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14 The Carrollton Democrat SPORTS Friday, September 21, 2012
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A glance at the Knob Noster PanthersCoach: John Cox 2012: 2-2
Offense: Triple option out of the flexbone.
Defense: 4-4
Key personnel:
RB-DB Mike Williams The junior is the team’s leading rusher and one
of its top defensive players in the backfield.
RB-DB Lane Epperson One of the other feature backs in Cox’s
flexbone option offense, Epperson is one of the better athletes on the team.
OL-LB Derek Morgan Knob Noster’s best player on defense and likely
its best offensive lineman as well, Morgan is a three-year starter.
Quick look: Knob Noster had major fumble problems against Boonville
and gave up 335 yards on the ground. However, in their two wins, the Pan-
thers rushed for plenty of yards, averaging 34.5 points against Versailles and
El Dorado Springs. Slowing down Williams, Epperson and sophomore quar-
terback Logan Lawber and establishing its down run game are key for CHS.
Week 1 Trenton L, 18-14
Week 2 at Westran L, 37-8
Week 3 Odessa L, 65-14
Week 4 at KC East L, 48-12
Week 5 Knob Noster
Week 6 at Richmond*
Week 7 Lexington*
Week 8 at Holden
Week 9 Higginsville*
Week 10 District Tournament
*MRVC East contest
Carrollton schedule
Week 1 at Versailles W, 39-22
Week 2 at El Dorado Sp. W, 30-23
Week 3 O’Hara L, 13-6
Week 4 Boonville L, 35-13
Week 5 at Carrollton
Week 6 Lexington
Week 7 at Higginsville
Week 8 Richmond
Week 9 Holden
Week 10 District Tournament
Knob Noster schedule
CHS volleyball team falls in 3-game thriller at Higginsville
The Carrollton volleyball
team was part of a three-game
thriller Tuesday at Hig-
ginsville.
The Lady Trojans came
out on the short end of a 22-
25, 25-22, 20-25 decision.
“I'm proud of the girls for
playing hard and staying fo-
cused throughout the match,”
Carrollton coach Trudy Flee-
man said. “We are still work-
ing towards our goal of
finishing at the end of each
game.”
Kortney Wilson high-
lighted the team’s efforts with
an impressive nine aces
served.
Erin Thoeni and Alex Stark
both had five kills on offense,
with Thoeni adding five
blocks on defense.
Hannah Miller, Cydney
Smith and Ryane Miller all
had two digs on defense,
while setter Menley Hender-
son assisted on eight of the
team’s kills.
The Lady Trojans entered
Thursday’s home match with
Knob Noster 2-6-1 overall
and 0-1 in the MRVC East.
Carrollton heads to
Cameron on Monday and
Richmond Tuesday before
hosting Lexington on Thurs-
day.
Baseballhittingclinic Sunday atShapes
Former professional base-
ball player Rick Prieto is put-
ting on a free baseball hitting
clinic Sunday at Shapes.
Players ages 8-11 will hit
from 6-7 p.m. with boys 12
and older from 7-8.
Prieto says players need to
RSVP on his website for a
spot: prietospoweralley.com.
Prieto is a former profes-
sional baseball player who
played in the Cleveland Indi-
ans, Cincinnati Reds, San
Diego Padres, Los Angeles
Dodgers and Chicago White
Sox organizations.
He ended his career play-
ing for the Kansas City T-
Bones, where is in the top
five of many team records.
Prieto is opening a baseball
academy, Prieto’s Power
Alley, at Shapes.
Trojans open MRVC Eastplay with Knob NosterBy Colby Gordon
sports reporter
It’s a clean slate for the
Carrollton football team
tonight when Knob Noster
comes to Trojan Field for
Homecoming and the start of
MRVC East play.
The Trojans will look to
turn things around from an
0-4 non-conference with a
good showing in the confer-
ence portion of the season.
Knob Noster comes to
town under the direction of
first-year coach John Cox,
who built Concordia into a
powerhouse the past six
years.
Cox has done an admirable
job with the Panthers, getting
them off to a 2-2 start after the
program won a total of three
games the past two seasons.
“It looks like they do a lot
of things better this year as a
unit,” Carrollton coach Greg
Hough said. “They play more
disciplined football, get 11
guys to the football on de-
fense and on offense are
doing some complex things
with lots of movement.”
The Panthers averaged
34.5 points in their wins over
Versailles and El Dorado
Springs to open the year,
while mustering just a 9.5 av-
erage the last two weeks in
their two losses to O’Hara
and Boonville.
Like Carrollton, Knob
Noster runs a triple-option of-
fense, but it is out of the
flexbone formation, with one
back behind the quarterback
and two wingbacks (or slot-
backs) just outside and a little
behind the offensive tackles.
“We have to read our keys
as opposed to paying atten-
tion to all the motion in the
backfield,” Hough said. “We
need to watch the offensive
line play. A big focus in prac-
tice this week has been on
where our eyes are supposed
to be.”
Sophomore quarterback
Logan Lawber and
Pink GameThe Carrollton softball team held its annual “pink” game Tuesday at City Park againstKnob Noster. The game raised $1,000 with a silent auction going to HELP Services to fightagainst breast cancer. Breast cancer survivors were honored and balloons were let go tohonor breast cancer victims. The Lady Trojans won the game 12-2 (see game story on page13) in front of a nice hometown crowd. (Democrat photo by Janet Zullig)
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