After getting a taste of high-level volleyball this season, the Knoxville Volleyball Squad will be setting goals higher next year. The Panthers were stopped in the class 4A regional final against #3 Marion and Coach Mollie Keitges tells KNIA/KRLS Sports the girls are realizing what it takes to make it to the final eight teams in class 4A.

Keitges: “The expectations are now a little higher. They got a taste of a good win in the postseason and now are realizing what it’s going to take to advance in the postseason.”

The Panthers have upped their schedule in recent seasons to have their best challenges on the weekend tournaments. This year, Knoxville was 16th in the Bound power rankings in class 4A owning a 9-6 record against fellow 4A teams and 2-1 against 5A squads. Knoxville returns much of the team that went 26-13 this season.