Top 10: Unusual Team Mascots
16November 1, 2008 by TheDeeZone
Well, it has been awhile since I posted a top 10 because I just couldn’t come up with one I liked. The Big Guy was watching football the other day when I got an inspiration for another Top 10. The Big Guy liked the idea and even suggested a few teams.
#10 Hamlin (TX) Pied Pipers: For a town named Hamlin I guess this one is an obvious choice. The piper in the logo looks pretty fierce nothing like the one from the story books.
Hamlin Pied Pipers
#9 Sidney Lanier (AL) Poets: After Googling, Sidney Lanier I discovered that he was an American poet and musician who lived in the 1800′s. While Poet seems like a strange choice for a sports team mascot it is appropriate for the school’s name.
#8 Itasca (TX) Wampus Cats: We used to play Itasca when I was in high school. My favorite cheer when we played them was “Here Kitty, Here Kitty, Wamp Wamp (Clap hands together)”. I really did not know what a Wampus Cat was, so I decided to do some research. Found out that according to Cheerokee legend a Wampus Cat is a mythical cat with six legs, four used for running and two for fighting.
Itasca Wampus Cats
#7 John Marshall (CA) Barristers: The school’s mascot does make sense because John Marshall served as Chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1801-1835. The idea of a lawyer as a team mascot is amusing. What do they do, sue their opponents?
#7 John Marshall (OH) Lawyers: Ok, #7 is a tie.
#6 St. Hubert (PA) Bambies: Yes, that is right Bambie. St. Hubert’s is a Catholic Girl’s High School.
#5 New Braunfels (TX) Unicorns: Not only does New Braunfels have the best waterpark in the U.S. the high school has a very unique mascot.
#4 New Berlin (IL) Jr./Sr. High School Pretzels: Not particularly a mascot that strikes fear the heart of opponents, it does make me hungry. According to their website only two schools in the U.S. have Pretzels as a mascot.
#3 West Plains (MO) Zizzers: I don’t exactly know what a Zizzer is but they do have a cool logo.
#2 Danville (AR) Little Johns: I found the story behind Danville’s mascot rather interesting. When French Explorer Jean Chavet left France to scout the Mississippi and Arkansas rivers he left behind his girlfriend Adrienne Dumonde. In desperation she followed him to the docks and pursued the cabin boy to let her take his place. The other crew members called her Petit Jean because of her small size. According to legend she for three years no one discovered her true identity. Her identity was not discovered until she became sic and was left with a local tribe. Petit Jean river and mountain are named in her honor.
#1 Ojai Valley School (CA) Spuds: A potato may be not only the strangest school mascot I’ve heard of but one of the least threatening.
Wow, and I thought my high school “Highlanders” was weird, LOL
I’ve actually heard of a couple of Highlanders. My elementary school was the cats, middle school/high school dogs and college cowboys. So I had pretty normal ones.
There is a high school in northwest Iowa that is the Orabs. There school colors are orange and black, hence the name. I think this the most original of all high school mascots.
I did a couple of blog posts on my blog. The Orabs was included.
Yes, I found them too but selected my top 10.
Yes, I think I read about them. The name comes from orange and blacks.
I like my high school’s mascot: the Yuma High School Criminals.
LOL
The Criminals? I hope the students don’t try to act out the mascot.
Lets hope not.
I go to an all girls school in the south and we’re the Souther Belles.
Catie, I like it.
My Science teacher went to Boiling Springs High in Pennsylvania! They were the “Bubblers!” LOL!
I actually go to Boiling Springs High School. The Bubblers PWN!!!
Lone Oak High School “Purple Flash” at Paducah, KY, is pretty unique. Years ago the high school in my hometown Marion, KY, used “The Terrors” with a skull and crossbones for their team mascot. Unfortunately, when they city consolodated into a new county high school they dropped it.
Purple flash sounds like a superhero.