Boys Cross Country 9th At Indianola

Running against a field that 3/4 of the teams were ranked, the 19th ranked in class 3A Knoxville Boys Cross Country Squad placed 9th out of 13 teams at the Indianola Invitational on Thursday. The Panthers were led over the line by Isaac Rankin in 7th with a career best 15:45, in fact Coach Michael Splavec told KNIA/KRLS Sports ten of the 18 runners set personal best marks. Splavec is excited to see how the team bounces back from a tough week this week as they enter the final phase of the season. Knoxville will host the Panther Invitational Tuesday at Pine Knolls Country Club.

Indianola Cross Country Results

Football Begins District Play At Atlantic

The Knoxville Football Squad will start district play tonight on the road in Atlantic. The Panthers finished up non-district action last week with a 3-1 record after defeating Des Moines Hoover in a lightning shortened game last week 28-7. The Panthers and Trojans are similar in one thing, school colors, yrt after that, the similarities stop. The Trojans do not like, they love to run the ball to a tune of 204 times for 1,576 yards. While the Panthers will be tasked with stopping a run-heavy offense, Panthers Coach Matt Dunkin tells KNIA/KRLS Sports, when the Trojans must, they also can throw the ball well.

Dunkin: “That’s what they want to do when you’re watching on film. They have a lot of big guys, they can throw the ball but when they’ve been down or in short time they continue to run the ball so they trust that. We will have to be ready to go and defend the run on Friday.”

The Panthers have never beaten Atlantic in three previous meetings. Listen to the action live on your radio home for Knoxville Sports 95.3 KNIA at 6:30, with kickoff at 7:00.