Knoxville’s musical theatre department recently received recognition from the Iowa Musical Theatre Association for their performance of “Meet Me in St. Louis.” Among the awards received was recognition for dedication to accessible arts opportunities. Annie Leonard says this means Knoxville is able to provide these opportunities for not only every student, but anyone in the community who wants to help out.
“We try to make our theatre family inclusive to everybody for all the kids, all the community members who want to come and help. We have awesome kids working backstage and in the light booth, the sound booth, on stage. Some people have disabilities, some people have special challenges, and we welcome them all. This year, we got recognized for something that is natural, and what we should be doing anyway. So it was nice to get that recognition.”
Knoxville’s Amy Sullivan has qualified for her 2nd state girls golf meet as she finished 4th Monday shooting an 87 at the class 3A regional at Edmundson in Oskaloosa. As a team the Panthers came up two shots short from qualifying as they carded a 381 to Lisbon’s 379. Other Panthers that scored were, Nikolle Kussatz finished in 9th place with a 93, Faith Roozeboom was 11th with a 95, Isabella Day-Suhr was 24th with a 106, and Hayden Hudson was 48th with a 134. Sullivan will compete at the class 3A State Meet June 1st and 2nd at River Valley Golf Course in Adel.
Mason City junior Jace Rhodes added another accomplishment to his wrestling resume on Friday night, as Rhodes beat Ankeny Centennial junior Drew Dunn to win the132 pound CIML Iowa conference