The Troy Trojans Middle School Boys basketball team traveled to Onaga on January 30 for the second round of the Oregon Trail League Tournament. The Trojans’ opponents were the number-one-seeded Centralia Panthers.
The Trojans lost 25-54. Colt Jensen led the way with nine points and five rebounds. Tucker Jarrett added four rebounds.
Due to their second round loss, Troy traveled back to Onaga on February 2 to face the number-three-seeded Saints Peter and Paul Trojans for third place in the league.
Down 15-18 at half, Troy fought back to win the game, and third place in the league, by the score of 36-28. Colt Jensen was clutch in his best game of the year, scoring eighteen points and tallying eight rebounds. Tucker Jarrett secured twelve rebounds.
After seeding number five in the tournament, taking home the bronze prize is a commendable accomplishment. The boys faced adversity and came out on the other side holding a medal and sporting a winning record. Thank you to parents, staff, and administration for the support.
8^th graders: Colt Jensen, Kaston Jasper, Tucker Jarrett, Ty Horner, Brennan Smith, Konner Wolf, and John Copeland
7^th graders: Lane Hartman, Riley Grable, Jace Johnson, Gavin Woodruff, Kaleb Jenkins, and Malique Doss
Managers: Jack Nelson and Dawson Jarrett
Assistant Coach: Levi Watts
Head Coach: Jeremy Prudden

Troy Grade School 4^th and 5^th graders just completed their annual Kansas quilt project. This is a long-standing tradition that has been taking place since the early 80’s where students embroider a quilt square with a Kansas theme, and then the squares are made into class quilts that are raffled off as a fundraiser for the classes. 4^th grade’s quilt is Americana theme, and 5^th grade chose a sunflower theme for their quilt. Students worked hard at their designs and did a fantastic job! Students also did a great job selling tickets for the drawings! Top ticket sellers are pictured from left to right- 4^th grade: John McKittrick, 5^th grade Mrs. Geiger’s class: Jacelyn Blanton, and 5^th grade Ms. Ross’s class: Ellie Hartman. The 4^th and 5^th grade students will be taking a fun field trip later this month to celebrate all their hard work! We would also like to thank the following people for their help with this project: Annie Jensen at Dreamy Designs in Wathena for adding student names to each square, Shirley Buessing for piecing the squares together and adding the binding, and David Hurd at Quilting by David in St. Joe, MO for doing the quilting.

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

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.