began to really depend on him every match. I look for bigs things from that young man in the future, and the sky's the limit with his potential.”

Thompson had a bad day from the start, injuring his back on the practice range before the round started, but has been consistent for the Rockets this year.

“He tweaked his back in a serious way while on the range warming up and he gutted through and played through the pain,” Burkett said. “The scorer for that group, myself, and all of this playing companions were impressed with his toughness.”

“In the future, Sebastian is going to be a leader in a big way for this team and I am excited to see what his future holds for next year.”

The top five low medalists were, Woosley-Reed (68), Campbell (76), Perry County’s Jake Plunkett (78), and Lewis County’s Andon Lowery (81). Woosley-Reed, Plunkett, and Lowery are the individual qualifiers for next week’s event.

“I think this season was really successful in a variety of ways,” Burkett said. “Our boys finished with a 21-2 regular season record and our girls finished 16-7; in the long scheme of things, the District Tournament didn't go the way we wanted, but I'm proud we qualified for the Region Tournament and got some experience for our team moving into next year.”