It was a busy weekend of sports for Knoxville as the boys and girls wrestling squads were in separate invitationals. The girls placed 7th at Pella with Serenity Turner winning her weight class as she won all of her matches by fall in a total time of 2:55. Other place winners were, Laila Pedicini placing 3rd, Andie Branson was 4th, Isabelle Sinnard finished 6th, Destiny Keith placed 5th and Mariah Ripperger also placed 5th. Coach Doug Hatch tells KNIA/KRLS Sports they are still drilling the little things with many of the 1st year wrestlers, but allowing the more experienced girls to start preparing for the upcoming state qualifying meets.
Hatch: We drill certain things to see if they’re picking up. With our experienced girls like Serenity and Andie, are they putting their opponents away, and are they finishing well each match.”
The boys were at the Mike Halupnick Invitational at Centerville and placed 11th as a team with 11 place winners led by Regan Roberts, going 4-0 with a pin in taking top honors in the 285 pound weight class. Tristan Sinnard posted a 5-1 record to place 3rd with four pins. One of his wins on the day was his 100th career victory, making him just the 15th wrestler in program history to earn 100 career wins. The next action for the Knoxville girls is Saturday at Atlantic while the boys will host both Pella and Gilbert in a triangular on Tuesday.
The Knoxville Bowling fell to ADM on Saturday. The boys lost to the Tigers 3129-1951. Troy Binns had a high game of and a high series of 324. The girls fell short by just 26 pins 1830-1804. Bridgette Renard had a high game of 212 and a high series of 362. Knoxville is back in action on Saturday at Newton.