A hard hitting Knoxville offense gave the Washington softball team fits last night and the Demons dropped a pair of non-conference games.
On a perfect night for softball, the Panthers (4-2) utilized an early lead in game one and never wavered in a 4-1 victory. Washington had plenty of opportunities with runners in scoring position, but couldn’t get the timely hit. The Demons had five hits led by Kellie Dallmeyer with a pair of doubles and Ava Turner went 2-for-4 with the lone run scored. Cara Linnenkamp gave the team a chance in the circle tossing all seven innings giving up four runs on 10 hits and striking out five.
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The Knoxville Boys and Girls Basketball Squads swept Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont on Friday night both winning by double digit margins 55-45 in the girls game and 73-61 in the boys contest heard live on 95.3 KNIA. The girls were good again defensively in the first half only allowing 15 points in the first 16 minutes of play and forcing ten Rocket turnovers. After getting the lead to 17 points, Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont went on a 13-0 run to cut the lead to four only to see Knoxville finish on an 8-0 run to end the third quarter. Coach Jim Uitermarkt told KNIA/KRLS Sports it was the patience that his team showed that impressed him the most.
It was a Panther sweep on Coaches vs. Cancer night in Knoxville as the Panther girls recovered from a first half dry spell to win 45-36, while the boys had no issues in pounding Chariton 79-33 in games heard live on 95.3 KNIA. In the opener, Knoxville raced out to a 10-0 lead only to see the Chargers finish the first half on a 15-4 run to take a 15-14 lead at the break. Knoxville came out and started to employ a 3/4 court zone press and caused the Chargers to give up the ball and led to points the other way. Assistant Coach Troy Pearson gave credit to the girls for executing the defense when they have only worked on it a few times in practice.