{"id":91917,"date":"2017-08-24T07:32:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T12:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=91917"},"modified":"2017-08-24T07:32:31","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T12:32:31","slug":"knights-ready-for-parkway-panthers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/08\/24\/knights-ready-for-parkway-panthers\/","title":{"rendered":"Knights ready for Parkway Panthers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong><em>independent sports editor<\/em><\/p>\n<p>ROCKFORD &#8212; On paper, tomorrow\u2019s season opener between Crestview and Parkway appears to be a mismatch.<\/p>\n<p>The Knights are coming off a 9-4 season, including an appearance in the Division VII, Region 26 championship game. They return 13 letter winners, including junior quarterback Drew Kline, who accounted for more than 3,300 yards of total offense and 46 touchdowns in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Parkway went just 1-9 last season, and averaged just 12 points per game, while giving up 36 points per contest. The Panthers lost quarterback and Division I recruit Justin Barna to graduation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-90971\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Crestview-Knight-e1502797475740.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/>However, Crestview head football coach Jared Owens cautions the 2017 Panthers can\u2019t be overlooked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParkway has some very nice athletes and size at the line positions,\u201d Owens said. Their quarterback (Andrew Baker) is a smart, tough football player and Caden May (RB\/WR, over 1,800 yards and nine touchdowns in 2016) possesses athleticism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Coach (Shane Wellman) is doing a great job getting the ball in his playmakers hands from what we have seen in scrimmages,\u201d Owens added.<\/p>\n<p>While Crestview\u2019s offense and Kline may get the lion\u2019s share of attention, the defense has made strides.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe feel like the most depth on our team might be in our secondary,\u201d Owens said. \u201cWe have guys that enjoy competing back there which makes practices better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Owens seems pleased with the progress the Knights have made in practices and scrimmages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel that we are making strides but still have even more potential,\u201d Owens said.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow\u2019s game at Panther Stadium will kick off at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor ROCKFORD &#8212; On paper, tomorrow\u2019s season opener between Crestview and Parkway appears to be a mismatch. The Knights are coming off a 9-4 season, including an appearance in the Division VII, Region 26 championship game. They return 13 letter winners, including junior quarterback Drew Kline, who accounted for more than 3,300 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-21 17:46:29","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91917\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}