My Home Town revised paper

Mitchell Schloder

9/9/2013

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My Home Town

In Johnsonburg not much happens, with a population of 2,500 that should be expected. But on game day you can bet to see everyone in attendance ready to support the team no matter the location. My junior and senior year I was lucky enough to be part of the two most famous years in Johnsonburg High School history. Junior year our basketball team made it to the quarter finals in basketball, our wrestling team came back from a rough year and won two matches, and the legion baseball team took second in the state finals. Going into senior year expectations were high as the baseball team was ranked #2 in the state and the baseball team was #7 in the state. Not all eyes were set on the football team after coming back from a rough winless season the year before. We didn’t even expect much, but we ended with 2 wins. One of those wins happened to be against Coudersport [ranked #2 in the district]. That was the first time Johnsonburg has beat Coudersport since 1992. After football everyone’s attention went straight to basketball. We put on a good run through regular season, with a record of 22-2. The post season started and before long we found ourselves in the state finals. Unfortunately we came up short and took second. Luckily for us, we still had one more state quality team, Baseball. The team powered through regular season only dropping 3 games. To our surprise we were in yet another state finals game. This time we came out victorious taking the Pennsylvania State Title.

Welcome to my blog

My name is Mitchell Schloder, I grew up in Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania. I wrestled for 10 years, played football for 8 years, and soccer for 2 years.
I'm attending Clarion University for Special Education Teaching.

 

Johnsonburg is an old town in Elk County, Pennsylvania. To be specific, the oldest settlement in Elk County. Military runs deep in our town as at one time we actually had per capita the highest number of soldiers entering into the military service. Below is a picture of our Veterans Memorial located in front of the Johnsonburg American Legion in down town Johnsonburg.

 

 

There is about 2,500 people who live in our town, but don't let the small numbers fool you. We are die hard sports town with competitive teams in every sport. This year (2012/2013) our basketball team took 2nd in states and the baseball team took 1st. Below is a picture of the basketball team showing off their 2nd place trophy to the crowd in Hershey. Also, the baseball team after they won the state finals.