At 7:30 p.m. on Friday, a battle to determine the best Panther in Class 3A District No. 6 takes place when Creston (3-1) plays at Knoxville (0-4).
Last week, the Creston Panthers won 49-17 against Gilbert at home.
As for the Knoxville Panthers, they fell 42-22 on the road to the Fairfield Trojans.
Creston head football coach Brian Morrison stresses the importance of improving and not overlooking their opponent.
“Our mindset this week like every week is we have to improve what we did wrong the week before and improve as a football team and we can’t look at Knoxville and take a week off,” coach Morrison said.
From week one to week four, Creston’s offense has improved to be a much more cohesive unit.
“We’ve taken huge strides in the offense as far as running the football and mixing in the pass,” coach Morrison said. “This week I want to see our offense put drives together, not play behind the sticks and play a clean football game, if we do that, that’s improvement in my eyes.”
Knoxville’s defense has four interceptions on the season.
On the other side of the ball, coach Morrison would like to see the aggressive defense, a defensive unit that has eight interceptions and five fumble recoveries in four games, continue what they do well.
“Defensively making sure that we swarm to the football and continue creating turnovers., you can’t create turnovers unless you have 11 hats to the football,” coach Morrison said.
Sophomore Knoxville Panther quarterback Noah Keefer has thrown five interceptions on 32 pass attempts this season.
“It’s doing the right thing and not being lazy,” coach Morrison said.
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Offensive Starters
QB- Kyle Strider Jr.
RB- Briley Hayes Sr.
FB- Gage Skarda Sr.
T- Max Chapman So.
G. Chris Wilson Sr.
C- Jagger Luther So.
G. Owen Richards Sr.
T- Avery Fuller Sr.
TE- Derek Paup Sr.
WR- Brandon Briley So.
WR- Aiden Anderson Sr.
PK- Aiden Anderson Sr.
Defensive Starters
DL- Avery Fuller Sr.
DL- Andre Davis Sr.
DL- Derek Paup Sr.
LB- Gage Skarda Sr.
LB- Briley Hayes Sr.
LB- Ty Morrison Jr.
LB- Austin Evans So
DB- McCoy Haines So.
DB- Cael Turner So.
DB- Gannon Greenwalt Jr.
DB- Dylan Calvin So.
Punter Derek Paup Sr.