Basketball for real starts tonight for the Knoxville girl’s squad. The Panthers are coming off a 10-13 season from last year. Like all of the sports, the Panthers will enter a new era of sports playing in the South Central Conference, however the Panthers will start with their neighbors to the north on Highway 14, P-C-M who is a member of the Heart of Iowa Conference. The two teams played a barn burner last year in Knoxville with the Panthers winning a high scoring affair 59-56. Both teams are a year older and return several key parts from last season. Knoxville Coach Jim Utiermarkt says he wants his girls initially to put 32 minutes of good basketball together, something they struggled with last year. Tonight’s J-V game is scheduled for six with the varsity tipping off at 7:30.

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