All season Knoxville Volleyball Coach Mollie Keitges said the non-conference schedule for the Panthers was no joke. The Panthers played in mostly 4A and took on several 5A squads at the Waukee Invitational. Knoxville had to schedule up due to the South Central Conference not being that strong this season. Keitges tells KNIA/KRLS Sports the girls welcomed the challenging weekend events knowing it would make them better and more prepared for the regionals.

Keitges: “They never got down a frustrated and they always kept wanted to improve in practice. We got beart by Roosevelt in the Atlantic event and then we beat them at Waukee so it show the kids made good strides.”

Knoxville finished 6-1 in the South Central Conference and 16-16 during the non-conference portion of the season. Keitges says she would like a couple of non-conference dual matches along with the Saturday matches.