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Old Wed Mar 09, 2005, 12:47pm
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Originally posted by Jerry Blum
I thought Effingham HS in Illinois used to be the "Flaming Hearts".

I think Speedway HS in Indiana is nicknamed the "Sparkplugs", I could be wrong about that. Speedway is the part of Indianapolis where the Indianapolis Speedway is located.

That's all I can remember. "Pretzels" was one that I had heard off before but can't remember the school in Illinois.
You're right - Effingham is still the Flaming Hearts. And I believe Freeport (in northern IL) are the Pretzels and Lady Pretzels. And I just remembered the Vandalia Vandals.
They are the New Berlin Pretzels. (That's New BER'-lin, not ber-'LIN).

Here is a link to the IHSA website:

http://www.ihsa.org/school/schools/newberln.htm


Kind of like Athens, IL (pronounced Ay-thens) and San Jose, IL where the "J" makes the "J" sound and not the Spanish "H" sound. and the "E" is silent.


[Edited by mikesears on Mar 9th, 2005 at 12:51 PM]
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