Sports & Yokays are synonymous

John Yokay III is a Barrackville High and WVU grad who lives in Sacramento, but he has the same passion for high school football as his father, also a John Yokay, who played for the 1952 state champ Monongah High football team. 

John Yokay III

Dad, Class of 1953, who once worked at St. John’s School of Boys in Deep River, Connecticut, lives in Mount Airy, Maryland.

John III wrote from California: “1st game of the season. Start referring a new season of high school football tonight. Christian Brothers vs. River City.” Both are Sacramento high schools.

John III also takes in San Francisco Giants baseball, zip-lining in Wyoming, caving, golfing and wine-tasting.

Two weeks ago John III went to New York City to take daughter Petrina to Podiatry School.

Don’t be alarmed because WVU grad John III is wearing an Auburn cap (he also has Auburn hoodies and sweatshirts). That’s because daughter Petrina was an outstanding gymnast at the Alabama college.

John III’s father, John Yokay, is a brother of Leatrice Yokay Greaser, Class of 1950, who lives in Fairmont, and Pat Yokay Maddox, Class of 1948, who lives in Bentons Ferry.