Soccer team takes over when national anthem doesn't play.

Cox Media Group National Content Desk 2 hours ago

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. -- 

A Pennsylvania high school soccer team wasn't going to let staffing problems silence the national anthem.

When the person who normally plays a recording of the "Star Spangled Banner" wasn't at the stadium at Greater Johnstown High School, the players stepped in and brought their voices together for the pre-game song, WJAC reported.

"Our person that normally plays the national anthem wasn't there. We didn't have anyone to play it, so we started to sing it instead," Michael Marino said. 

Teammates said it was Justin Wiesheier's idea.

"Well, the national anthem, they said, is not going to be able to be played tonight. I said you know every sport has to have the national anthem, so I started singing the national anthem, and before you knew it the whole team was singing, and everybody rose and looked at the flag," Wiesheier said  

He said it was just instinct, and the video of the team singing was posted to social media, going viral.

 

Source:  Cox Media Group National Content Desk, as posted on the Cox Communications My Connections home page, Oct 5, 2016.

Edited October 5, 20169 yr by PostalTom
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Patriotism is really strong in that part of our Pennsylvania!

Good for those kids. Maybe there is hope for some of our youth yet.

Thanks Tom for the posting this. It's awesome to hear such positive stories as this.

 

It is the expectation for our Middle & High School swim teams at all home meets to lead the singing of the National Anthem. Makes one proud to be associated with programs such as these.

to the team...

That's just awesome. 

Thanks for posting it, Tom.