Boys Golf 3rd at Moravia Invitational
The Knoxville Boys Golf Squad placed 3rd at the Moravia Invitational on Friday. The Panthers shot a team total 307, just four shots off of champion PCM. The Panthers were led by Urban Ziller with a 73 good enough for 4th place overall, Grant Gerdes, who fired a 77 for 11th place. Brady Roozeboom placed 14th with a 78 while Luke Roozeboom was 18th with a 79, and Mikey DeVos was 36th with an 83. Knoxville returns to action next Friday at Chariton.
Girls Tennis Ties Ballard For Invitational Title
The Knoxville Girls Tennis Squad and Ballard tied for 1st place at the Knoxville Girls Tennis Invitational on Friday. According to Coach Nick DeMoss, the Panthers and Bombers both scored 19 points but neither team had a 3rd place finisher and both teams were still tied after comparing head-to-head total games. Janie Maasdam dominated her way to the singles title dropping just one game all meet. After winning her first round match Addy Dunkin lost in the quarterfinals but came back to place 5th. In doubles Marlea Cox and Iselynn Prevo placed 4th while Bridgette Liston and Macy Cox placed 6th. DeMoss tells KNIA/KRLS Sports his 2-7 players in singles are as close as he has ever seen, and that creates competition in practice.
DeMoss: “All of those girls 2-7 are pretty close together. We have a couple of newcomers and pick up the game very quickly and get better every single day.”
Knoxville is back in action Wednesday in a make up meet with Davis County.
Knoxville Invitational results
Boys Soccer Ties Chariton, Girls Fall At Albia
The Knoxville Boys Soccer Squad endured its third tie of the season in a 1-1 draw with Chariton. The Chargers scored first with 25:57 left in the 1st half and took a 1-0 lead into halftime. Knoxville countered with a goal from Brett Watters with 28:20 left in the match to even the score and with the Panthers controlling possession for much of the 2nd half. Knoxville had a chance to win with no time left on a penalty kick, but Ezra Schmidt’s try was stopped by the charger goalkeeper and the match ended in a draw. Knoxville is now 4-1-3 this season and hosts Newton on Monday. The girls traveled to Albia and fell to the Lady Dees 6-1. The Panthers got on the board off an Albia own goal. Addi Williams had 14 saves. Knoxville is 0-8 and will host Atlantic on May 2nd.