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Last week, we declared that the Laurel Hill Hoboes had the best high school nickname/mascot/logo combination. (A close second: the Chinook Sugar Beeters.) We invited readers to try to top these memorable logos, and try to top them you did. Here are 27 pretty great ones, followed by our two favorite submissions.
1. Huntington Beach Oilers (Huntington Beach, California); 2. Fisher Bunnies (Fisher, Illinois); 3. Avon Old Farms Winged Beavers (Avon, Connecticut)
4. Blooming Prairie Awesome Blossoms (Blooming Prarie, Minnesota); 5. Poca Dots (Poca, West Virginia); 6. Orofino Maniacs (Orofino, Idaho)
7. Camas Papermakers (Camas, Washington); 8. Hesston Swathers (Hesston, Kansas)
9. Hickman Kewpies (Columbia, Missouri); 10. Coalinga Horned Toads (Coalinga, California); 11. Richland Bombers (Richland, Washington)
12. Astoria Fighting Fishermen (Astoria, Oregon); 13. Mitchell Kernels (Mitchell, South Dakota); 14. Williamsport Millionaires (Williamsport, Pennsylvania)
15. Kaukauna Galloping Ghosts (Kaukauna, Wisconsin); 16. Ridgefield Spudders (Ridgefield, Washington)
17. Johnson Atom Smashers (Savannah, Georgia)
18. New Braunfels Unicorns (New Braunfels, Texas); 19. Live Oak Acorns (Morgan Hill, California); 20. Lockport Porters (Lockport, Illinois)
21.Hoopeston Area Cornjerkers (Hoopeston, Illinois); 22. Frankfort Hot Dogs (Frankfort, Indiana); 23. Watersmeet Nimrods (Watersmeet, Michigan)
24. New Berlin Pretzels (New Berlin, Illinois); 25. Vintage Crushers (Napa, California)
26. Yuba City Honkers (Yuba City, California); 27. Chattanooga Central Purple Pounders (Harrison, Tennessee)
But since we have to play favorites, here are the two logos we’d love to see on a hat or t-shirt or license plate cover:
The Rocky Ford Meloneers (Rocky Ford, Colorado), submitted by johnlaf.
And finally, the Centralia High School Orphans (boys teams) & Annies (girls teams), submitted by Kathleen & Tom.
Thanks to everyone for all the great suggestions. Honorable mention goes to the Arkansas School for the Deaf Leopards, which is undeniably brilliant—I just couldn’t find a good picture of the logo.
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In Toledo, Ohio there are the Bowsher Rebels. The mascot is Rowdy the Rebel, a confederate soldier in full uniform.
posted by Kay on 8-5-2009 at 5:12 pm
Some I should have submitted from my area, but I missed the bus:
Devils Lake Satans (Devils Lake, ND)
Oak Grove Grovers (Fargo, ND)
Hope Hustlers (Hope, ND)
Concordia Cobbers (Moorhead MN university)
Shanley Deacons (Catholic school in Fargo, ND)
Hillsboro Burros (Hillsboro, ND)
It must be the water up here.
posted by EV on 8-5-2009 at 5:16 pm
The worst one from my area would be the Broadway Gobblers, Broadway VA.
posted by KerriD on 8-5-2009 at 5:20 pm
Go Nimrods.
posted by Ophelia on 8-5-2009 at 5:33 pm
Some of the more colorful mascots in Arkansas include the Little Johns (Danville, AR) and the Bollweevils (University of Arkansas at Monticello).
posted by marisakaye on 8-5-2009 at 5:45 pm
Oh my god… I went to Sol C Johnson (#17)(home of the Atomsmashers). Left there in 1975.
recaptcha; bogie urged
posted by Vickey on 8-5-2009 at 5:52 pm
Galloping Ghosts! That’s awesome!
posted by vegebrarian on 8-5-2009 at 6:05 pm
Woohoo! I’m a Fisher Bunnie! (Please note the spelling error is not a spelling error when referring to our mascot…don’t ask me why.)
Glad to see we made the list.
posted by SpaceMonkeyX on 8-5-2009 at 6:07 pm
I got a great chuckle out of these. thank you! I love the atom smashers!
posted by ac on 8-5-2009 at 6:26 pm
How about the St. Louis University Billikens? I’ve lived here all my life and am still not sure what the hell it is…an albino gremlin, perhaps?
http://www.slu.edu/pr/images/billiken06_200.jpg
posted by Marty on 8-5-2009 at 6:38 pm
my high school was the yorktown corn huskers
posted by Julian on 8-5-2009 at 6:57 pm
Great mascots!
Here were a few others we found a few months ago –
The Hollywood High Sheiks
The North Carolina School of the Arts Fighting Pickles
Speedway High School Sparkplugs
http://www.randomruckus.com/?p=1529
posted by Kenny on 8-5-2009 at 6:58 pm
It’s not high school, but I’ve always wanted to know what the commentators on an Oregon State vs. South Carolina game would sound like.
“John, the Cocks are literally POUNDING the Beavers tonight…”
posted by Griffin on 8-5-2009 at 7:04 pm
My wife tells me that there is a small high school in Protection, Kansas that have a mascot of the Trojans! Protection Trojans? Yeah, too funny.
posted by Scott Conrad on 8-5-2009 at 7:05 pm
I am from the Portland-Vancouver area, and I just knew the Papermakers(Camas,WA), and the Spudders(Ridgefield, WA) would be here. I think this list is missing the Trappers (as in fur trappers).
posted by twodollars on 8-5-2009 at 7:09 pm
Yay! Williamsport Millionaires! I graduated class of 1998!
The middle school I went to in Williamsport had a really weird nickname/mascot too: Andrew G. Curtin Middle School Governors. I guess they were trying to top the Millionaires for weirdness.
posted by Kristy on 8-5-2009 at 7:10 pm
I live in SD and the Mitchell Kernals are actually a pretty decent team… We also have the Rapic City Cobblers. That’s a good one.
posted by Hannah on 8-5-2009 at 7:10 pm
How about the Georgetown G-Men? Georgetown Ohio
posted by Chuck White on 8-5-2009 at 7:13 pm
I grew up near Centralia. The team is called the Orphans because a coal mine accident killed many of the town’s men in the early 1900s. Actually, it could’ve been in the 1800s, but either way…yikes.
posted by G.B. on 8-5-2009 at 7:23 pm
Dude. Miss Porter’s FIGHTING DAISIES. That cannot possibly be beat.
Ok, technically an unofficial mascot, but the school’s symbol IS a daisy and any Porter’s girl will tell you that the fighting daisy is where its at.
And does it make it funnier that Avon Old Farms is an all boys boarding high school with the mascot of the winged beavers? And that they pronounce it wing-ed?
posted by Bekka on 8-5-2009 at 8:38 pm
You missed the Cairo (GA) Syrupmakers.
posted by Richard on 8-5-2009 at 8:39 pm
not that this can compare to the nimrods, but i graduated from churchland high school as a mighty churchland trucker. our mascot was a kid in acid-washed jeans, a plaid shirt, and a giant bandana-ed trucker head (mckinley high norsemen-style).
posted by amelia on 8-5-2009 at 8:56 pm
I wrestled and played football against the Kaukauna Galloping Ghosts.
The high school across town were the ‘Redmen’. We had a big mural in our gym of our ‘Raiders’ attacking the Redmen, slitting their throats with axes, etc. They were made to change to the Redwings in about 1994 and the mural was painted over.
posted by cb on 8-5-2009 at 9:12 pm
I graduated from San Benito High School in Hollister, Ca.
Our mascot was a Hay Baler. As in a farmer. Who bales hay.
One of our favorite chants was “We are the Balers, the Mighty Mighty Balers!”
I wish with every fiber of my being that I was lying.
posted by Ryan on 8-5-2009 at 9:45 pm
how this got missed and didn’t make number one I don’t know, but I’m pretty sure that a high school in Butte, Montana goes by the pirates. That’s right, the Butte Pirates.
posted by Nick on 8-5-2009 at 9:45 pm
Hahaha, my mascot is on here. The Hesston Swathers.
posted by Liv on 8-5-2009 at 9:47 pm
I give you the Evergreens of D.C. Everest High School in Schofield, WI
posted by Jeff on 8-5-2009 at 9:52 pm
Don’t forget the Itasca Wampus Cats from Itasca, Texas. (Yes, that’s pronounced eye-tas-ka)
posted by PeeJay on 8-5-2009 at 10:04 pm
I went to Live Oak High School…Bust a nut!!
posted by Afshawn on 8-5-2009 at 10:07 pm
graduated from Sturgis (SD) – Scoopers. They were an early mining town and yes, the rolled out the shovel during pep rallies. I tried to google up a pic, but it seems they aren’t publicizing it too much any more. I’ll dig out an old yearbook. You gotta see it.
posted by Stellar on 8-5-2009 at 10:18 pm
The best thing about the Mitchell Kernals: They play in the world famous Corn Palace, which has a different mural constructed on its outside every year in ears of corn. I couldn’t tell you if they broadcast the games on KORN or not.
posted by Hepcat on 8-5-2009 at 10:20 pm
And the Everly Cattlefeeders from Everly, Iowa:
http://www.everlycattlefeeders.com/intro.html
posted by Adiopink on 8-5-2009 at 10:21 pm
This article proves my point that allieration is not always the best idea.
recaptcha: 1971 nemo
posted by Jess on 8-5-2009 at 10:43 pm
My Unversity mascot were the Mules and Jennies… University of central missouri.. and the Mule was red…
posted by Sherrie on 8-5-2009 at 10:46 pm
The Orphans definitely got my vote. it was too hilarious not to be number 1!
posted by Steven on 8-5-2009 at 10:56 pm
I’ve always been a fan of the of the Cuba City Cubans from Cuba City, Wisconsin. Here’s the school website: http://www.cubacity.k12.wi.us/cchs/default.aspx.
Also, this isn’t a high school team, but the IFL, the Indoor Football League, has, quite possibly, the best sports team name ever: Omaha Beef. Check them out at http://www.beeffootball.com/. I kid you not, their mascot is Sir Loin. There’s a picture of him here: http://beeffootball.com.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/MAIN%20NAV/GAMEDAY/Sir%20Loin/DFEW0470.JPG.
posted by Max on 8-5-2009 at 11:11 pm
Freeport, IL is also known as the Pretzels (and refers to itself as Pretzel Town, USA)
posted by Daphne on 8-5-2009 at 11:18 pm
Marty:
A Billiken is a good luck figure that represents “things as they ought to be”…google it, you’ll find all kinds of history on SLU’s mascot and how it came about.
I would have to say that St. Louis’s Nerix Hall’s mascot is the oddest in town: the Markers
posted by Mary on 8-5-2009 at 11:24 pm
Glad to see that the hoopeston Area Cornjerkers were represented..but to be serious..EPSN had them higher (Ohio State Coach Thad Matta is an Alum) oh..and go Bunnies. I can’t believe so many of my high school conference/area teams made this list! So sad!
posted by James on 8-5-2009 at 11:45 pm
the ‘Wonders’ of A.L. Brown High School in Kannapolis, NC – my alma mater
posted by mark on 8-6-2009 at 12:14 am
@Kay
Roncalli High School in Indianapolis, IN, is also the Rebels with a confederate soldier mascot. Except it’s a Catholic school, so the students aren’t allowed to wear any articles of clothing with confederate symbols on them. Bit of conflicting interests if you ask me.
posted by Luke on 8-6-2009 at 12:46 am
You guys forgot to mention The Hockaday School’s “Killer Daisies” from Dallas, TX. If you’d like, I can get you a photo (but be warned, they’re pretty gruesome!)
posted by Sasha on 8-6-2009 at 1:47 am
Proud to be the first Kewpie in my family in a long line of Tigers!!!!!!!!!
posted by Sara on 8-6-2009 at 2:07 am
This reminds me of the Scottsdale Artichokes. The name was the result of an ugly political battle that went on for years. The students wanted money to be spent on academics, while the crazy conservative Mormons who founded the school only cared about building major football and basketball teams.
http://www.scottsdalecc.edu/about_scc/why_the_artichoke.html
posted by Harold K on 8-6-2009 at 2:12 am
I am from Morton, Illinois, and our high school mascot is the Morton Potters! The logo is a guy with a pot for a head, which obviously provoked a lot of “pot-head” jokes from opposing teams.
posted by Bethany on 8-6-2009 at 2:50 am
My high school used to play Avon Old Farms in sports. Trinity-Pawling School in Pawling, NY has since changed their mascot to the Pride (a lion is the mascot) but twelve years ago we were the Blazers (like the jacket that I had to wear every day to class). No visual mascot existed but on paper we were the Blazers. A contest was started by the school newspaper to make an image of the blazer (some submissions were a drawing of said jacket, others were of a horse). None of the ideas really stuck and most students were happier not really aknowleging the mascot.
posted by Stephen Philpott on 8-6-2009 at 5:42 am
There’s a school in South Webster, Ohio whose mascot is a red version of Eugene the Jeep from the Popeye comic strip
posted by Mark on 8-6-2009 at 6:00 am
I have also been to Butte County, Idaho and can confirm the Butte Pirates with a blurry picture of a placemat: http://www.flickr.com/photos/srah/205720542/in/set-72157594216141736/
My high school mascot was the River Rats, which isn’t anywhere near as bizarre as some of those listed, but still gets weird looks: http://www.aaps.k12.mi.us/huron.ath_dept/athletics_home
posted by srah on 8-6-2009 at 7:08 am
Not a high school, but I used to live in Tiffin, OH, which has 2 colleges. One of them is Heidelberg University, home of…the Student Princes. Here’s a page explaining the history of the mascot: http://www.heidelberg.edu/athletics/historyandtradition
You should do a follow-up to this with weird college mascots. :)
recaptcha: on extras
posted by Krie on 8-6-2009 at 8:38 am
Somehow I missed this one.
My high school was the Dearborn High Pioneers (mascot was a guy in a coon skin cap…but our colors were orange and black).
Another high school in the city was the Fordson Tractors.
The third high school in the city had to suffer with the name Edsel Ford (Dearborn, MI is the home town of Henry Ford and Ford Motor Company. Pretty much every school is named after some member of the Ford family) but at least they got the reasonable mascot of the Thunder Birds.
posted by Ruth Ann on 8-6-2009 at 8:56 am
I agree with Krie. I think a college mascot list is definitely in order. I nominate the Geoducks once again.
posted by Steven on 8-6-2009 at 8:59 am
http://www.halcyon.com/marcs/mascotdrop.html
I was going to mention my all-time favorite, the Saltville (VA) Shakers, but when I went looking for a picture, I found this site, which lists odd mascots. The Shakers changed their name over 50 years ago. Bummer!
posted by Patrick on 8-6-2009 at 10:11 am
So Chunk, Mouth and Data would have been Astoria Fighting Fishermen??? Good thing they found One-eyed Willie’s treasure and saved the Goon Docks, letting them stay in Astoria1
posted by JW on 8-6-2009 at 10:33 am
I grew up in Mattoon, IL and we were the Greenwave, as in corn. Our mascot was a bundling of cornstalks.
posted by Jenn on 8-6-2009 at 10:57 am
I also think the Butte Pirates is one of the best. Here is a picture of the school sign:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2418/2535798332_36d7ba87e8.jpg
Maybe I missed a comment, but I can’t believe no one has mentioned the UC-Santa Cruz Banana Slugs
posted by Kai on 8-6-2009 at 11:18 am
I grew up in Kent, OH and the high school mascots were the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Riders and the girls’ teams were the Lady Riders.
posted by Darla on 8-6-2009 at 11:20 am
Idaho’s mental hospital is in the town of Orofino, home of the Maniacs.
posted by Boise on 8-6-2009 at 11:26 am
In South-Central PA, we have the Boiling Springs Bubblers
http://www.bubblers.k12.pa.us/popup_info.cfm?pic=large18_IMG_0855.JPG&page=193458&imageid=150980
posted by Lynn on 8-6-2009 at 12:05 pm
I once went to a game between the Troy State Trojans vs the Jacksonville State Gamecocks. Sure enough, there was a guy holding up a big sign that said \Your Cocks can’t bust our Trojans\!
posted by GoodOldRebel on 8-6-2009 at 12:19 pm
Columbus (Ohio) School for Girls Unicorns.
posted by Nora on 8-6-2009 at 12:22 pm
I am a proud alumnus (class of 1994) of Mesquite High School – Mesquite, TX. Our mascot? Skeeter. Yep, a mosquito. And yes, some poor schmuck was designated each year to dress as one for sporting events, etc.
posted by Carol on 8-6-2009 at 12:57 pm
There are lots of “Rebels” teams around the south. Most notably, Ol’ Miss (University of Mississippi). But many high schools around there are also rebels, right down to the old Rebel colonel. So, unfortunately, Kay, not all that unique. At least not in the south.
posted by hyacinth on 8-6-2009 at 1:34 pm
Ozark, AR Hillbillies
And Arkies wonder why we make fun of them…
posted by mlynch on 8-6-2009 at 1:47 pm
One must not forget the Blaine, WA Borderites!
posted by J Collier on 8-6-2009 at 1:49 pm
DOn’t forget the Brush High School Beetdiggers (Brush CO)
posted by C Ruebel on 8-6-2009 at 2:11 pm
Henrietta OK High School’s Fighting Hens. Can’t believe a Sooner didn’t send that one in. At one time their girls precision marching team was called The Crack Squad. Yowch!
posted by Alice on 8-6-2009 at 2:50 pm
I can’t believe the Tillamook Cheesemakers hasn’t been mentioned. Hooray for the Oregon coast!
posted by Oregonian on 8-6-2009 at 3:08 pm
The Musselman Applemen… after the applesauce producer. Wikipedia says it best in describing the mascot as “Red Delicious Apple with muscular arms and legs and an agressive facial expression”. No lie.
posted by Starsy on 8-6-2009 at 4:02 pm
Whoops- should have added that it’s located in Inwood, WV…
posted by Starsy on 8-6-2009 at 4:03 pm
I’m surprised the Shelley Idaho Russets (type of potato) didn’t come up. Also my school played against the infamous Butte Pirates.
posted by bronco77 on 8-6-2009 at 4:50 pm
I went to Campbell County High School in Wyoming. We were the Camels. Camels are very prevelent in Wyoming wild as everyone knows.
posted by Gina on 8-6-2009 at 4:51 pm
Medford High Cavemen, Medford Oregon
posted by its true on 8-6-2009 at 6:01 pm
Some favorites from Nebraska:
Centura Centurions
Columbus Discoverers
Cozad Haymakers
Fairbury Jeffs
Gothenburg Swedes
Holdrege Dusters
Lexington Minutemen / Minutemaids
Minden Whippets
Omaha Benson Bunnies
Ord Chanticleers
Pender Pendragons
Sutherland Sailors (in Nebraska!)
posted by Dinosaur on 8-6-2009 at 6:05 pm
i used to laugh everytime we played the notre dame jugglers of utica, ny
posted by johnboy on 8-6-2009 at 6:19 pm
The Brush Arcs in South Euclid/Lyndhurst, Ohio. Our mascot was sometimes a lightening bolt, sometimes a light bulb!
posted by Gayle on 8-6-2009 at 10:00 pm
I am a Lady Kaveman from Kuna High School in Kuna Idaho. The guys are Kavemen, and the girls are Lady Kavemen.
posted by Gracue on 8-6-2009 at 11:38 pm
GO ORPHANS!!!
posted by Kathleen on 8-7-2009 at 11:26 am
The Pavilion Gophers (Pavilion, NY)
posted by Amber on 8-7-2009 at 12:24 pm
Randolph Union High School in Randolph, VT also has the Galloping Ghost as a mascot. No joke, I graduated from RU high in 2000!
posted by Ann on 8-7-2009 at 1:18 pm
The Condor League in California has a number of interesting mascots, including:
earwigs
oak trees
spuds
toads
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condor_League
posted by Henry on 8-7-2009 at 3:24 pm
How about the Jordan High Beetdiggers? Named for the students who had to leave school early to work in the Sugar Beet farming business when the school first opened in the early 1900’s? I think that name is better than the “Sugarbeets” and not just cause I went there! :o)
posted by Erica on 8-7-2009 at 5:13 pm
Dickinson Midgets (Dickinson, ND)
http://www.dickinson.k12.nd.us/dhs/images/MIDGET.gif
posted by A on 8-7-2009 at 10:53 pm
Lewisville Fighting Farmers (Lewisville, TX) and the Beaver Dusters (Beaver, OK)
posted by Katina on 8-8-2009 at 11:13 am
IOn Southern Orego: Would you believe “The Bonanza Antlers”
posted by Robin Schwartz on 8-8-2009 at 11:14 am
North East High School Grapepickers in North East, Pennsylvania, which is located in the northeast corner of Erie County, the northwestern-most county in the state.
Even Johnny Carson gave it the nod for weirdness!
posted by Nate on 8-8-2009 at 11:30 am
How about the Pomona College Sagehen or Sagecock, the fearsome desert chicken.
posted by Lindsay on 8-8-2009 at 12:07 pm
Really enjoyed this one Jason. As a kid we went on a trip to the Oregon coast and one of the high schools near Astoria were the Fighting Fisherman.
You can’t make that up.
JW
posted by Johnny Wright on 8-8-2009 at 6:10 pm
I am a 1970 graduate of Taylor High School in Taylor, Texas. We were the ducks. That’s right, ducks. Our archives include a drawing by Walt Disney of Donald Duck in a green and white football uniform. And the junior high were the ducklings. It seems the school had a very effective football coach in the 1920’s whose name was Drake; his teams had crucial wins for football games played in the rain. Just seven miles to the west are the Hutto Hippos.
posted by wpbrain on 8-8-2009 at 10:25 pm
The Cobden Appleknockers almost won the Illinois State Basketball championship back in the 60’s (took 2nd). If I recall, there were only 900 people in the entire town.
posted by Don Kellogg on 8-9-2009 at 11:27 am
Forgot the Carbon High Dinosaurs (Price, Utah)
posted by pistol on 8-9-2009 at 12:29 pm
I like my HS best: The Kingsford Flivvers.
posted by Greg on 8-9-2009 at 3:23 pm
Okay, they’re not highschool, but their mascot is hilarious.
“The Fighting Whites”
http://web.archive.org/web/20050306163550/http://www.fightingwhites.org/
posted by Rick Cain on 8-9-2009 at 3:27 pm
wow…i always thought my school’s mascot was kinda odd…Central Pounders
posted by Nicole on 8-9-2009 at 3:35 pm
Not a High School, but still funny. Here’s the link to the logo.
http://plone.scottsdalecc.edu/athletics/fighting-artichoke-store
posted by Kathi on 8-9-2009 at 3:37 pm
I think these are very creative and funny but what about the Robstown cottonpickers from robstown, tx
posted by Maria on 8-9-2009 at 3:42 pm
I’ve got all those beat. My high school was the Danville Little Johns (Danville, Arkansas. Even though the other schools in Arkansas referred to us as the “toilets”, technically our mascot would have been a small french woman who dressed up as a man.
posted by Michael Johnson on 8-9-2009 at 3:45 pm
Travelers Rest Devildogs only on in the country
posted by JJ on 8-9-2009 at 3:51 pm
Illinois is the capital of weird mascots. Thanks for including the Orphans/Annies. A friend was an Orphan. The name came about because one time an opposing team thought their uniforms so shabby they said they looked like orphans.
Teutopolis (IL) High School Wooden Shoes
University (Champaign, IL) High School Unicorns
posted by Whittier on 8-9-2009 at 4:07 pm
I am authentically surprised that my High School (Website above) was not included in this posting. The school is the Yuma High School Criminals. Thanks Chris
posted by Chris Griffith on 8-9-2009 at 4:11 pm
You missed over my High School. I am from Yuma, Arizona and my high school mascot is a criminal. Yes a criminal. Our school started out in the territorial prison and recently celebrated our 1oo year anniversary….check it out on the web.
posted by Viktor Fox on 8-9-2009 at 4:13 pm
Its not a highschool, but in AZ, theres the Scottsdale Community College Artichokes.
posted by Hailey on 8-9-2009 at 4:15 pm
The Hayward High Farmers, Hayward CA. –Don Wakamatsu, Bill Walsh, Jack Del Rio…
posted by JRoss on 8-9-2009 at 4:36 pm
You should look into the Hutto Hippos as well. In Hutto, TX. Its so bad I refuse to tell people where I grew up because it is always followed by a joke.
posted by Sara on 8-9-2009 at 4:41 pm
The Boiling Springs (PA), Bubblers has long had my vote.
posted by J W Green on 8-9-2009 at 5:15 pm
Ann Arbor Huron River Rats, Ann Arbor, MI
posted by Ken Vaughn on 8-9-2009 at 5:19 pm
A couple more high school mascots to consider:
The Shoals Jug Rocks
Shoals IN
The Dubois Jeeps
Dubois IN
posted by David on 8-9-2009 at 5:31 pm
GO KEWPS!
posted by jessica on 8-9-2009 at 5:31 pm
One more,
The Vincennes Lincoln Alices
Vincennes IN
posted by David on 8-9-2009 at 5:34 pm
can’t believe you forgot the Yuma Criminals in Yuma, Arizona – Google the High School to see their logo.
posted by Jennifer on 8-9-2009 at 5:37 pm
We played the Hoopeston Cornjerkers for Homecoming one year. We’d never even heard of them before because they were from pretty far down south. Of course, being highschoolers, the jokes on their name never ended. YOU try coming up with slogans for the Homecoming parade float. My personal suggestion “Beat Off the ‘Jerkers!!” sadly didn’t make the cut.
posted by michael e on 8-9-2009 at 5:54 pm
I find it HILARIOUS that Central (Purple Pounders) made the list- I went there one year and left, now my sister’s going.
The freshman are required to wear purple polo shirts, no excuses.
For this, I shall tease my sister mercilessly XD
posted by Rachel on 8-9-2009 at 6:27 pm
Perhaps you could contact the ASD to see what their mascot is?
http://www.arschoolforthedeaf.org/education/components/sectionlist/default.php?sectiondetailid=310
posted by Jerrie on 8-9-2009 at 10:11 pm
chinook sugar beeters!? in montana, right?
posted by dolly on 8-9-2009 at 10:44 pm
About Arkansas School of the Deaf…
The school has a rather modern logo. No cartoons for these folks.
http://asdleopards.olinesports.com/
See their merchandise page!
posted by KAY on 8-9-2009 at 11:12 pm
My High School mascot was pretty unique and I frequently get teased about it even being out of high school since 2003. We were the Norwalk Truckers. Our logo was a massive semi-truck smiling at people. We also had one where the word norwalk became the “trailer” of the semi with the cab in front of the N.
posted by Jen on 8-9-2009 at 11:15 pm
The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics mascot is also the Unicorn, when the school was founded in 1980, the first graduating class picked the Unicorn over the #2 choice, the fighting calculators.
posted by Sean Crisco on 8-9-2009 at 11:22 pm
I lived within 20 minutes of Yuba City for 5 years. That was the new high school in the City and the Mascot is terrible.
posted by Samuel Thomas on 8-9-2009 at 11:50 pm
How did none of the fabulous Florida mascots make the list? My three favorites are
Seabreeze Sandcrabs
http://seabreezehigh.org
Tarpon Springs Spongers
http://tshs.pinellas.k12.fl.us
Key West Conchs
http://kwh.monroe.k12.fl.us/
Go Crabs! Class of ‘96
posted by Daisy on 8-10-2009 at 12:08 am
I meant “Criminals” not “Convicts”. It is still a good mascot.
posted by Tim Dinsmore on 8-10-2009 at 1:02 am
CONCORD MINUTEMEN (Concord, CA)
As if raging hormone teenage boys don’t get enough grief!
posted by Wench on 8-10-2009 at 1:08 am
My high school was the (generic)Patriots because it opened in 1976.
posted by rjp on 8-10-2009 at 1:31 am
Okay, if you’re going to mention the Itasca Wampus Cats then you have to mention the Conway (Arkansas) Wampus Cats because they went so far as to describe a wampus cat. It has six legs “four to run at the speed of light and two to fight with all its might”. There is a statue in the high school…our quiz bowl team posed with it and took pictures while we were there at a NAQT tourney.
I CAN’T BELIEVE I DIDN’T THINK OF THIS EARLIER!!!
The Cave City (Arkansas) Cavemen and Cavewomen and the Harrison (Arkansas) Goblins. The funny part of that being when I saw a person wearing a Harrison shirt that read “Go Gobs”
posted by Special Agent Baker on 8-10-2009 at 1:58 am
Butte, MT does have a team named the Pirates as well. However, it isn’t a school – it is an American Legion baseball team named after the Pittsburgh Pirates.
posted by Ed on 8-10-2009 at 11:04 am
Fordyce Redbugs!
http://fordyceschools.org/
posted by candi cabaniss on 8-10-2009 at 1:12 pm
Here are some from Texas
Winters Blizzards
Van Vandals
Progreso Red Ants
Hamlin Pied Pipers
Hutto Hippos
Crane Cranes
Robstown Cotton Pickers
posted by makin on 8-11-2009 at 10:04 pm
Oh yea another great one from Texas
Itasca Wompus Cats
posted by makin on 8-11-2009 at 10:05 pm
Another great one from Texas
Itasca Wampus Cats
posted by makin on 8-11-2009 at 10:07 pm
My personal favorite is where my brother went for high school, The Charter School of Wilmington – aka the school of math and science. Their mascot? The FORCE.
They used a prism with a rainbow coming out of it and then later a lightning bolt.
posted by Katie on 8-11-2009 at 11:31 pm
One of my all time favorites is
Hereford Whitefaces (TX) and Gilmer Buckeyes (TX)
posted by Scott on 8-12-2009 at 9:11 am
there is a school near me who are “the Bridgers” and yes, their mascot is a bridge.
posted by Katie on 8-12-2009 at 1:45 pm
I might have graduated from the school with the lamest name ever…Gateway High in Aurora, Colorado. Home of the…Olympians. Back in ‘91-92 (the only year I attended), the dominant colors were yellow and orange…symbolic of fire.
posted by Ken on 8-12-2009 at 4:31 pm
My high school in Glendale, CA was and is Glendale High Nitros ( or Dyamiters).
Our school paper is the “Explosion”
posted by Jim LeVasseur on 8-12-2009 at 5:43 pm
The Speedway Indiana HS mascot is the Sparkplugs. And though the HS is only 4 blocks from the Indy 500 race track, and is in fact an auto sparkplug, it’s actual derivation comes from a pet mule from the man who donated his farmland for the school.
posted by Bill on 8-13-2009 at 7:32 am
The best high school mascot ever is in Poca, West Virginia. Yep, you guessed it….they are the Poca Dots! True
posted by Joe Parsons on 8-13-2009 at 8:40 am
Zizzer – West Plains, Missouri mascot. I have no idea what it is but was represented as a lightning bolt. Even better, the middle school mascot was the Whizzer.
posted by kirsten on 8-13-2009 at 9:17 am
Conway (Arkansas) Wampus Cats; a 6 legged cat. “Four to run at the speed of light and two to fight with all it’s might”.
posted by Lady D on 8-13-2009 at 11:46 am
What? No Grand Prairie Gophers?
Seriously – I went to high school in a small town in north Texas, and our mascot was the Grand Prairie Gopher, who was not only enormous, but bright blue.
posted by Amber on 8-15-2009 at 2:05 pm
I went to Harrisonburg High in Harrisonburg, VA, where the team name was the Blue Streaks. I still have no idea what it means.
posted by Bob on 8-17-2009 at 12:02 pm
What about Carrbondale Terriers (Carbondale, IL), Effingham Flaming Hearts (Effingham, IL), and my favorite the Freeburg Midgets (Freeburg , IL)?
posted by Andi on 8-17-2009 at 3:13 pm
I graduated from and currently coach for the infamous Sugarbeeters of Chinook High School in Chinook, MT. Glad to see it made another one of these lists.
I have another one for you out of Belfry, MT – the Belfry Bats.
posted by Thom on 8-17-2009 at 3:22 pm
Unicorns- North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_School_of_Science_and_Mathematics
posted by Srikar Bongu on 8-17-2009 at 11:44 pm
Meade County Greenwaves. Which is exactly what it sounds like, a green wave.
Yeah, real fierce.
(meade county, ky)
posted by Melody on 8-18-2009 at 3:47 pm
How about the Dickinson, ND Midgets. Yep, check it out.
http://dickinsonmidgets.olinesports.com/
posted by Mark Smith on 8-18-2009 at 6:38 pm
Where are the ‘Central-annie Orphan school located? In which state? Looks a lot like the ‘Ronald Mcdonald’ chumps’
(^_^) (^_^) (^_^) (^_^) (^_^)
posted by Jaime vee on 8-19-2009 at 12:15 am
Whattabout the Oregon Fighting Ducks? That’s a pretty silly name.
posted by Lektio on 8-20-2009 at 10:47 pm
One that should be added to this list…
South Webster Jeeps (south Webster Ohio)
Based on Eugene the Jeep from the popeye cartoons! lol
posted by Corella on 8-21-2009 at 8:08 pm
I can’t believe you didn’t mention the Forney Jackrabbits from Forney, Texas!
posted by Miller Mom on 8-21-2009 at 10:58 pm
There’s a high school in Yuma, AZ, just not sure what the name of the school is, but their mascots are the “Criminals.”
posted by Marie on 8-22-2009 at 12:00 am
what about the tustin tillers?
:)))
posted by Katrina on 8-22-2009 at 12:24 am
How about The Manatee Hurricanes??
Our mascot is named \Billy Blow Hard\
Yes that Is his name!
http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/bunker/3503/hurricane.jpg
thats a pic of him!
posted by Chelle on 8-22-2009 at 12:36 am
I’m a former Frankfort Hot Dog. Go Big Blue!!!
posted by Sam Phillips on 8-22-2009 at 2:52 am
I respectfully submit:
Yuma Union High School: Criminals
http://www.yumahs.yumaunion.org/
My freshman and sophomore years were spent here. The high school got its mascot from the fact that the school was held when it started in the old Yuma Territorial Prison:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuma_Territorial_Prison
posted by bob butler on 8-22-2009 at 6:44 pm
Here is a great name but not sure on the mascot picture:
Bad Axe Hachets. In, Michigan….my schools arch rival but the name is awesome.
posted by Rob Miller on 8-23-2009 at 7:03 pm
What, no mention of the Greeley, CO “Fightin’ Whities”??
posted by chaos5987 on 8-25-2009 at 2:00 pm
Jason….I have a large chicken-wire form of a Ram (suitable for topiary planting or paper maiche) that I would like to donate to a school with a Ram as a mascot. I figured the Art Dept. could fix it up for use at the school.
I live near LAX airport in Los Angeles, CA and would like to find something nearby. Any ideas???
Thanks,
Donna C.
posted by Donna C. on 8-26-2009 at 6:29 pm
Oh my God! My School is on there! Williamsport Millionaires! I’m gonna show all my friends this!
posted by Phil on 8-29-2009 at 4:07 pm
i went to hbhs, and i always thought it was a peculiar mascot, however, it makes sense. the story behind it is that huntington beach was established as a city because of the oil that settlers found there. our colors are orange and black– orange for the sun and black for the oil. at football games, the oiler man would come out on the field and dance. it’s a weird thing, but it is quite cool to see that my alma mater made it.
posted by Lindsey on 8-29-2009 at 5:42 pm
the bordentown scottie dogs anyone?
posted by xpeterson1x on 8-29-2009 at 10:47 pm
http://www.highschoolsports.net/images/logos/NJ085052225.gif
posted by xpeterson1x on 8-29-2009 at 10:49 pm
http://www.highschoolsports.net/images/logos/NJ085052225.gif
theres also the fairlawn cutters in newjersey
posted by xpeterson1x on 8-29-2009 at 10:54 pm
That Central Pounders logo is suspiciously similar to the UNC-Charlotte logo.
posted by uglyyeti on 8-30-2009 at 10:26 am
What about the Freeport Pretzels? (Freeport, Illinois)
posted by Dustin on 8-30-2009 at 10:17 pm
Awe, my school mascot didn’t make it. We’re the John Marshall Lawyers.
posted by PieChan on 9-1-2009 at 10:45 pm
Proud to be a Verona (NJ) HILLBILLY circa class of 2007. No one messes with the hillbillies, baby.
posted by nick on 9-1-2009 at 11:37 pm
Love you!
posted by Barb on 9-2-2009 at 1:26 am
Disregard previous. I thot I was sharing with B with a comment.
posted by Jim on 9-2-2009 at 1:29 am
Have you heard of the East Union Epic Urchins (Union County Mississippi)? The Mascot’s Pic is a seahorse.
posted by Timothy H. on 9-2-2009 at 1:58 am
What about the Grants Pass Cavemen from Grants Pass, Oregon….
posted by Mkrust on 9-2-2009 at 1:59 am
My husband’s school mascot always seemed weird to me…The Coachella Valley High School Arabs. The Arabs. And his mascots were Jasmine and Aladdin.
posted by Reena on 9-2-2009 at 2:37 am
until 2006, the mascot of Lemont High School outside of Chicago was the “Injuns.” now its the “Indians.” still offensive, but at least not a racial slur.
posted by amanda on 9-5-2009 at 2:51 pm
Don’t forget the Tillamook Oregon CheeseMakers.
posted by skook on 9-5-2009 at 9:12 pm
Go #26! Yuba City Honker For Life! :D
posted by asbprez09 on 9-8-2009 at 4:17 pm
Is that Centralia as in Centralia, PA? The town that is all but abandoned due to underground coal fires?
posted by Lugh on 9-10-2009 at 3:48 pm
Okay, it’s a university, not a high school, but no article on unbelievable mascots should fail to mention the University of Northern Colorado’s “Fightin’ Whities” (fighting the use of Native American stereotypes since 2002). Their mascot is a 1950s-era white man in a suit. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighting_Whites.
posted by Peter on 9-12-2009 at 12:41 am
The beaver dusters has to be the funniest mascot ive ever heard of lol..
posted by Merr on 9-12-2009 at 12:48 am
I’m 15 years old, attending Napa High School in Napa, California and I’m very surprised that Vintage made it onto this list, right after pretzels. You do know that they’re only called the Crushers because we live in the Wine Country, right? Named after grape crushers? Highly disappointed.
posted by Alicia Robert on 9-16-2009 at 11:42 pm
I know it’s not high school, but Loyola University Chicago also boasted the Hoboes name back in the day, until it was deemed politically incorrect…our mascot was a hobo named ‘Bo Rambler…
http://www.loyolaphoenix.com/2.3229/what-the-hell-is-a-rambler-1.335240
posted by Ashley on 9-18-2009 at 2:14 pm
As far as high school mascots go, How about the Gainesville (Georgia) RED ELEPHANTS?
posted by scott smith on 9-18-2009 at 10:06 pm
the mascot for Bad Axe, MI is the hatchets.
posted by Jael on 9-21-2009 at 6:56 pm
If you’re going to mention ANY kind of Wampus Cat–you have to put Leesville, LA. We were national champs for basketball and state champs in football for many many years!
Yup–6 legged creature–not lyin about that one.
Still have trouble picturing that. LOL
Leesville Wampus Cats!! GEAUX CATS GEAUX!!!
posted by Elise Laranang on 9-21-2009 at 7:14 pm
My old middle school in Arizona was called Morris K. Udall and ouir mascot was the UNICORNS also! x]
posted by Elvia on 9-21-2009 at 7:24 pm
Colon Michigan they are the Colon Magi (Rabbid Rabbit) HAHAHA!!! Funny stuff! They always suck to! Check the site its in google images 2nd row 3rd pic.!
posted by Danny T on 9-21-2009 at 9:08 pm
Heres another one…
Robstown Cotton Pickers (Robstown, Tx)
posted by Heather on 9-21-2009 at 9:23 pm
lololol purple pounders CHATT (harrison) WE MADE IT
posted by lol on 9-21-2009 at 9:47 pm
I didn’t see my High School on there…I went to Yuma High, in Yuma Arizona, and our mascot is a CRIMINAL! No joke! :)
posted by Marcie on 9-22-2009 at 11:27 am
My favorite has always been the Kerrville Tivy Antlers. Who has nickname and everything and the elementary mascot is the “Spikes”!
Here is the logo… http://www.sasports.com/scoop/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/kerrvilletivy.gif
posted by AnnaH on 9-22-2009 at 12:50 pm
I stand corrected, the Jr High is the Spikes.
And to let you know, this is in Kerrville, Texas
posted by AnnaH on 9-22-2009 at 12:55 pm
Austin Peay State University is the Governors. Gov’s for short…and their battle cry is “Let’s go Peay!’
posted by Michaela on 9-22-2009 at 7:08 pm
Here in Austin, Texas there are the Austin High Maroons, looks something like a puff ball. http://www.austinschools.org/campus/austin/Graphics/maroo.png
posted by andrea on 9-22-2009 at 10:06 pm
hahahahahahaha my best friend was a kewpie. rofl i live like thirty minutes from como! hahaha on the t shirts it looks like a dead ghost baby. hard to respect. lol
posted by Shyan on 9-23-2009 at 12:01 am
Wow! These are great, as a Colorado high school alum I had the great pleasure of cheering on our common-place mascot, the Mustangs, against both the Rocky Ford Meloneers and one that didn’t make the list, but certainly should in my mind…the Brush Beetdiggers from Brush, CO!
posted by Lena on 9-23-2009 at 10:09 am
How about the Musselman High School APPLEMEN!
posted by Randy Stewart on 9-23-2009 at 11:07 pm
My high school mascot was the Moorhead Spuds, also in Moorhead are the Concordia Cobbers. Moorhead and it’s silly vegetable mascots.
posted by Jamie on 9-23-2009 at 11:48 pm
What about the Richland Thunder Ducks!
-Alumni Here :)
posted by edumicated on 9-24-2009 at 1:27 am
Anderson New Technology High School, in Anderson, Ca has an ant for a Mascot! Add that to your list!
posted by Vicki on 9-24-2009 at 2:15 am
I used to live by Lockport Illinois, and their maskcot was the porter but in Rochelle Ill, their highschool maskcott is the Hubs mainly since its a train hub townthought thats also a cool maskcott
posted by Carleen on 9-26-2009 at 10:50 pm
GO PORTERS!!!!!!
Lockport Porters (Lockport, Illinois)
posted by Carleen on 9-26-2009 at 11:03 pm
Yeah, some of those names are just ridiculous! I was a Lockport H.S. Porter (#20). And before that, I was a Ludwig Jr. High Oiler… I understand why, but really?
posted by Nichole on 9-27-2009 at 5:12 am
Should have mentioned the Grossmont Foothillers (Grossmont High School. La Mesa, CA)
posted by Jenna on 9-27-2009 at 5:14 am
What about the Syrupmakers from Cairo, GA? Their mascot is a giant red syrup pitcher. And when we play football we play for a a big metal syrup pitcher trophy.
posted by Caitlin Collier on 9-28-2009 at 7:19 pm
the freeburg midgets…from freeburg illinois
posted by sarah on 9-28-2009 at 7:24 pm
My boyfriend went to Penrose Middle School – P.M.S. The school colors were Red and White. The mascot was a Beaver. Small towns are weird!!
posted by Brenda on 9-29-2009 at 4:01 pm
I like all of these, but I think you missed a good one here in TN. The Webb School has the mascot feet. That’s right, they are the Webb Feet.
posted by Chris on 9-29-2009 at 5:51 pm
I met a guy wearing a Letterman Jacket for the Rocky Ford Meloneers – definitely thought it was an angry pickle, and definitely made fun of him.
posted by Sarah on 9-30-2009 at 4:16 pm
Don’t forget the Lincoln Ships from Manitowoc Wisconsin!
posted by A on 10-1-2009 at 12:01 am
No way! My school just played the Orphans (we won 51 to 26.) That is hilarious!
posted by katie on 10-1-2009 at 10:26 pm
Another great one is Lincoln High School in Lincoln, California. Their mascot is the Fighting Zebra!
posted by Elena on 10-3-2009 at 12:09 am
I went to school in Floydada,Tx our mascot was the Floydada Whirlwinds.Some guy would dress up in a gaint tornado costume and go by the name of the Whispering Whirlwind. The jr high school was known as the Breezers.
posted by Del on 10-4-2009 at 10:45 am
haha morgan hill got in. we have hank the haybayler at san benito highschool in hollister california which is close to morgan hill. it won placing in sports illustrated as a unique mascot.
posted by sb on 10-5-2009 at 12:22 am
already mentioned by ryan lol
posted by sb on 10-5-2009 at 12:23 am
Where are the Harrison Golden Goblins?
posted by James Jenkins on 10-5-2009 at 2:06 pm
The Fort Collins High School Lambkins should be included. The mascot is a baby sheep who is drawn to look mean.
posted by bill b on 10-6-2009 at 1:59 pm
LOL the Sugar Beeters are awesome! That poka dots one is pretty crazy too. Looks like a poka dot about to go postal.
posted by Devon on 10-6-2009 at 3:22 pm
I see someone commented on the Hollister Hay Balers. That is where my kids go. Of course, if we didn’t move here they would have gone to Live Oak (on your list), where they would have been the Acorns. Pretty much a lose/lose situation.
posted by Stefani on 10-6-2009 at 7:03 pm
GO PAPERMAKERS!
Class of 2006. I have decided I would rather be a Papermaker than a Spudder, lol.
posted by Kate on 10-6-2009 at 9:06 pm
Here’s some for you from the West Coast. Bakersfield, CA
Bakersfield HS Varsity-Drillers
JV-Sand Dabs
Frosh-Soph-Bits
East Bakersfield HS-Blades
North HS-Varsity-Stars
Frosh-Twinks
Highland HS-Varsity-Scots
JV-Llords (actual spelling)
Shafter,CA HS-Varsity-Generals
Frosh-Bucks(Buck Privates)
Dinuba,CA HS-Emperors
Shandon,CA HS-Outlaws
Los Angeles,CA Area
Venice HS Gondoliers
Lincoln HS Rail Splitters
Manual Arts HS Toilers
Compton HS Tarbabes
San Diego HS-Cavers
Stockton HS-Tarzans
Bend,OR HS-Lava Bears
posted by Mike on 10-7-2009 at 1:57 am
http://www.benson1976.com/images/bunny.jpg
Benson Bunnies
Benson High, Omaha Nebraska
posted by Benson on 10-7-2009 at 3:08 am
i went to columbus alternative high school where our mascot was pegasus. we didn’t have sports teams, so the problem of having to pluralize the name of one specific mythical horse didn’t come up too often, but was periodically joked about. (pegasuses? pegasi?)
posted by evelyn on 10-7-2009 at 9:47 am
Blue Devils…. which is only funny because we’re a tiny town full of 12 different churches
goodness I love this post. Just goes to show that as long as you think of a noun and draw it angry looking, you’ll have a viable mascot XD
posted by tine on 10-8-2009 at 9:12 am
Dardanelle Arkansas Sandlizards!
posted by Ken on 10-8-2009 at 4:14 pm
http://www.arschoolforthedeaf.org/images/ace/490/ace_375814371_1250888855.jpg
deaf leopard logo
posted by John Galt on 10-8-2009 at 4:33 pm
My favorite was a minor league ice hockey team from Macon, GA: The Macon Whoopee.
posted by TulsaDave on 10-8-2009 at 4:48 pm
Macon Whoopee from Macon GA
posted by Hellookitty_76 on 10-8-2009 at 6:34 pm
I am from Logansport, Indiana, home of the Logan Berries. Mascot: Felix the Cat? Yep, Felix is the oldest mascot in the state. Selected before mascots were tied to team names.
posted by Stuart on 10-8-2009 at 7:03 pm
A school near mine was the Madison-Grant, the mascot was the Argylles-like the socks Grandpa wore. The story went that the farmer that donated the land for the school got to choose the team name.
posted by Bruce on 10-8-2009 at 9:27 pm
Hurley (WI) Midgets.
http://www.hurley.k12.wi.us/
posted by Kent on 10-8-2009 at 11:30 pm
My old high school mascot was the Golden Gophers
http://www.hueytownquarterbackclub.com/
posted by Dave on 10-9-2009 at 2:18 am
The Waynoka, OK “Railroaders”.
posted by Gordon on 10-9-2009 at 10:03 am
As edumicated mentioned on 9-24-2009 at 1:27 am, the Richland Thuderducks definitely deserve consideration. =)
LOGO: http://www.richlandcollege.edu/images/tduckBolt.jpg
HISTORY: http://www.richlandcollege.edu/thunderduck/
posted by John on 10-9-2009 at 10:27 am
I always loved going to the state track meet in Illinois as the mascot names were the best.
This was the best one, but has since been changed for obvious reasons:
The Pekin Chinks <–Mascot was a Chinaman
You also still have the Reapers, Wooden Shoes, Mystics, Rocks, Steelmen and Fighting Zee-Bees
posted by Seamus on 10-9-2009 at 12:41 pm
There are several more from Oklahoma:
The Alva Goldbugs
The Beaver Dusters (It bore repeating.)
The Beggs Demons (in Beggs, OK.)
The Blackwell Maroons
The Broken Bow Savages (Broken Bow is a city. So is Broken Arrow.)
The Chickasha Fighting Chicks
The Claremore Zebras
The Clinton Red Tornadoes
The Dewey Bulldoggers (Interestingly, this is not a dog. Their logo shows a cowboy jumping from his horse and grabbing the horns of a bull to take it to the ground.)
The Duncan Demons (Possessed donuts?)
In Edmond: the Deer Creek Antlers
The Elk City Elk
The Enid Plainsmen
The Eufaula Ironheads
The Grove Ridgerunners (MEEP MEEP!)
The Haskell Haymakers
The Hooker Bulldogs (Honest to God,Hooker High School is in Hooker, OK. We also have Howe High School in Howe, OK.)
The Kingfisher Stingers
The Little Axe Indians (Little Axe High School is in Norman, OK, the home of OU.)
The MacArthur Highlanders (There can be only one!)
The Marlow Outlaws
The Miami Wardogs (This is a bulldog dressed like Rambo, complete with ammo belt . . . and a sword and shield. And it’s Mi-AM-uh, not Mi-AM-ee.)
The Midwest City High School Bombers (Exactly what you want to hear in a school, especially after Oklahoma City!)
The Mill Creek Bullfrogs
The Muskogee Roughers (Another bulldog, dressed as a oil rig worker, called a “roughneck.”)
The Mustang Broncos (Mustang is the city. Redundant, no?)
The Newcastle Racers
The Paoli Pugs
The Perry Maroons
The Picher Gorillas (It’s funnier with the real pronunciation: PEEK-er.)
The Prue Rockets
The Sallisaw Black Diamonds (with nary a ski slope in sight.)
The Sand Springs Sandites
The Sharon-Mutual Trojans (in Mutual, OK. If you don’t get this one . . .)
The Silo Rebels
The Southmoore Sabercats
In Tulsa:
The Bishop Kelley Comets
The Daniel Webster Warriors (It’s not actually weird, but the name makes me picture someone getting brained with an unabridged dictionary!)
The Holland Hall Fighting Dutchmen
The Will Rogers Ropers (Again, not really weird, but a cool tribute.)
The Valliant Bulldogs (in Valliant, OK.)
The Woodward Boomers
The Yukon Millers (A apron-wearing guy with a sack of flour.)
The Beaver Dusters just beat Hooker 57-8. Oklahoma wins. I live for hearing national broadcasters butcher the names of Oklahoma athletes’ hometowns. My favorite? The Oologah-Talala School System.
posted by Valkyrie on 10-9-2009 at 7:23 pm
don’t forget the West Plains Zizzers in West Plains, Missouri
http://www.zizzers.org
posted by melissa on 10-10-2009 at 8:23 pm
Try the Dickinson, ND Midgets. I would think this is politically incorrect.
posted by John Hughes on 10-10-2009 at 11:06 pm
Hollister, CA
the Hollister Haybalers
posted by I on 10-13-2009 at 12:16 pm
Y’all forgot the Webb Feet!!! Really….. The Webb School in Bell Buckle (really… again) TN
posted by Joanie on 10-14-2009 at 9:37 am
Go Hungtington Beach Oilers! The Mascot is the Bardahl – an Oil Can Man (similar to the tin man from Wizard of Oz).
posted by James on 10-16-2009 at 10:37 pm
Hey there! I went to Astoria High School (Oregon) for Sophomore year, and I was going to suggest our mascot if it wasn’t included, but you had it! That’s awesome. I always thought the fishermen was totally gay! But it’s good for a laugh now. Thanks for this list, it was awesome.
posted by Mona on 10-17-2009 at 2:12 am
The Maine School of Science and Mathematics in Limestone, Maine has a penguin for a mascot! Very funny. ;]
posted by zoe on 10-17-2009 at 2:12 pm
SLU’S Billikens
A good luck charm that came along from the football coach bender who looked like the bean baby “billiken”
posted by Kristin on 10-22-2009 at 3:44 pm
Oh My Gosh! I was just randomly looking at this and thought to myself, man, MY school should be on here, and when I got to the end there it was!!!!
I’m proud to be an ORPHAN!!
Our band is called The Marching Showcase (because \The Marching Orphans would be a bit weird) and our girls teams are the Orphan Annies.
Oh, and the most dedicated of fans at any of our games sit in the ‘orphanage’.
And yes, we have shirts with that little blonde boy on it ;)
… But not the weird girl.
posted by Rebecca on 10-25-2009 at 2:07 pm
My school used to be the muffins
posted by Jack Bachmann on 10-25-2009 at 6:45 pm
Yes, I taught at the home of the Orofino Maniacs for 23 years. Right across the street from the state mental hospital!
posted by Cindy Wilson on 10-25-2009 at 11:54 pm
You forgot the Monroe, Wisconsin Cheesemakers. We never had much of a mascot, sometimes it was a giant mouse, sometimes a brawny Swiss guy in suspenders. The name itself was intimidating enough I guess! :)
posted by Adrian on 10-26-2009 at 10:24 am
ORFAN 4 LIFE!!!
posted by Jake on 10-26-2009 at 4:47 pm
I was a purple pounder. A friend of mine was a big guy on the football team. He was unfortunately named Ronald McDonald, and so was dubbed Grimace when he wore the purple uniform and got some serious ribbing from the other players.
Poor guy
posted by PounderFan on 10-28-2009 at 3:05 pm
in Norwich new york they are the purple tornados. i’m sure not many tornados hit the place, let alone purple ones.
posted by utaduta on 10-28-2009 at 5:00 pm
Can’t believe the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes (IL) wasn’t nominated or selected. Crazy mascot.
posted by Corey on 10-28-2009 at 5:03 pm
forgot another one, Sidney Lanier High School Home Of the Mighty Voks,
posted by Zeke Aguero on 10-29-2009 at 12:06 am
How about fightin’ chicks? (of Chickasha)?
logo is here:
http://www.tornadoalleytshirts.org/Chickashadesigns.html
posted by John (harper) on 10-30-2009 at 8:10 pm
You should also consider the Dickinson High School Midgets:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickinson_High_School_(Dickinson,_North_Dakota)
(Mascot picture on right side of page)
As a former midget, I feel it’s a pretty good name/picture.
posted by Kyle on 11-1-2009 at 8:33 pm
I went to Wayne Memorial High School in Wayne Michigan and we were the Wayne Memorial Fighting Zebras
posted by Eric on 11-2-2009 at 1:05 am
Lets go Norwich (NY) Purple Tornadoes!
posted by Kevin on 11-2-2009 at 7:09 pm
woo! Represent the Hickman Kewpies!!
posted by Kate on 11-12-2009 at 7:12 pm
Yuma, AZ has the Convicts after the historical territorial prison and their color’s are black and white.
posted by Dave on 11-16-2009 at 8:20 pm
The one…the only…Spoofhounds of Maryville High School in Missouri. The Middle School’s mascot is the one…the only…Spoofpups!
posted by Mike Hall on 11-16-2009 at 11:52 pm
HAHA my schools football team was the galloping ghosts till it was change(the whole school asumed cuz the name made ghost sound gay
posted by David on 11-17-2009 at 2:32 am
Possibly the best of all time: Key School (Annapolis Maryland) – the Obezags. Name derives from the fact that there are several Gazebos around the campus. Obezag=Gazebo spelled backwards.
http://www.maxpreps.com/high-schools/naLZJbR6R0qQuWD3N_VeQw/key-obezags/home.htm
posted by Sean on 11-17-2009 at 5:33 pm
Have you heard of the New Berlin Pretzels? from New Berlin, Illinois–a fierce mascot
posted by Kassie on 11-18-2009 at 9:07 pm