What Was Your High School Mascot?

[isukendall]

The Whippets

Yes, it's a small racing dog, much like a greyhound.

 

[cyclones500]

Thunderbirds.

 

[cyclones500]

Indians.

We had a school in our conference that was (still is) the Midgets.

Midgets -- Estherville? I think I saw a reference later in the thread.

So -- if same conference, would Indians be Spirit Lake? Also, I notice discussion of Sheldon Orabs in this thread -- Is that conference still intact?

Haven't lived in Iowa for a while, so a little out of touch -- but remember a few members --- Cherokee Braves, Sibley Generals, Emmetsburg E-Hawks, et. al. If memory is reliable ...

 

[tysforcy]

Chargers - Chariton

And for some reason we had lightning bolts on our helmets in those days...and our mascot looked more like a dieing donkey than a charging horse

 

[acoustimac]

Demons

 

[im4cyclones]

If we are talking about weird logo decisions, Bondurant-Farrar is the bluejays but they used to have helmets like the Michigan Wolverines. Not sure why.

 

[1UNI2ISU]

Waterloo West Wahawk

Totally made up word. They use a W with a feather hanging off of it as a logo.

 

[Cybirdy]

Bulldogs (not Ottumwa, not Algona)

Hubby was a Lynx (out of state). Some member of the community donated a taxidermied Lynx to the district--I can't remember what building it sits in.

 

[drlove]

Go Muskies!

 

[drlove]

Maybe Fritz Crisler brought the design to Bondurant-Farrar. Crisler originally used the design at Princeton before being hired at Michigan. So Michigan wasn't the first, but certainly the most famous.

 

[Tedcyclone]

Cyclones - a cyclone

 

[Tony]

Iowa Falls? Another NCC school.

Yep, Iowa Falls

 

[MNCyGuy]

Waterloo West Wahawk

Totally made up word. They use a W with a feather hanging off of it as a logo.

Is it just made up? I spent 3.5 years working in Waterloo trying to figure out what the hell a "Wahawk" was.

 

[roundball]

boone has the worst nickname ever, the Toreadors. What even is a Toreador?

I'd say Boone's choice of colors is more of an issue than their nickname. I'm not sure if they're trying to get sponsored by Aqua-Fresh or just want to celebrate Christmas year-round.

 

[roundball]

If anyone's ever driven through Everly, Iowa you'll know that they have a lot of pride in their former Cattlefeeders. They merged with Clay Central decades ago and there are still people who are bitter about it.

 

[ribsnwhiskey]

Ames Hi Gets High Little Cyclones

 

[n8sanow]

Rockets of Remsen-Union. A long time ago I am told we were the Yellowjackets.

 

[lakesbison]

the Flyers in honor of Charles Lindbergh

 

[Danger]

The Greyhounds

 

[cyhiphopp]

Sailors.

Howdy Sailor!