Sports

The Briercrest Clippers came to town on the weekend to compete against the Prairie Pilots Women’s Basketball team.

Friday evening’s “Flight Night” drew a large crowd in support of the Pilots, as they celebrated all graduating athletes who donned the Pilots jersey this season. A total of 25 graduating athletes were recognized. Three of the women on Prairie’s basketball team received the award, as team co-captain Nicole Bublitz is graduating with a Diploma in 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,