The Knoxville School District has hired two locals to begin next school year. Superintendent Cassi Pearson is excited to welcome a special education teacher and school nurse to the district.
“Blake McWilliams is a Knoxville graduate, so we’re welcoming him back home. He has been teaching at Twin Cedars most recently. He’ll be taking on a special education position at the middle school. We’re excited to have Blake on our team, as well as Haili McKeever. Haili is joining our nursing staff, and she’ll work under Angie Mitchell as a school nurse. She is well-known in the community, she works at Knoxville Hospital & Clinics and Pella Regional, and has a great background in pediatrics and instructing. We think she’s going to add a lot of value, educate our families and take care of them.”
There were three seniors on the Twin Cedars Boys Basketball Squad this season. Kade Dunkin scored the most points of the three at 10.9 points per game, while Brett Sedlock had 45 assists and grabbed 100 rebounds while Jace Nichols had one of the top three point shooting percentages on the team at 41-percent. Coach Blake McWilliams tells KNIA/KRLS Sports they all meant a lot to the program.
McWilliams:
“Kade Dunkin has been playing a lot for me, and Jace Nichols played a bigger role, and Bret Sedlock always put in the effort and made the right play.”
The three seniors led the Sabers to a 7-10 record this season.
While the Twin Cedars Boys Basketball Squad did not have the tallest team around, the Sabers still held their own in rebounding. Twin Cedars finished 7th in the Bluegrass Conference in rounding averaging 28.5 per game. Coach Blake McWilliams tells KNIA/KRLS Sports rebounding was one of the most improved areas of the team this season.
McWilliams:
“Not getting out rebounded was something that a lot of people might not notice, we were better at this season. you notice as a coach when you have four kids that are shorter than the other team, that was a good thing to see this season.”