Knoxville Girls Golf Places 2nd At Pella Quad
The Knoxville Girls Golf Squad finished 2nd in the quad meet with Pella, PCM, and Pleasantville on Monday at the Pella Golf and Country Club. The Panthers amassed a score of 225, which was 19 shots off of winner Pella. Faith Roozeboom finished runner-up medallist with a 48. Caelie Smith shot a 54 while Braylee Mason had a 60, Iselynn Prevo and Hannah Burkhart both scored a 63, Hayden Hudson carded a 65 and Kasey Freeland scored a 71. The Panthers head to the Oskaloosa Invitational on Thursday.
Girls Tennis Falls To Pella Christian
It was a rough day on the court at Pella Christian for the Knoxville Girls tennis Squad as the Panthers lost 11-0. The Panthers won just 11 games the entire meet. Coach Nick DeMoss tells KNIA/KRLS SPorts, while it is slow he thinks his inexperienced team will get better.
DeMoss “Their progression is really solid and they’re getting some wins and playing. You hope they get out this summer and play some and see a lot of improvement in a year or two.”
Knoxville is back on the courts today at the Joel Tonda Tennis Courts against South Central Conference team Chariton.
Panthers Soccer Squads Get Non-Conference Wins
Both Knoxville Soccer Squads got solid wins in non-conference matches on Monday with the girls defeating Central Iowa United 3-1 and the boys blanking PCM 5-0. In the girls match after letting a few chances go off the board, Hanna Linsley nailed a penalty kick with 9:21 left in the first half. Just 70 seconds later Janae Baker found the back of the net, and little less than 5:00 later, Knoxville nailed its third goal in less than 7:00 with another Linsley goal. Knoxville is now 3-4 on the season. Meanwhile after two tough losses to ranked opponents, the boys found things a little easier with the Mustangs. Luka DeJong, Max Magana, Carson Cecil, Ezra Schmidt and Jensen Finnegan nailed the five tallies with Jadyn DeHeer and Kaison Wilder getting assists. Knoxville is now 4-2 on the season and heads to Chariton on Friday.
Other Knoxville action planned for today is boys golf against Van Meter taking place at Lakeview Country Club in Winterset, boys tennis heads to Chariton and girls soccer is at Fairfield.