OT: Best High School Mascot Contest

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February 25th, 2013 at 11:01 AM
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OT: Best High School Mascot Contest

USA Today will be having a contest where fans will vote on their favorite unusual HS team nickname. From the rules:

The USA TODAY HSS staff has chosen 255 of the nation’s most unique high school mascots - five per state (and Washington D.C.), with voting on the state round running from Feb. 25 to March 5. The 51 winners will advance to the second round, where they will be divided among six regions. The regional round will begin March 6 and end March 14.

The six winners then will compete from March 15-25 for the chance to be named the best high school sports mascot in America.

The national winner will receive $2,000 for its athletic department. Second place will be awarded $1,000, third ($500), fourth ($250) and fifth ($100).

From the top five in each state, there are a few familiar names: the Watersmeet Nimrods, Pershing Doughboys, Goodrich Martians, Ishpeming Hematites, Kingsford Flivvers from Michigan and the Glenville Tarblooders from Ohio.

http://contest.usatodayhss.com/

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February 25th, 2013 at 11:03 AM | I for one like Paws. (Score:3 Normal)
redwhiteandmaize
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I for one like Paws.

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February 25th, 2013 at 11:10 AM | Poca Dots in WV are my early (Score:5 Normal)
rockediny
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Poca Dots in WV are my early favorites.

Edit: And of course, Norwalk Truckers in Ohio.

"There will be blood on the field and it won't be mine." -KK

February 25th, 2013 at 11:32 AM | Classic (Score:2 Normal)
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Norwalk Truckers always gave me a laugh.

February 26th, 2013 at 12:50 PM | Just looked at this and the (Score:2)
74polSKA
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Just looked at this and the first comment on the Ohio page is from Andrew Poopsmore of Norwalk!  You just can't make this stuff up. 

Also, are their girls' teams called the Lady Truckers?  That reminds me of one of my favorite movies when I was a kid (go ahead and judge me!).

Edit:  the best part is around 1:20 mark. My sister and I would rewind this over and over again on the VCR. 

 

February 25th, 2013 at 11:41 AM | I used to live just outside (Score:2)
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I used to live just outside of Escanaba in Gladstone, about 25 years ago. Escanaba FTW!!! 

 

It's also good in the moonlight

 

 

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February 25th, 2013 at 4:21 PM | Class of '96 (Score:2 Normal)
DY
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I was just telling friends about the mascot costume with the homemade fiberglass head the other day.

February 25th, 2013 at 4:29 PM | The U.P. has several other (Score:2 Normal)
DY
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The U.P. has several other good ones as well: Kingsford Flivvers, Menominee Maroons, Ishpeming Hemitites, Watersmeet Nimrods.

February 25th, 2013 at 11:12 AM | Not high school, but this guy is awesome. (Score:5 Normal)
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February 25th, 2013 at 11:17 AM | Lakeland Dreadnaughts but no (Score:2 Normal)
Mark
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Lakeland Dreadnaughts but no Dexter Dreadnaughts? Lame. Guess there's no point in having it twice though.

February 25th, 2013 at 11:18 AM | Yet they have two Midgets on (Score:4 Normal)
rockediny
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Yet they have two Midgets on that list.

"There will be blood on the field and it won't be mine." -KK

February 25th, 2013 at 11:51 AM | I guess that makes one full (Score:5 Normal)
WolvinLA2
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I guess that makes one full person.

February 25th, 2013 at 12:21 PM | Well (Score:1)
Tater
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Lakeland has the benefit of being one of the country's best HS football programs.  Those Dreadnaughts would probably beat Dexter's Dreadnaughts 70-0 unless there was a mercy rule.

 

 

 

February 25th, 2013 at 11:21 AM | in Illinois (Score:2 Normal)
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The Cobden Apple knockers and the Centralia Orphans are two of my favorites.

February 25th, 2013 at 11:42 AM | Centralia (Score:2)
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sounds like some kind of disease.  

I love Greg Mattison

February 25th, 2013 at 11:30 AM | Hampshire, IL (Score:3 Normal)
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My high school went into athletic competition as the Hampshire Whip-purs.  There were seniors who didn't know what the hell that was.

*Note: It was a blend of "white" and "purple", represented by an ill tempered attack cat garnished with those exact colors.  I know... "Cool story, Brah".

February 25th, 2013 at 11:37 AM | Nebraska seems like they (Score:3 Normal)
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Nebraska seems like they really enjoy their aerosol's. Whippets and Dusters...

"I think Hoke has changed the tide on the rivalry. Hell people in Ohio are starting to believe him. Never in a million years I would have thought that. Selling Michigan jerseys is a good start."

February 25th, 2013 at 11:43 AM | OT (Score:2)
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I was a fan of a minor league hockey team from Georgia, the Macon Whoopie. 

The Team, The Team, The Team

February 25th, 2013 at 2:46 PM | Wasn't it a baseball team? (Score:1)
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Wasn't it a baseball team?

February 25th, 2013 at 3:43 PM | RIP Macon Whoopee (Central (Score:2)
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RIP Macon Whoopee

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February 25th, 2013 at 11:44 AM | Boiling Springs PA (Score:1)
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The Fighting Bubblers of Boiling Springs!

 

February 25th, 2013 at 11:46 AM | Those are good, but... (Score:5 Normal)
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...how did they miss my alma mater? Mount Clemens Battling Bathers.

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February 25th, 2013 at 11:50 AM | I know it's not really what (Score:4 Normal)
WolvinLA2
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I know it's not really what they're looking for, but I like how the two Zeeland schools are the Chix and the Dux.

February 25th, 2013 at 11:54 AM | I was once a Lumberjack...and that's okay. (Score:2)
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February 25th, 2013 at 11:56 AM | Bad Axe Hatches (Score:2)
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Bad Axe Hatches

February 25th, 2013 at 11:56 AM | Thad Matta's (Score:2 Normal)
piston honda
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high school, the Hoopeston Corn Jerkers is always funny to me.

 

In Indiana, there are the Shoals Jug Rox, the Martinsville Artesians, the Eminence and Clay City Eels, the Andrean Fighting 59ers, the Delphi Oracles, Indianpolis Northwest Space Pioneers, Washington Hatchets (Cody Zeller), Jimtown Jimmies, Vincinnes Lincoln Alices (Curtis Painter), Speedway Sparkplugs, and the Frankfort Hot Dogs. 

February 25th, 2013 at 11:59 AM | No Bedford Kicking Mules? (Score:4 Normal)
solo dolo
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No Bedford Kicking Mules?

"I think Hoke has changed the tide on the rivalry. Hell people in Ohio are starting to believe him. Never in a million years I would have thought that. Selling Michigan jerseys is a good start."

February 25th, 2013 at 12:26 PM | Tennessee Has Some Interesting Ones... (Score:2)
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It would be difficult to choose certainly. The Chattanooga Central Purple Pounders and the Webb School Feet are interesting, to say the least. North Carolina has the Grimsley Whirlies too. I see the Atom Smashers down in Georgia made it as well - this one is pretty unique.

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February 25th, 2013 at 12:26 PM | Illinois, lol... (Score:2)
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Hoopeston Area Cornjerkers and Cobden Appleknockers - get your minds out of the gutter!

Centralia Orphans, and the girls teams are apparently called the Orphan Annies

 

And from Minnesota, Blooming Prairie Awesome Blossoms and Roosevelt Teddies.  They also have the Winona Winhawks, but it would have been so much more awesome if they were the Winona Riders. 

 

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February 25th, 2013 at 12:52 PM | My High School is the... (Score:1)
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Wolverines...winner.

February 25th, 2013 at 11:49 PM | /drumroll (Score:1)
cps2010
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Houghton Gremlins...another U.P. entry.  Bessemer Speedboys as well.

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