Two big South Central Conference confrontations will be highlighted on both sides of Panther Drive tonight as Knoxville softball and baseball will host important games against Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont. For the baseball Panthers, they got two big wins over Davis County on Friday, sweeping a doubleheader and inserting themselves back into the conference race with a 7-3 record. The Panthers are currently two games behind the Rockets and look to win the season series with a sweep tonight. For softball, the renewed vigor the class 4A #13 Panthers got late last week with wins over Class 3A #10 Davis County, Class 4A #5 Norwalk and class 1A #3 Collins/Maxwell in their last three games. Coach Carla Smith tells KNIA/KRLS Sports that after last Thursday’s loss to Pella Christian, the girls decided to come to the field with a better focus on enjoying the game.

Smith: “The girls really realized and you could see from the look on their face, and the comment that really stuck out with me was they said “this is really fun,” and they did just that they came to the ball field with a focus of just having fun.”

Both Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont and Knoxville are 3-3 in the conference and the winner would still have a shot at catching leaders Albia, Chariton, and Davis County. Listen for the softball game on 95.3 KNIA starting with the pregame at 7:15.