Sports

On April 22, the Trochu Rifle & Pistol Association held its annual Kids Easter Shoot with 11 youth shooters and 3 adult shooters.

The evening started with sign-in of the shooters followed by a safety talk on firearm safety and range rules. The shooters were taken in age groups of three to the range where each shooter had a Range Safety Officer to assist them, the shooters in waiting were kept busy with games of bingo.

After the shoot and prizes had been awarded, everyone received pop and ch

Trochu native Shane Issler has kept up his sport since his days with the Three Hills Neons, competing now in Masters swimming competitions.

Issler swam with the Three Hills Neons Swim Club for four years before he moved on to swim with the Olds Rapids for one year and one session, then swam with the Canadian Badlands Aquatic Club out of Drumheller from September 2017 to July 2018.

Since November 2018 he has been an unattached Masters swimmer in Calgary where he is attending Mount Royal Universi

Trochu Lions members Gerry Tetz and Brad Innes present the coveted Trochu Lions Annual Draft Hockey Trophy to the “Wranglers”. The Lions hosted 68 players on six teams for the tournament on March 23-24. The Lions would like to that all those who participated in and contributed to this event.

The Lady Pilots basketball team was at the PAC basketball Championships held at Millar College in SK March 28-29. Having won gold last year they were ready to go back to back and they got off to a great start Thursday afternoon pounding Burman 79-27 with Sarah Harken scoring 24 and Rebecca Allen 20. The win put them into the Gold Medal Game against host Millar Edge. The score was close after one quarter with the Pilots leading 14-13 but they took over the game in the last 3 quarters and cruised