Area softball squads know who they are matched up with as first round pairings were announced by the Iowa High School Girls Union on Wednesday. Knoxville gets a home game in class 4A and will host Gilbert out of the Heart of Iowa Conference on July 11th. A win by the Panthers and they get a trip to Carlisle in the semi-finals to face the #1 ranked Wildcats on July 13th. In class 2A #3 ranked Pleasantville gets a bye and will face the winner between Pella Christian and Panorama on July tenth. In class 1A both Melcher-Dallas and #13 Twin Cedars got byes into the second round. The Saints and Sabers will both host second round contests on July tenth with the Sabers playing the winner between Lamoni and Baxter while the Saints will take on either Moravia or Moulton-Udell with a possible Melcher-Dallas and Twin Cedars matchup in the regional semi-final in Bussey on July 12th.