Intro of 2023 Lake Patrol

Travis Hirt will once again be head of Lake CourtesyPatrol this season. Travis is a B member and grew up at Lake Sherwood. He is an employed civilian of Department of Homeland Security in the US Coast Guard. Travis married his wife, Tracy, (a social studies teacher at French Middle School) last summer, and they now reside on Wattling Court.

Dirk Moss will also be returning this year. Dirk grew up in Topeka and left in 1972 to attend Wichita State University. He completed his B.S. and master’s degree. He spent 44 years in south central and western Kansas. He retired in 2016 after spending 40 years in the criminal justice field and teaching college. He and his wife returned to Topeka in 2016. He is an active fly fisherman and belongs to two fly fishing clubs – one in Kansas City and the other in Wichita. He also does woodworking.

Bradley Hopper has joined the lake patrol team on an “on-call” basis. Growing up at Lake Sherwood, he has found great joy in being a part of the community and having fun skiing and hanging out on the water with great friends. This joy has led him to want to help continue to grow the lake. While not helping out with lake patrol, Bradley owns a medical device company, where he and his team are developing a series of medical injection safety devices. He and his fiancée, Talisa, are excited to be a part of the Lake Sherwood community and look forward to a bright future at the lake.

Kyler Gronewaller is a proud new member of the Sherwood Lake patrol! He is enrolled at Washburn University, where he has just completed his first full academic year. He is majoring in business management at Washburn, then potentially heading to K-State to further his education. He is looking forward to his first summer as lake patrol and hopes to see many new and familiar faces this year.