Levy passed, Troy Trojans practice under the lights

TROY, Idaho – At around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Troy High football players began texting each other the good news: they had a football team.

And a half hour later, the lights at the high school football field came to life as 13 Trojans started their first practice of the season, less than an hour after the town’s levy passed by a resounding 73-percent margin to keep alive the school’s extracurricular programs – among other things.

Troy’s first football game is Sept. 5 at home against Potlatch, a day later to accommodate the Trojans’ requirement for getting in 10 practices – which is why they began practicing Tuesday night around 10:06 p.m.

The team had been practicing unofficially – without coaches – the past two weeks.