MIFFLIN COUNTY SPORTS HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCES INCOMING CLASS

The Mifflin County Sports Hall of Fame has announced its Class of 2025.

Slated for induction this May are the late Fred Stoicheff, who is still in the state’s Top 10 of yards per rush nearly 70 years later.

John “Jet” Johnson, an all-state football player who coached under Joe Paterno at Penn State, winning a national title in 1982. When he graduated from Lewistown, he held the all-time rushing record with 2,083 yards. He was selected to the 1968 Big 33 game.

Emily Lepley Shank, a six-time district champ, a PIAA 100 meter hurdles champ, eight-time Division III All-American and NCAA champ in the 400 hurdles will also be inducted.

Also slated for induction are George “Touch” Bohn, Chief Logan’s first athlete to earn All-State honors in two sports (football and track and field) and Annette Hoffman, a Division III Honorable Mention in basketball at Juniata College, where she is in the Hall of Fame.

A special recognition will be presented to the organization’s first president and founding member, Jon Zimmerman. John lettered in three sports at Kish High School before earning all-conference and conference MVP honors at Dickinson for his basketball play.

Tickets to this year’s Induction Ceremony may be purchased online at the Mifflin County Sports Hall of Fame website. Tickets are listed at $30 for members, and $40 for non-members.

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