It was a frustrating night full of penalties and opportunities left on the table for the Knoxville Football Squad in a 28-6 loss to Oskaloosa on Friday night heard on 95.3 KNIA. The tone seemed to be set early as Andon Trout took the opening kickoff 70 yards to seemingly set up Knoxville 1st and ten from the 30 yard line, but a block in back penalty ruined the Panthers field position. Oskaloosa meanwhile exploited Knoxville’s defense for 288 yards through the air on three of the four scores. Knoxville’s only score was a Ruger Kendall one yard run set up by a 38 yard strike from Noah Keefer to Koby Higginbotham to set the Panthers up at the Oskaloosa one yard line. Coach Matt Dunkin was most frustrated with the amount of penalties that cost his team valuable field position the entire game.

Dunkin: “We talked to the guys about all of the flags and penalties, especially last week how clean we played that game, that was not what I expected to have that many penalties.”

Keefer was 4/20 for 91 yards while Trout led the rushing attack with 60 yards on 13 carries. Knoxville now moves to 0-2 and will face its toughest challenge yet on Friday as the Panthers head to Carlisle.