
Trojans tab new gridiron coach
The Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia Trojan football team officially has a new head coach. The school board has hired Cody Winkelman as head coach for the high school team for the 2025 season. Winkelman replaces Adam Brockhouse, who coached the Trojans for five seasons. Both coaches played for the Trojans. Winkelman served as an assistant coach at Beardstown from 2011-2016 and has been an assistant on Brockhouse’s staff at Triopia for the past three years. He also served as an assistant coach on the high school basketball team this past season and has taught special education at Triopia since 2020.