Trojan Booster Club says thanks for support
To the Editor:
As Trojan Booster Club president, I would like to thank everyone who attended the state basketball tournament at Hutchinson this past week. From the students to the adults, everyone was enthusiastic and supportive.
The gold T-shirt was the brainstorm of athletic director Max Heinrichs. He called me Monday morning and asked if I thought we could raise enough money to buy 1,000 shirts. I said we could probably get enough for 500 so we ordered them. As it turned out, we got enough money to order and deliver 850 shirts. Thanks to the people and businesses who sponsored the shirts and thanks to Western Associates of Marion for the quick response time of getting a quality shirt done at a moment's notice.
With 850 gold shirts, our Hillsboro crowd really stood out. Thank you to everyone who wore one. This showed a lot of schools how a community can come together when it needs to. I personally had three schools come talk to me and ask me how we got it done. I said we have a very giving community and everyone was willing to help out where needed. I even had one gentleman give me a donation of $40 to the booster club for two shirts. I have no idea where he was from, but he wished us good luck during the championship game.
Again, thank you to the businesses and individuals who donated money to buy the shirts. Without your support we could not have pulled this off. I know this was very short notice and to pull it off the way we did was incredible.
A huge thank you to Max Heinrichs and Dustin Dalke for designing the shirt. The shirts look great. What a great idea it was.
And finally, congratulations to the 3A State Champion Lady Trojans! We are so proud of you. What an incredible season. Congratulations to Coach Honeck, Coach Boldt, and Coach Chisholm. This certainly will be a season to remember.
Gary Andrews
Trojan Booster Club president
