To conclude their regular season, the Troy Trojans Middle School Boys basketball team traveled to Wetmore and Highland last week to face the Cardinals and the Mustangs.

On January 24, the Troy B Team defeated Wetmore 29-19. Gavin Woodruff led the way with fourteen points and five steals. Konner Wolf and John Copeland tallied eleven rebounds each.

The A team were victorious against the Cardinals; 50-20. Kaston Jasper scored sixteen points, and Lane Hartman added nine points. Colt Jensen brought down eleven rebounds.

On January 26, the Trojans B Team lost to the Mustangs 13-26. Brennan Smith scored six points, and Konner Wolf added seven rebounds.

The A Team defeated the Mustangs 26-19. Kaston Jasper scored eleven points, and Colt Jensen added seven points. Tucker Jarrett tallied nine rebounds.

The B Team ended their season 5-7, and the A Team finished 6-6.

On Saturday, January 28, the Trojans traveled back to Highland to confront the Mustangs in the first round of the Oregon Trail League Tournament. The Trojans won the game by a score of 28-20. Kaston Jasper scored nineteen points, going eight-for-nine from the line. Colt Jensen contributed four points, three steals, four rebounds, and two blocks.

The Trojans travel to Onaga for the second and third round of the Oregon Trail League Tournament on Monday, January 30 and Thursday, February 2.

Article by: Coach Prudden

The Middle School Lady Trojans finished their season with a loss to Doniphan West in the OTL Tournament. The Lady Trojans competed hard but ended up falling 43-21 in the game. Scoring was led by Mackenna Thomas with 14 points, followed by Tillie Keller with 3 and Kyler Luedke and Nicole Wissler each adding 2.

Earlier in the week the Lady Trojans were able to defeat Wetmore 28-13 to give them their second win on the season. Leading scorer in that game was Mackenna Thomas with 16, Nicole Wissler with 6, Kyler Luedke with 5 and Olivia Thomas with 1. The B team fell 17-15 in their contest. The Lady Trojans did fall to Doniphan West later in the week with a score of 41-15. Scoring in this game was led by Mackenna Thomas with 8, followed by Kyler Luedke with 5 and finished by Nicole Wissler with 2. The B team was able to win their game with a final of 21-19.

The Lady Trojans finished their season making great improvements and finishing strong at the end. The A team finished with an overall record of 2-11, while the B team finished 2-6-2. The Trojans were led by 8th graders Tillie Keller, Mackenna Thomas and AnnaMaria Root. The 7th graders were Saydie Robinson, Nicole Wissler, Kyler Luedke, Sophie Veraguth, Avery Kostman, Olivia Thomas, Lydia Kretzinger, Presley Ramsel and Cassidy Hall. Helping with the team were managers Jaclyn Jenkins and Violet Mullins.

Article by: Coach Purdy

Troy High School Senior Night for Girls & Boys BB and Pep Band will be Tues., Feb. 7th between the Girls and Boys Varsity Games.

Those recognized are:

Girls Basketball:

Paityn Engemann, daughter of Justin and Allisha Engemann

Anna Fleek, daughter of Bill & Jill Fleek

Cayley Grable, daughter of Jeremy and Nicole Grable

Keely Jasper, daughter of Derek and Lacey Jasper

Jaya Pierce, daughter of Di and the late Shane Pierce

Boys Basketball:

Boden Benitz, son of Tracie and Tyler Ferris & Zach and Linda Benitz

Preston Christenson, son of BJ and Nicole Christenson

Austin Grable, son of Ryan and Megan Grable

Reagan Hartman, son of Joe and Amy Hartman

Jerrit Norris, son of Jim and Lindsay Norris

Pep Band:

Addiston Ellsworth, daughter of John and Sherry Ellsworth

Jaidyn Johnson, daughter of Robert and Kim Johnson

THS Basketball

Tues., Jan. 31

THS BB @ Centralia, 507 John Riggins Ave., Centralia, KS - 4 p.m.

1/2 JV Girls starting at 4 p.m. followed by

Full JV Boys, VG, and VB

Live Stream Link: NFHS(must have subscription)

https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/centralia-high-school-centralia-ks/gam62ed7c9359?irclickid=zUN0iSxSdxyNT-ITQNwl8w2-UkA180Ti3SpR1A0&irgwc=1&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=impact&utm_campaign=YieldKit%20GmbH&utm_content=357605%3F%3Fcampaign%3D357605&source=NFHS_Impact

THS Basketball @ Linn - Friday, Feb. 3 - 4:45 PM

Order of Play: New Gym Old Gym

4:30 JV Girls

6:00 Varsity Girls 5:45 JV Boys

7:30 Varsity Boys

Admission: $6 Adults, $4 K-12

Live Stream Link for Linn: NFHS (Must have subscription) ONLY GIRLS VARSITY AND BOYS VARSITY WILL HAVE LIVESTREAM!

https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/.../linn-high.../gamd643c6c7a6

GOOD LUCK TROJANS!

OTL Basketball Tourney - 2023

TMS Boys Basketball

TMS Boys Basketball @ OTL Tourney tonight (Mon., Jan. 30) @ Onaga vs Centralia - 7:15 PM

The MS Boys will play 7:15 p.m. on Thurs., Feb. 2nd win or lose on Monday.

Onaga HS, 500 High St., Onaga, KS / 1 hour 24 minutes.

Good Luck Trojans!

Senior tributes are due February 13, 2023.  You may contact Makinley Smith at msmith@troyusd.org for questions.  Thank you.

Troy’s Norris Selected for Shrine Bowl

Jerrit Norris, Troy Senior, was selected to participate in the 50^th annual Shrine Bowl football game to take place July 15, 2023, in Hays, Kansas, on the campus of Fort Hays State University. Norris was one of 80 (40 east, 40 west) senior football players in the state of Kansas chosen to participate in the all-star game to raise money for the Shriners’ Children’s Hospital. Jerrit has led the Trojan Football team in total tackles for the past three seasons and has been an All-State 1^st team WR/TE the past two seasons.