Dense fog made a wild second half barely visible as the Knoxville Panthers wrapped their regular season with a 52-36 loss at district rival Norwalk Friday night. The loss means Knoxville will own a 4-seed and have a Wednesday match-up against Dallas Center-Grimes in the first round of th 2014 IHSAA Playoffs. The Warriors led 17 to 7 at the half but the action picked up as the fog rolled in with the two teams combining for 9 second half touchdowns. Senior Tanner Dunkin scored three more touchdowns and accounted of 158 yards total offense, including 111 rushing yards. The 4-5 Panthers will now play their first playoff game in 24 years on the road Wednesday night as they take on 8-1 Dallas Center-Grimes beginning at 7pm. Coverage will begin at 6:30pm with the Kevin Wadle CPA Pregame Show on AM 1320 and FM 95.3 KNIA.

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