Sports

The Trochu Valley High School Boys Curling Team won Zones in Cochrane this past weekend. They were undefeated winning the gold medal and advancing to Provincials in St. Paul on March 6-9th. The team is composed of Adam Leischner, Conner Fetterly, Trysten Tetz, and Ryley Schmidt. They are all grade 11 students attending Trochu Valley School. They are coached by Louis Perreault.

The Lady Pilots chalked up two more wins on the weekend defeating Millar Edge 57-36 Friday night and 55-31 Saturday morning

Friday night the Pilots took advantage of the inexperienced Millar Edge with suffocating defense and sharp outside shooting to romp to victory. Point guard Nicole Bublitz led the pilots with 21 and was named player of the game.

Saturday morning it was more of the same with three players Sarah Harken, Nicole Bublitz and Danielle Conway finishing with 14 points each and Dani

The Prairie Lady Pilots began the defense of their PAC crown Friday night at the RDAC with a convincing 74-30 win over Briercrest Clippers JY team. They led 59-23 at half time and never looked back using tough offense and defense, along with slick distribution of the ball in the offensive zone to keep Briercrest off balance. First year player Sarah Harken from Riceville, Iowa was on fire right from the tip, pouring in 37 points along with playing tough on the offensive and defensive boards.

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The Thrashers wrapped up this season’s home games this week as they welcomed the Red Deer Vipers on Tuesday January 29th, and the Ponoka Stampeders on Saturday February 2nd. On Friday February 1st the team was in Airdrie where they fell to the Techmation Thunder, with a score of 22-2.

When Red Deer came to town, the Thrashers were able to hold the Vipers to a 4-1 score after two periods, however the third proved to be a challenge for the Thrashers. When the buzzer sounded the score was 10