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SeeDubYa Fri Mar 11, 2005 11:16pm
in Georgia
 
In Georgia we have the Cairo (pronounced Ka-Ro) Syrupmakers and the Clarkston Angorras.

JugglingReferee Sat Mar 12, 2005 09:31am
Here in the Canadian Football League, at one point we had two teams in the league with the same name.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Ottawa Rough Riders. So, you could argue that they're different names. You can also argue that they're the same name. Either way, being a fan of Canadian football is awesome!

Rich Sat Mar 12, 2005 10:08am
Re: Illinois High School names
 
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Freeport and New Berlin Pretzels.

Rochelle Hubs (Hub of the community)

There are some others names. These are what I remember off the top of my head.

Peace
I had Freeport this season. In WI we have the Nekoosa Papermakers. I'll think of more.

LSams Sat Mar 12, 2005 08:31pm
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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] [/B]
Thanks for the proper pronuncitions(sp?). I used to live in Athens -- more than a little confusing when you try to explain where you're from.

You Central Illinois guys help me out, my father-in-law has made mentioned two great names from the area.

One is the Bunnies -- I cannot remember what town they're from, but there's a mascot that will strike fear in the hearts of all challengers.

The other is the BlueBoys -- I believe that's Carthage.

Arkansas Tech University is the WonderBoys

mick Sat Mar 12, 2005 08:45pm
Re: U.P.date
 
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ESPN and the Tonight Show highlighted the Watersmeet <B>Nimrods</B> (U.P. of Michigan) last year.

The Nimrods made it through the districts and are headed here to Houghton this week to play in the Regionals. Regional winners go to the Michigan quarterfinals.
mick
Class D Watersmeet Nimrods (school population 78) won the Regional championship today and are off to their first Michigan quarterfinal.
mick

refnrev Sat Mar 12, 2005 09:29pm
Lsams,
You're right. Carthage is the Blueboys. Having formerly lived in Monmouth, though, you gotta like the Zippers! RR

aussie_ref Sun Mar 13, 2005 01:10am
The melbourne milfs :D

Rich Sun Mar 13, 2005 11:53am
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Originally posted by dblref
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Originally posted by Mark Padgett
Speaking of politically incorrect - back in the day, the Pekin (IL) team was called the Chinks. I hope they've changed it.

Still, the most politically incorrect team is in the NFL - the Washington Redskins. That's offensive. And don't tell me they're named after a type of nut.
Being a Cowboy fan, we call them the "Deadskins". I wish we played them 16 times a season. Can you say 13 of the last 14?
Being an Eagles fan, we refer to them frequently as the 4-skins.

oc Sun Mar 13, 2005 07:17pm
I play in a rec ball league here in Japan. Alot of teams pick English names for themselves. We get a few funny names that maybe made sense in Japanese but sound strange after they translated them into English:

We've played the:
Penetrators
Hernian
and my personal favorite: Vague.
I am just waiting for someone from team vague to ask me what their team name means. "Oh that's tough to define. Your team name is kind of unclear"

mick Thu Mar 17, 2005 09:03am
Re: Re: U.P.date --> Who cares?
 
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Originally posted by mick
Quote:
Originally posted by mick
ESPN and the Tonight Show highlighted the Watersmeet <B>Nimrods</B> (U.P. of Michigan) last year.

The Nimrods made it through the districts and are headed here to Houghton this week to play in the Regionals. Regional winners go to the Michigan quarterfinals.
mick
Class D Watersmeet Nimrods (school population 78) won the Regional championship today and are off to their first Michigan quarterfinal.
mick
Nimrods were defeated by Posen in the quarterfinal game, by one, in overtime.

Forksref Thu Mar 17, 2005 11:25am
Wahpeton, ND "Wops" - now changed to the Huskies.

stripes Thu Mar 17, 2005 03:50pm
Shelley (Idaho) Russetts (gotta love Idaho spuds!)

Back In The Saddle Thu Mar 17, 2005 04:16pm
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Originally posted by aussie_ref
The melbourne milfs :D
No way, you're lyin'! :D

LDUB Thu Mar 17, 2005 11:12pm
DeKalb H.S. of Illinois is nicknamed "Barbs", as barbed wire was invented in DeKalb in 1873.

Texas Tech Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:26am
In Texas There are the Mesquite Skeeters


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