Sports

The Hockey Alberta Bantam D Provincial Tournament sponsored by ATB Financial was hosted locally over the weekend of March 15 – 17 with games played out of the arenas in Trochu and Three Hills, and what a great weekend it was.

The Kneehill Chiefs entered the weekend not only as the host team but also as the Zone 6 Champions.

The Chiefs began the tournament with two games on Friday. The first game was against Fairview in front of a packed house with fans from both the Trochu and Three Hills

The Lady Pilots basketball team and the Futsal teams were at Millar College on the weekend Friday night the Pilots basketball team were handed their first loss of the season 52-50 at the hands of the Edge. According to head coach Pam Fraser, “Friday night Millar came out very strong against us. They had a phenomenal game and we could not keep up with them. Saturday we were focused and motivated to drive back to Alberta with a win under our belt. Every loose ball had a pilot diving after i

The Lady Pilots continued their winning ways with very little turbulence last Thursday night at Lacombe vs Burman University posting a 54-29 win.

Co-captain Sierra Nelson and Center Sarah Harken were top scorers with 19 each, Sarah scored 11 points in the second quarter. She told Prairie Radio, “some of the girls suffered car sickness but despite that played especially well on defence. Many of our points were scored in transition. Our goals for the game included passing well to the posts,

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.