METROPOLIS Most coaches point to the south these days when asked who has the best girls golf program in Southern Illinois. Much worse. In total, there are over 50 Illinois high schools using Native American imagery or names for their mascots. Argonauts are found in Greek mythology they're a band of heroes who traveled in a ship c, Hoopeston prides itself on being the original "Sweetcorn Capital of the World." My wife and I celebrated our anniversary recently. By Dean Criddle. But not every school stayed true to the norm in selecting an icon to showcase its spirit and pride. Alsey,Biggsville,Cairo Sumner,Clayton,Hanover,Kempton,Manlius,Mazon,Mazon-Verona-Kingsman,Port Byron,San Jose,Sesser,Thawville,Venice,Versailles. (17) updates to this series since Updated The girls' teams are called the Annies. Here are 13 of the scariest school mascots and nicknames in the country. There are a million tigers out there. At a time when the United States is experiencing internal political turmoil and a war in Europe hangs heavy over our hearts and minds each day, you have taken baseball away from us. Their mascot, Barbie crow, and team names "the Barbs" pay homage to its invention. Blooming Prairie Awesome Blossoms (Blooming Prarie, Minnesota); 5. Bellflower,Danvers,Divernon,Evanston St. George. The state track meet in particular. Chgo Acad. Tigers. A grenadier, of course, is a soldier who is armed with grenades. St. Mary,St. George,St. Jacob,St. James,St. Rose,Salisbury,Sandusky Young,Schram City,Scottville,Seatonville,Secor,Seward,Shields,Shobonier,Shumway,Sibley,Sigel,Silvis,Simpson,South Chicago,Spring Bay,Sterling Nazarene,Stonefort,Sugar Grove,Sycamore St. Albans. The Witches of Brewer High School are made up of players from nearly 10 towns in southeastern Maine. Orofino Maniacs (Orofino, Idaho), 7. A resident of the town in the early 1700s manufactured a line of hats. ^ This guy wrote horror films like You're Next and The Guest.I WONDER WHERE HE GETS HIS INSPIRATION. Bottom line: The Banana Slug is either one of the greatest or one of the worst nicknames in sports, depending on your perspective. In todays world, that gloating sometimes gets elevated to an art form. That's no excuse for keeping this miserable reminder of the heartache associated with our criminal justice system as a keepsake for a school community. If the school or district genuinely believes the culture of the school or the traditions will fade because an offensive mascot has been retired, then the school has other issues to resolve. New Berlin Pretzels (New Berlin, Illinois); 25. As for the Purple Pounders mascot? Many schools think outside the box when coming up with their team names and mascots. Change the mascot! Cyclones, Golden Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Purple Tornados, Thunderbirds, Thunderbolts, Tornados, Bombers, Flyers, Flying Dutchmen, Flying Fillies, Jets, Comets, Meteors, North Stars, Rockets, Red Rockets, Apaches, Arabs, Artesians, Bandits, Bearcats, Big Red, Bengals, Bison, Black Knights, Blazers,Blue Streaks, Blue Wave, Bombers, Branchers, Bronchos, Bownies, Buffaloes, C-Hawks, Cardunals, Chainers, Chargers, Choppers, Cobras, Colonels, Condors, Cornhuskers, Corsairs, Cowboys, Cyclones, Deer, Dukes, Dutch Masters, Elks, Farmers, Firemen, Flying Dutchmen, Flying Fillies, Gaels, Gators, Giants, Golden Aces, Golden Bears, Golden Tornadoes, Green Hornets, Green Wave, Highlanders, Hummers, Hurricanes, Jaguars, Jets, Kayhawks, Killers, Kingfishers, Kingsmen, Komanches, Kougars, Lakers, Leprechauns, Little Giants, Longhorns, Lynxes, Maroon Warriors, Maroons, Mauraders, Mavericks,Mighty Macs, Mighty Monarchs, Mighty Swedes, Mounders, Muskateers, North Stars, Olympians,Orangemen, Owls, Parkers, Phantoms, Phoenix, Ponies, Pride, Purple Martins, Purple Panthers, Purple Tornadoes, Rabbits, R.A.B.S., Rajahs, Rascals, Rebels, Red Horde, Red Peppers, Red Raiders,Red Rockets, Road Runners, Roosters, Rough Riders, Running Reds, Sabres, Shadows, Silver Streaks, Sonics, Stags, Steelers, Steelmen, Terrapins, Thunderbirds, Thunderbolts, Titans, Tommies, Torches, Tornados, Tradesmen, Trail Blazers, Ventures, Yankees, Zebras, Zippers. 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Best St. Louis Area High School Mascot: Roosevelt High School Rough Riders. Altona,Capron Boone-McHenry,Carpentersville Irving Crown,Charleston Eastern,Chgo North Park,Highland St.Paul,Lemont St. Vincent,Low Point,Nauvoo-Colusa,Sheridan, Annapolis,Buffalo,Casey,Chgo St. Michael Central,Chgo Willibrord,Crete,Downs Kickapoo,DuQuoin Lincoln,Eldred,Ewing,Granite City South,Joy Westmer,LaRose,Monmouth Warren,Peoria Woodruff,Rockford West,Tonica,West Salem. In 2005, a $3.7 million 15,000-square foot environment was created for the reign of Mike V, while . Here are the top 20 most challenging Illinois high schools, nearly all of which are among the top 3 percent nationally. Maniacs isn't a politically correct term anymore especially when the mascot is clearly based on an actual insane person and not some kind of wild creature. If I were choosing teams from the St. Louis Cardinals roster, who would be my first pick? This was cornjerking. Gibson City,Sorento,Chicago St. Gregory. While tourists don't really visit Mt. Ranked Unranked. There's also the Putnam County Midgets in Unionville, Mo., which some say was so named because it was a small rural team. Below each school is their national rank, percentage of graduates who passed at least one college-level test during their high school career -- referred to as equity and excellence (E&E), percentage of students who come from families that qualify for lunch subsidies and the Challenge Index ratio. Rantoul Donovan,Rardin,Reno,Ringwood,River Forest,Roanoke,Rockford Muldoon,Rockford St. James,Rock Island St. Joseph,Rock Island Villa de Chantal,Rosamond,Roscoe,Rose Hill,Rossville. And finally, the Centralia High School Orphans (boys teams) & Annies (girls teams), submitted by Kathleen & Tom. Nov. Dec. It's true, unicorns do exist, at least in the form of a high school mascot. Effingham High School puts their passion behind the Flaming Hearts. Camas Papermakers (Camas, Washington); 8. Why cant high schools do the same? According to the school's website, a "zizzer" is an "expert in any activity." I recently took my 5-year-old grandson to T-ball practice. OROFINO Orofino High School will keep its ''Maniac'' mascot but try harder to educate the public about its meaning. Before the days of mechanical harvesters, corn was pulled - or jerked - from the stalk, then shucked and tossed into a wagon. Hickman won, so they kept the doll as a good luck charm. Chgo Our Lady/Longwood Acad.,Farmer City-Mansfield,Greenup,Hindsboro. Bottom line: Whats an obezag? From 1910, Yuma High used the abandoned Yuma Territorial Prison for three years until the new school was built, according to the school's site. Pinterest. Its often been said that before an athlete or a team can truly learn to win, they must first know what its like to lose. Baldwin,Batavia East & West,Beckemeyer,Belknap,Belleville North & South,Bismarck,Blairsville,Bloomington Illinois Wesleyan,Bloomington St. Joseph,Bonfield, Bonnie,Bourbonnais Notre Dame,Boubonnais St. Viator,Braceville,Braidwood I.C.,Broadlands,Broadwell, Brownfield,Buncombe,Bunker Hill Military,BureauJunction,Burnt Prairie. Fighting Okra - Delta State University. . They used to be the Apostles, but in 1939 the school held a vote and Marcos won with the official mascot depicting the explorer. Freeburg says it's not changing the mascot, despite r. The fact is, these young women can play a fact that at least 800 fans can attest to. #3 Centralia (Illinois) High School "Orphans" View fullsize. 11. Three schools each . 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However, locals use obezags, and now, sportswriters do, too. of St James,Chgo Corpus Christi,Chgo Quigley South,Decatur Lakeview,Lockport West,Mendota East,Onarga Military,Wataga Sparta, Blue Island Mother of Sorrows,Chicago St. Scholscastica. 1930 Football ticket stub depicting the former Stanford Indian mascot. This mascot represents the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and is a masked, French-looking bright green pickle, sporting a blue beret. This "criminals" mascot tramples on the foundation of creating safe spaces for youth. Whatever you say. The team won, and it became their good-luck mascot. Most of these . Richland Bombers (Richland, Washington), 12. Come on! Really wishing they had gone with the Wieners. Since the first two cave men decided to have a contest over who could throw a rock the farthest, winners have been gloating. Freeport is known as "Pretzel City, USA" due to the convoluted manner in which the streets were laid out in its early history. Frankfort Hot Dogs (Frankfort, Indiana); 23. Apparently the high school and the mental hospital are right next to each other. Here are the best of the worst team mascots and names in school sports. According to the Illinois High School Association, in the 1920s teams were often late to games because team members were still in the fields picking corn. The best example of this comes in the form of the weirdest high school mascot, the Flaming Hearts. Marquette wrote the Piasa "was as large as a calf with horns like a deer, red eyes, a beard like a tiger's, a face like a man, the body covered with green, red and black scales and a tail so long it passed around the body, over the head and between the legs.". 7. Thus, only Gamecocks remain, or Cocks for short. Here are Some of the Strangest High School Mascots in Illinois I mean, the Centralia High School Orphans? All Time Most Offensive School Mascots: Pekin (Ill) Chinks. As you can see, we are in need ofthe nicknames ofwell over 50% of the schools on the site. After sorting through high school mascots across the country a few weeks ago, I took on the monumental task of the taking a look at the mascots at small colleges that play football around the country and picking out the strangest. Success in sports is about learning to manage failure. Many, myself included, believe the Saudis are trying to purchase respectability through sports. The mascot reflects the town's history of sponge diving. The explanation for how such an abysmal choice of mascot name came into existence is quite simple, but the explanation doesn't make it any easier to stomach. While the nickname may not inspire fear, how the school got the name does have a nice backstory. The shells are sold as souvenirs, pictured. They are also sometimes called the Mad Hatters or the Top Hats. Brocton-Redmon,Cambria, Gladstone-Oquawka,Keithsburg,Manchester,Percy,Plymouth,Elvaston. ^ This guy wrote horror films like You're Next and The Guest. That's all well and good. Credit:TABBY HASKETT / FACEBOOK.COM/MANIACPHOTOGRAPHY. They were originally known as the Fighting Gamecocks with their female teams known as the Lady Gamecocks which is a joke in itself. But 'knowledge is power.' Under Coach Trout's tutelage (beginning in 1914), Centralia became a regional basketball power known as the "Troutmen," in honor of Coach Trout. Sarah Harness fired 5 2/3 scoreless innings and whiffed nine as the Salukis blanked non-conference foe Saint Louis 5-0 at Charlotte West Stadium. It is a play upon the Alma Mater statue which is located near the heart of the campus and which is a creatio. Sterling,Quincy Christian Brothers /Catholic,Waukegan West. Credit: Associated Press. Sure you got the usual names, like the Tigers, the Eagles and Wildcats, however some rather unusual Illinois high school mascot names. This confusion doesn't bode well for a college sports mascot. A new report was released ranking the nation's most challenging high schools, and 72 schools in Illinois made the cut. Even worse, how would an actual orphan who may go to the school react? Boiling Springs gets its name from the natural artesian well springs, pictured here, located in and around the town. Margaret. Mmkay. One of the most prominent springs in the area is called the "Bubble," thus inspiring the mascot. Go Cocks and Cocks Rock are just some of the sayings you can hear when walking through campus in South Carolina. Here are the most diverse colleges in Illinois. 10. These are the ones that went too far. The rock painting of the mythical monster was recorded in the diary of Father Jacques Marquette in 1673 when he was exploring the area.