Week 6

This week I've decided to write about my football team. Due to the dying population in my town and the diminishing numbers in our school the athletic programs have been hurting. The past couple years the football team especially has taken the biggest hit from the low numbers.

                Johnsonburg is rich in sports history, football being the most favorite among the town folks. I am among a big group of people that are proud to say they were a Johnsonburg Ram Football Player. Because of the low numbers talk about a possibly merging with one of the surrounding towns, Ridgway. If you aren't aware, Johnsonburg and Ridgway have one of the best and longest running sports rivalries in Pennsylvania. You can see why this might raise some questions and concerns. Despite all that, the school boards came to a decision and proceeded to sign the papers to combine each side’s football teams. It's weird looking back at the history of football in Johnsonburg. We had a Semi pro team called the Shamrocks, Jimmy Graham practiced on our field, and now our football team is a just a memory, no longer in existence.