The year 2009 was actually the first year of existence for my high school — I was the first full four-year graduating class. With this in mind, I went back and found the writeup on the football team’s first ever home game. At the time, we only had a JV team as the football program was still in its development stage. It’s crazy to think that that was seven years ago.
Johns Creek won the game, getting things with the program off to a great start. The program would actually go on to have a bit of a underdog under-the-radar next few seasons, and even made the playoffs by the time I graduated.
I didn’t remember until finding this article that Johns Creek faced off against another new school in Langston Hughes. Researching this was a fun bit of introspection and brought back some great memories, when football games on Friday nights were the best part of my week and the place I felt most at home.