Jo Reid of Anchorage and Jeremy Johnson of Palmer recently helped Team USA win FootGolf's Jansen Cup in Orlando, Fla., to earn Alaska Athlete of the Week honors. Team USA defeated Team United Kingdom 55-29 and Reid and Johnson performed well in both the two-person...
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Success on world stage may help Jo Reid and Jeremy Johnson kick up FootGolf interest in Alaska
“Grow the game” is the hot-button phrase currently bandied about ad nauseam in international golf circles. Sports nerds need only skim their social media feeds for confirmation. In far less questionable and controversial surroundings, the precision sport of FootGolf...
National Champ Reid named Alaska Athlete of the Week
Jo Reid of Anchorage was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after overcoming quad injuries to both legs to win the women’s American FootGolf League National Championships. Reid pulled her right quad during a practice round two days before the tournament started, forcing...
Reid fights through leg pain, wins second national footgolf title
Countless hours of training to be a two-footed soccer player paid major dividends for Anchorage’s Jo Reid at the American FootGolf League National Championships. The 45-year-old soccer coach overcame pulled quad injuries to both legs to win the women’s competition by...
Reid wins women’s AFGL national title, Johnson top-10 for men
Anchorage’s Jo Reid kicked the competition to the curb at the American FootGolf League National Championships at Winton Farm in Amherst, Virginia. The 44-year-old soccer coach picked up her fourth tournament title in 2019, with this championship cementing her status...
Reid, Johnson score big for Team USA at Battle of the Border
Anchorage’s Jo Reid and Palmer’s Jeremy Johnson helped an American Footgolf League all-star team win the first of two legs against Team Mexico in the Battle of the Border event in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Both players competed in doubles and scored a single point in...
Johnson helps USA beat Spain for World Cup bronze medal
Palmer’s Jeremy Johnson was part of the U.S. National Team that captured a bronze medal at the FIFG Footgolf World Cup in Marrakesh, Morocco. “It was an awesome experience,” he told me. The 44-year-old longtime Alaska soccer star was part of Team USA victories over...
Johnson makes World Cup national team, will kick it in Morocco
Jeremy Johnson of Palmer has always dreamed of representing his country on the world stage. He will finally get his chance at age 44, although it wasn’t in the sport he planned. The longtime Alaska soccer specialist has been named to the U.S. National Footgolf Team...
Johnson’s team wins, Reid surges to 2nd at U.S. Championships
Palmer's Jeremy Johnson and Anchorage’s Jo Reid both came home with major hardware from the American FootGolf League Tour’s U.S. National Championship in Orlando, Florida. Johnson helped the West Coast Club beat defending champ Oakland 6&2 to win a national title,...
Johnson places 5th at Lone Star Classic, now 10th nationally
A terrific Texas showing has pushed Palmer’s Jeremy Johnson into the top 10 on the American FootGolf League Tour. The 43-year-old finished fifth out of 30 men at the Lone Star Classic, an AFGL 250 event Johnson dubbed a mid-major. Majors are 500 events. Johnson carded...
Johnson wins in Illinois, now ranked 14th nationally in footgolf
Jeremy Johnson of Palmer picked up his second victory of the season in the American Footgolf League Tour to catapult in the national rankings. The 43-year-old won an AFGL 50 event over the weekend in Illinois in a playoff after tying for first place at 14-under par....