The Joshua Yoder Blog

 Well since we are getting closer to Thanksgiving, I thought it be a good idea to talk about things that I am thankful for. To be perfectly honest, I am not really sure as to why everybody is already talking about Christmas shopping. I always wonder why for the most part we as a society have already skipped over Thanksgiving?  Maybe I am just overthinking like I always seem to do, but I just feel like many of us including myself have forgotten to be grateful for what we have. So here are some of the things that I am grateful for. Hope and pray that you all enjoy it. The first thing I am grateful for is my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! For it is no secret that I have been battling depression and other issues for basically my entire life. But for some reason, I am still here and I am thankful to God for that. Though I am far from perfect as much as I would love to be and that I don't understand why I am even here for. Yet, at the same time, I have always felt like something or someon

   Recently I got to enjoy a music documentary about a metalcore band called Zao. The documentary is called The Lesser Lights of Heaven. It was originally released in 2005 and it was about the history of the band up to that point of the band’s career. According to the band, the original lead singer Eric Reeder was given credit for naming the band. For those who don’t know what Zao means, it is Greek for “alive” or “to have life”. The band’s mission was to create a Christ centered hardcore mainly to help with people who they believed were forced away by organized churches. Which sadly, I can relate to having dealt with it myself. Though I will say I haven’t really dealt with a lot of the judgemental attitude now that I’m older compared to my younger days. But at the same time I still feel that there are a lot of these so called “Christians” who try to tell us that a lot of this music is evil and will lead us down a dark path despite some of these bands talking about how God has helped t

 Assassin's Creed was one of my favorite video games as it first came out back in 2007 when I was only a sophomore in high school and I loved the concept of the game, going into a machine called the Animus where they use the memories of someone from the past to help figure out ways to find the pieces of Eden. But today i figure I write about one of my favorite games from series and it was Assassin's Creed Rogue. This game first came out in 2014 and what I loved the most about this game was seeing things through the eyes of a Templar. You follow Shay Patrick Cormac who originally was an assassin during the French and Indian War that was from 1752 all the way to 1760. But you play as Shay throughout the game we slowly witness him lose his original opinion of the Assassins and was kicked out of the group eventually becoming a member of the Templars in order to stop the Assassins from destroying the Earth. I love playing this game, I could play over and over and over again. Of cour

Well tonight was a pretty special night down here in McVeytown as Chad and I along with many other people who live here in McVeytown all came together to celebrate a special accomplishment. And that was how all three of the McVeytown Eagles teams made it to the CKYFL championship games. Winning in both the Peewee and Midget divisions and placing second in the Mighty Mights. Stuff like this doesn't happen often in such a small town where I live so to see these kids have the time of their lives during the parade was certainly a sight to see. One of the things I love about covering sports is when I see kids learn, work hard and turn it into success. And these kids were learning a lot throughout the season and watching them grow and not only become better football players, but better people as well.  Which is why I have really enjoyed covering the CKYFL these last few years for Hometown Sports. People like Travis McCullough who is the President of the league along with Adam Weaver, Rob

 Many people claim that this is one of the greatest unbeaten teams in college football history. The Fighting Irish of 1988 had defeated teams that finished the season at #2, #4, #5 and #7 in the country according to the AP Poll. Notre Dame had 10 of their 12 victories won by double digits. But the biggest win that the Irish will be remembered for was the ending the 36 game winning streak of the Miami Hurricanes by the final score of 31-30 in which many believe to be one of the most memorable games in history. The Fighting Irish were led by Head Coach Lou Holtz who was in his third year with the program. Joining him on the staff was offensive coordinator Jim Strong who brought his option game with him. Also there was defensive coordinator Barry Alvarez who later became an incredible coach in his own right, was using the 5-2 defense as his base. Notre Dame started the season off ranked number 13th team of the country and had a tough opponent in number nine Michigan at home. The Irish pul

 God I love this show so much! One of the coolest TV shows ever! And believe it or not, it was a game show called Legends of the Hidden Temple. The show aired for three seasons from 1993 to 1995 on Nickelodeon.  The was created by David G. Stanley, Scott A. Stone and Stephen Brown. The setting is build around a fictitious temple where contestants compete against one another to find the treasures that are hiding somewhere within the temple that are being protected by the temple guards. The show was hosted by Kirk Fogg while the teams were guided by Olmec who knows about all of the legends of the treasures that are hiding in the temple. There are six different teams that competed in each episode, there was the Red Jaguars, the Orange Iguanas, the Green Monkeys, the Purple Parrots, the Silver Snakes and the Blue Barracudas. Teams compete against one another in four rounds. The first round: The Moat: In this round all six teams attempt to cross the moat and press the button. The first four