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Knox College Athletics has joined the @bsky.app community! Looking forward to what lies ahead, follow us to keep up with the latest on Prairie Fire sports news! #GoFire
Congratulations to our latest @collsportscomm.bsky.social Academic All-District selections, Sam Black, Lydia Karli and Maria Jabor Jahn of the volleyball squad! #GoFire

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December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Huge night at Greenville leads to Russell Wright of @KnoxMBB being named the @MWCSports Performer of the Week! Congrats to the Prairie Fire power forward who had career highs of 30 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 blocks! #GoFire

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December 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Congratulations to our very own Nayeli Nidez Acuña of the Prairie Fire women's basketball team for being named the Midwest Conference Performer of the Week for the 2nd time in her career! Personal-best 28 pts in the 86-74 win at Illinois College for the sophomore! #GoPrairieFire

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December 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Big time performances on the basketball court last Tuesday for our Athletes of the Week, sophomore Noah Campbell and senior Kylee Callahan! #GoFire

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November 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The @collsportscomm.bsky.social Academic All-District Soccer Teams were just announced with our men's soccer team with six and our women's squad with five! Great work on and off the field!

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November 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Congratulations to sophomore Ethan Thomas for receiving All-
Midwest Conference Second Team honors! #GoFire

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November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Our very own Maliah Blakemore is headed to the Women Coaches Academy co-hosted by @WeCOACH and the @NCAA on Nov. 16-18 in Indianapolis! One of just 78 coaches from across the country from all collegiate levels to attend!

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Blakemore Headed to NCAA Women Coaches Academy - Knox College Athletics
Knox College Volleyball Head Coach Maliah Blakemore is among the 78 coaches from across the country who will attend the prestigious conference.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Coming up big! Our Knox Athletes of the Week are Natalia Nuño for her game-winning goal at Cornell College and Lance Miller for breaking his own school record in the 8K at the
Midwest Conference Championships! #GoFire

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November 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Please help us in welcoming Kelsi Thompson as our new women’s basketball assistant coach! Played at Carl Sandburg College and was coaching with the Galesburg High women’s team the last three years. #GoFire

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October 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The game is on and Fuel the Fire week is here! Knox Athletics is calling for your support! Your gift directly impacts our Prairie Fire athletes. One goal through Friday. All Knox. Make your gift here: t.co/TxNihtCGHa
October 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Give it up for Colin Finnigsmier, the Midwest Conference Defensive Performer of the Week! Check out his INT in the end zone in the final minute to preserve the 20-17 homecoming victory over Grinnell! #GoFire
October 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Running a little behind this week, but we just have to recognize and congratulate Sam Black and Pranav Nandakumar for being named the Knox Athletes of the Week! #GoFire

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October 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Senior Pranav Nandakumar of is off to a strong start this fall on the links and was recognized today as the SLIAC Men’s Golf Player of the Week after tying for sixth at the Stateline Shootout over the weekend! #GoFire

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September 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Congrats to Lance Miller on his second selection this fall and fifth of his career! #GoFire

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September 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Second time in the last three weeks that Darby Wallig has been named the Midwest Conference Defensive Performer of the Week in women’s soccer! Congrats Darby! #GoFire

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September 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
While the concession stand will not be open at our football home opener tomorrow, we are happy to have MB's Food Truck selling fresh-off-the-grill steak and chicken shish kabobs as well as bottled water for our fans!

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September 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
For the first Knox Athletes of the Week of 2025-26, we have a veteran and a local rookie earning the honors in senior Lance Miller and first-year Eliana Juarez! Congratulations to our first winners! #GoFire

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September 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Goalkeeper Darby “The Wall” Wallig was named the
Midwest Conference Women's Soccer Defensive Performer of the Week after recording two shutout victories over the weekend! This is the second selection of her career. #GoFire

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September 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Don't miss our soccer twinbill on Saturday as women's soccer hosts Aurora University at 1:30 p.m. and men's soccer entertains Illinois Wesleyan at 4 p.m.! Or watch online if you can't make it to Jorge Prats Field: watchmidwestsports.com/knox/

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September 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Let's give a hearty Prairie Fire welcome to DeShawn Welch, our new assistant baseball coach! #GoFire

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September 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
New season, same award for Lance Miller! The senior began the 2025 campaign as he did last year by being named the Midwest Conference Men’s Cross Country Performer of the Week! Fourth time in his career … #GoFire

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September 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Want the latest news on your favorite Prairie Fire teams as quickly as possible? Sign up for email updates, choose the sports you want, and you'll get a link to every article for those sports when they go live on PrairieFire.Knox.edu! #GoFire

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September 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Get excited about the volleyball season like Maria Jabor Jahn! The Midwest Conference preseason poll is out, but Knox has its sights set higher. Get the full story here: bit.ly/3VrTJ25

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August 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Now we have the @MWCSports men's soccer poll with the Prairie Fire picked to finish third. Though Coach Tyler Sheikh has higher hopes for his squad … #GoFire

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August 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM