It was a light schedule for Knoxville Spring Sports Squads on Tuesday as Girls golf played in its first 18 hole meet and the soccer squads ventured to Urbandale for a pair with Des Moines Christian.

Knoxville Girls Golf 5th At Centerville, Rozeboom Earns Runner-Up

The Knoxville Girls Golf Squad finished 5th at the Centerville Invitational. It was the Panthers first 18 hole meet of the season where they shot a team score of 436. Faith Roozeboom was runner-up with an 86 just missing medalist by one shot. Coach Barry Smith tells KNIA/KRLS Sports the girls are making progress and adds it is a steady process this season. While they may have goals for the season, Smith is not putting a lot of undo pressure on them.

Smith: “I really haven’t discussed that a lot with them, because a lot of girls are freshman and haven’t played in any competitive meets yet. I think that’s what we’re going to strive for is continued improvement and shaving scores down.”

Other scores were Braylee Mason with a 104, Caelie Smith with a 121, Hayden Hudson scored a 125, Iselynn Prevo shot a 134 and Hannah Burkhart scored a 138. Knoxville is back on the links Thursday at Albia in a triangular with Moravia.

Knoxville Soccer Squads Fall At Des Moines Christian

It was a rough night for Knoxville Soccer as the class 2A 5th ranked boys tasted defeat for the first time this season in a 4-0 loss to the class 1A #16 Lions. The girls had a large mountain to climb meeting the class 1A top ranked Lions and falling 10-0 as the match ended with 9:00 left due to the mercy rule. The boys are 4-1 on the season and will host Southeast Polk Saturday while the girls are 1-4 and play Oskaloosa on Friday.