It was a banner day at Pine Knolls in Knoxville for the Panther Golf Squads on Friday. The boys cruised to a sectional title winning with a team total of 310, their lowest 18-hole score of the season besting runner-up Grinnell by 22 shots. Evan Smith was spectacular shooting a -3 67 to earn medalist honors. Beau Leisure the other Knoxville player in the top five with a 75. Knoxville will advance to the class 3A District meet on Thursday at Edmundson in Oskaloosa. Following the boys, the girls went out and shot a 199 to win by 15 shots over runner-up Pleasantville, who carded a 214, while Pella was fourth with a 224. Knoxville’s Amy Sullivan was overall medalist with a 43 while Nikolle Kussatz came in with a 46 to finish in the top five overall. Pleasantville was led by Kristen Roe with a 44, Breanna Benge was the other Trojan under 50 with a 49. Pella was led by Regan Van Wyk’s 50. Knoxville’s next meet is May 24th at the class 3A Regional in Oskaloosa, Pella will finish the regular season Thursday at Fairfield, and Pleasantville will host a class 1A regional on Monday.
The Knoxville Girls Tennis squad’s season has come to an end as the Panthers fell to Davis County 5-0 in the opening round of the class 1A team regional on Friday. The meet was moved from Saturday to Friday to beat predicted rain on Saturday. Knoxville closes out the dual meet season at 4-5. The Panthers will now turn their attention to the individual regionals which will be Wednesday in Pella. It was a frustrating night on the pitch at Ken Locke Stadium for the Knoxville Boys Soccer Squad. The Panthers fell to class 2A #4 Pella 4-0. Coach Dylan Mick tells KNIA/KRLS Sports his team gave Pella too many chances to score.
Mick:
“The big thing we knew coming in was that they have very skilled players and we gave up a lot of fouls and corner kicks and they took advantage of them, and that’s what happens when you give a team that many chances to score.”
Mick added goalie Carson Irving made several impressive saves and totaled nine for the night. Knoxville finishes the regular season 9-7 and will host Oskaloosa on Thursday in the first round of the class 1A substate.