What are some funny ones you've seen or heard of? I know there are some good ones out there. Like Lewisville Texas, just outside of Dallas, they're the Lewisville Fighting Farmers. Let's stick to HS. I know there some funny names for Minor League ball.

We have a local team out here nicknamed the Muckers.

Of course, that makes the moms of the kids--- mother muckers!

Illinois High School names
 

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

U.P.date
 

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

Re: Illinois High School names
 

I went to school in Rochelle til my Dad's company transfered us to Houston. I forgot about that. We were "the Hub" of the district. In Jr High we were The Hublets.

My wife's college roommate went to high school in Missouri (I forget the town). The built a new high school and let the students come up with the team name. They came up with the "Kewpies", like in kewpie doll.

Re: Re: Illinois High School names
 

Small world. I have officiated this school for the past 4 years. I had them on the road my last regular season game this year. I have even officiated at this school for football for a few years.

Peace

That would be Hickman High School in Columbia, Missouri.

One of my favorites is from across the river in Illinois...Teutopolis High School, home of the Wooden Shoes.

Of course, here in central IL we are blessed with several towns that have unusual names. Close by, there are the Fisher Bunnies. Yep, even the football team uses that. Then a little further south is the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes (former Dutch community), and don't forget about the Hoopeston Corn Jerkers. In fact, Thad Motta, the current Ohio State coach, is a former Corn Jerker. (Or can you ever be a "former" Corn Jerker?)

Indiana:

Vincennes Lincoln "Alices"
Shoals "Jug Rox"
Rising Sun "Shiners"
Frankfort "Hot Dogs"
Indianapolis Northwest "Space Pioneers"
Delphi "Oracles"
Eminence "Eels"
Garret "Railroaders"
Greenwood "Woodmen"
International "Gryphons" (I have no idea)
Jimtown "Jimmies"
Kokomo "Wildkats"
Logansport "Berries"
Mishawaka "Cavemen"
New Harmony "Rappites"
Northeast Dubois "Jeeps"
Plymouth "Rockies"

Here in WA State we have the Davenport "Gorillas", and the Toutle Lake "Fighting Ducks"...never have figured out what a fighting duck is supposed to be...of course we also have an NAIA college called the Evergrees State "Geoducks" - it's pronounced "gooey-ducks" and it's a really big clam...

Re: Re: Re: Illinois High School names
 

It's a town of about 8000 people and everyone used to come out and support basketball and football. I moved away 20 years ago and have only been thru Rochelle twice since then.

I had a friend that worked for a newspaper in northern California. One of the teams they covered was the Hollister Haybalers.

In Washington State: The Camas High School Papermakers.

Z

I've officiated games for the Fisher Bunnies. By the way, the Jr High mascot is the Scotties (the dog).

Where are you from M&M?



[Edited by mikesears on Mar 9th, 2005 at 11:14 AM]

In Yuma AZ, the YUMA High nickname is the Criminals.

My HS alma mater is located in Fluvanna County, VA. We are the Flying Flucos. "Fluco" is short for Fluvanna County. There have been numerous attempts to create a mascot that would go along with "Fluco"-- all to no avail. Currently, the logo is a flying "F." Although it used to be a flying foot, much like the symbol most of us see track teams use. As a result of the flying foot logo, the gym here is referred to as "The Shoebox."

Waynesboro High School, just over the mountain from me, call themselves, The Little Giants. Harrisonburg High School, home of George Toliver's Daughter, are the Blue Streaks.

One time when I was travelling in West Virginia, I seem to recall a high school there in Polk County who called themselves the Dots.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by mikesears

Quote:

I've officiated games for the Fisher Bunnies. By the way, the Jr High mascot is the Scotties (the dog). Where are you from M&M? [Edited by mikesears on Mar 9th, 2005 at 11:14 AM]

I live only 5 miles from the Assembly Hall, home of the #1 basketball team in the country, in Champaign.

I'm familiar with the Scotties as well, because I refereed one of my first games in that gym. There was no room along any of the sidelines. The benches were up on the stage, along with the table; the kids had to jump up and down off the stage to go in and out of the game. The stands were permanent and raised on the other side, complete with railings in front. (If anyone has ever been to the Corn Palace in South Dakota - it's set up the same way except 10 times smaller...) The endlines were only about a foot from the brick walls, so they set up "restraining" lines about a foot in from the actual endlines for the throw-ins. And finally, the floor was so small they had the three lines across the center of the court - one center line, and two other lines on either side of the circle. They would use the center line as the 10-second line, then the furthest of the three lines away from that team's basket as an "over and back" line, because the center line was only about 10 feet from the top of the key. Imagine being a new official trying to learn all the "real" rules, and trying to keep straight all the lines as well. Geesh.

I believe they recently built a new grade school and tore this one down. But the Scotties still remain.

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.

More Indiana
 

Speedway Sparkplugs (about a halfmile from the motor speedway)

Rockville Rox

Cloverdale Clovers

Forest Park Rangers

Plymouth Pilgrams

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.

Boiler-

Despite your obvious affiliation with the other school, you must be an OK guy since you wear the stripes. You working this weekend?

I found this website that lists just about every one there is, and includes all of the ones that we have mentioned thus far. It is pretty interesting.

http://www.halcyon.com/marcs/mascot.html

my wife was a <b>Ft. Branch Twig</b> in jr. high in Southern Indiana near Evansville, there is also the Owensville Kickapoos, but they are Indians I think.

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]

Grew up near Effingham so I know the "Flaming Hearts" and T-Town "Wooden Shoes". Cobden, in Southern Illinois, known for it's fruit orchards has the "Appleknockers".

Go Illini!!!!!

I am in Bloomington. When I still worked basketball games, I worked my first ever game at Fisher Jr High. Are the fans there still as rowdy as they used to be? That court was so small! Glad to hear they built a new school (hopefully with a larger gym).

Grafton, ND "Spoilers" (apparently they spoiled the season for an opponent many years ago)

Starkweather,ND "Stormkings" and "Stormqueens" (joined with Munich, ND and are now the "Purple Storm")

Sauk Centre, MN "Mainstreeters" - (home of Sinclair Lewis who wrote "Main Street") affectionately known as the "Streeters"

Hope, ND "Hustlers"

Montpelier, ND "Purple Martins"

Drayton, ND "Bombers"

Valley City, ND "Hi-Liners" (refers to very high railroad trestle)

They missed Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia. The nickname is “The High School.” EHS, founded in 1839, was the first pure high in the state.

BTW, if you want to send your child to EHS it will cost you just under $32,000 a year.

Mikesears and M&M Guy,

Did you guys not see my Pretzel post at the beginning? :D

BTW, there was a guy trying to write a book about the nicknames of Illinois High Schools. This guy came to a Fox Valley Football Official's meeting a few years back and had information on just about every name and some history. He knew why schools had unusual names and their origin. I do not know what happen with that book idea, but he had a lot of good information.

Peace

Here are a few from Arkansas:

Danville, Little Johns

Smackover, Buckaroos

Harrison, Goblins

Hermitage, Hermits

Warren, Lumberjacks

Dardanelle, Sand Lizards

and finally...

Ozark, Hillbillies

My High School was named the Bombers (Macomb).

I was told when I was in HS the name was for two reasons. One was the name had a military affiliation to go along with the local university that was named after the U.S Marines (Western Illinois Leathernecks). The other reason was that one of the soldiers that were on the "Enola Gay" Bomber that dropped the first nuclear bomb on Japan was from Macomb. I know that was talked about when there was a made for TV movie called I believe "Enola Gay," which was about the soldiers and events of that bombing.

Peace

some more from ND.

Ray High School Ray Jays
Kenmare Honkers
Max High School Cossacks
New Salem Holsteins
Oak Grove Grovers

And in South Dakota, I always liked the South Dakota Tech. Hard Rockers.

Washington State also has the Ridgefield HS "Spudders" and the Ilwaco HS "Fishermen (or Fisherladies)" and the Wahkiakum HS "Mules"...

I always heard that Polka (WV) had the Dots.

Huh?...What, me pay attention?

Actually, I was just distracted by looking through the proposed NCAA brackets for that team from Ann Arbor. :p

When I was a kid in Illinois, Kankakee HS was the "Kays". Here in Oregon, we have the Tillamook Cheesemakers.

Although this is college, it's funny. When Darryl "Mouse" Davis coached football at Portland State, the team was called the "Fighting Mice". They're really the Vikings, but Fighting Mice sounded cooler.

A few years ago, I was watching a USC - UCLA basketball game on TV. Some UCLA students had a sign that said "Flush Used Trojans".

I would have been funnier to me except my HS team was the Trojans.

When I was a kid, our boy scout troop ushered Rice University football games. One evening, Rice played LSU. On the sideline in front of us, the entire game, two fraternity pledges knelt next to each other, and alternately performed the "I am not worthy" motions. Each had a poster in his hands. One poster read LSU, the other read CKS. Occasionally, they would raise up at the same time, drawing big howls from the fans.

M&M & mikesears,

Talking about T-town and Effingham. Wow, didn't expect to see that on the forum today! ;) I'm about an hour from them, I'm in Robinson.

Another one around the T-town/Effingham area would be the Charleston Trojans. Not so much a funny name, but actually I believe they were playing Effingham. Anyways, during lineups everyone in the Effingham student section pulls out a Trojan condom and throws it on the floor. The whole section was cleared. And of course during playoff time or big games the opposing team always as the "Trojans bust under pressure" signs or something along those lines.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by tjones1

Quote:

Talking about T-town and Effingham. Wow, didn't expect to see that on the forum today! ;) I'm about an hour from them, I'm in Robinson.

I figured you were (relatively) close by. I actually get down to your area when I ref at Lincoln Trail. In fact, this was my schedule one week this season: Mon. at Lincoln Community College, Wed. at Lincolnland Community College, Thurs. at Lincoln Trail, and Sat. at Lincoln H.S. Guess what state I was in? ;)

Blooming Prairie (MN) Awesome Blossoms

[QUOTE]Originally posted by M&M Guy

Quote:

Originally posted by tjones1 Quote: Talking about T-town and Effingham. Wow, didn't expect to see that on the forum today! ;) I'm about an hour from them, I'm in Robinson. I figured you were (relatively) close by. I actually get down to your area when I ref at Lincoln Trail. In fact, this was my schedule one week this season: Mon. at Lincoln Community College, Wed. at Lincolnland Community College, Thurs. at Lincoln Trail, and Sat. at Lincoln H.S. Guess what state I was in? ;)

Bummer M&M, I attend Lincoln Trial right now. I would of liked you have met you. You aren't by any chance calling the game tonight are you?!

[QUOTE]Originally posted by tjones1

Quote:

Bummer M&M, I attend Lincoln Trial right now. I would of liked you have met you. You aren't by any chance calling the game tonight are you?!

Nope, my season is done. And, actually, I work the women's side; isn't the game tonight men's?

If you're still in town next season, maybe we could hook up then.

Yes boys is tonight. Well I won't be too far next year, probably an hour away in Charleston. However, we'll connect somewhere. Do you remember who you worked your game with at LTC?

I have confirmation. It is Poca High School in WVA. Their homepage says, "Poca High School. Home of THE DOTS. Where champions are made."

M&M,

We have a national championship in our trophy case. Illinois might not make it to the Final Four. Then you they will be just like the football team, no hardware as usual. :D

Peace

Montana has the following 'unusual' high School team names:
Belfry - Bats
Chinook - Sugarbeeters
Sweet Grass - Sheepherders
Nashua - Porcupines

Ouch.

The reason that one hurts is because my wife and I were married April 1, 1989. (My wife picked that day, by the way - I'm still not sure which one of us was the fool.) For those that aren't MI or IL fans, that's the evening they met in the Final Four. When we found out that's when they would be playing, we had to make arrangements to bring our TV to the reception, otherwise everyone would be leaving early to go watch the game elsewhere. As it turned out, other people had the same thought, and we ended up with 6 TVs at our reception. Of course, the DJ had to wait until the game was over before he was allowed to make any noise. Once the game was over, the mood was rather subdued. For about ten minutes. Then the DJ started playing tunes, and the party started.

But it's all Michigan's fault our marriage started off badly! :D

M&M,

Thank you for the banter. I have to get my practice on when I go the United Center for the next 4 days. Illinois will probably win the thing (Go Wisconsin) and I will have to hear all weekend how Illinois is going to win the NC this year. Well you lost to Ohio State. OHIO STATE!!!! How did that happen?

Peace

I wonder how many people are going to take them all the way in their bracket?!?! :D

Detroit Southeastern HS is the Jungaleers

Personally, I'm surprised nobody claims that that mascot is politically incorrect.

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.

Here in Utah we have one called the Jordan Beet Diggers

Are you going to Richmond on Saturday for any of the games? I got my state pass (good for any game, any sport), and my wife gave me a "kitchen pass" for the day.:D

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?

They might have a shot at a winning record if they did. :)

Well, at least you know, deep down in your heart, that this year it would've been WAY more embarrasing to lose to a Wolverine than a Buckeye! :p Besides, even North Carolina can lose to Santa Clara. SANTA CLARA!!!! Now, YOU tell me how that happened?

Yes, they did change it several years ago to the Dragons and Lady Dragons.

A school around here (Wayne, MI) is called the Wayne Zebras. The student section wears referee shirts at the last home game and delivers some interesting cheers and chants with every call during the game. Its was pretty funny to see the sea of black and white striped shirts. Go Zebras!

Here are some more from Illinois:

Monmouth Zippers
Centralia Orphans
Freeburg Midgets
New Berlin Pretzels
Tuetoplolis Wooden Shoes
Franklin (now merged) Flashes
Jasper (now only middle school) Polecats
Fairfield Mules

As for Indiana, I've done lots of games for those Twigs, Kickapoos, Elites (pronounced EEELIGHTS) and Rappites that were mentioned earlier.

in Georgia
 

In Georgia we have the Cairo (pronounced Ka-Ro) Syrupmakers and the Clarkston Angorras.

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!

Re: Illinois High School names
 

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

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

Re: U.P.date
 

Class D Watersmeet Nimrods (school population 78) won the Regional championship today and are off to their first Michigan quarterfinal.
mick

Lsams,
You're right. Carthage is the Blueboys. Having formerly lived in Monmouth, though, you gotta like the Zippers! RR

The melbourne milfs :D

Being an Eagles fan, we refer to them frequently as the 4-skins.

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"

Re: Re: U.P.date --> Who cares?
 

Nimrods were defeated by Posen in the quarterfinal game, by one, in overtime.

Wahpeton, ND "Wops" - now changed to the Huskies.

Shelley (Idaho) Russetts (gotta love Idaho spuds!)

No way, you're lyin'! :D

DeKalb H.S. of Illinois is nicknamed "Barbs", as barbed wire was invented in DeKalb in 1873.

In Texas There are the Mesquite Skeeters

Bridgeport (TX) Sissies, this is the girls Team, the boys are the Bulls. I guess you can't call them Cows :rolleyes:

That's true - except it's spelled Poca Dots. I actually do basketball and softball games there. ESPN did a special on HS nicknames a few years ago and featured The Dots as #1.

Some other unusual or interesting ones we have are:

The Clay Battelle Cee Bees
Stonewall Jackson Generals
Cammack Blue Streaks
Ceredo Kenova Wonders
Buffalo Bison
Up north in the town of Weirton and the high school is Weir High (pronounced we're) - needless to say, the students chant "We're High" at all the games.:D

We have Papermakers in our part of Wisconsin too, (Kimberly) as well as Polar Bears (Hortonville). In high school, we played the Wabasso Rabbits. They thumped us.

The Vincennes Lincoln High School (Indiana) sports teams are known as the Alices, after a famous song, 'Alice of Old Vincennes.' The funny thing is that the boys teams are the Alices and the girls teams are the Lady Alices.

I grew up in Illinois and remember the Appleknockers very well. I think one year, the five starters were all related to each other and were all named "Smith".

Also in Illinois we had the Kankakee K's (what else?) and possibly the most offensive name (along with Washington Redskins), the Pekin Chinks (no, I am not kidding).

I've heard of their grandmother.

I know it was a hockey team, but I still like the Macon Whoopies.

WA has the Richland Bombers, Hanford Nuclear site is close by, and the hs logo is a mushroom cloud.

Also, Blaine Borderites, on the Canadian border. The logo is a monument on the border in town. But, a few years ago they had somebody in a tiger suit at games as a mascot. I have no idea what a tiger had to do with the town or school.

In Henryetta, Oklahoma they used to be the Hens. Either both teams got tired of the name or maybe just the boys teams but now they've changed it.

Troy Aikman was a Hen growing up.

TMQ just wrote something about this school nickname. The girls' teams are called the "Lady Alices". :rolleyes:

Man, talk about resurrecting an old thread!! Washington State also has the Davenport "Gorillas", and the Toutle Lake "Fighting Ducks"...not really sure what a "fighting" duck is...

Connecticut
 

East Hampton, Connecticut "Bellringers", used to be a bell factory in town.

Moodus, Connecticut "Little Noises" (Native Americans heard noises from the ground probably caused by minor earthquakes, possibly caused by elastic rebound after the glaciers melted after the most recent glacial period.

When Darryl "Mouse" Davis coached the football team at Portland State University, the team was jokingly called the "Fighting Mice".

My son's favorite is the woman's basketball team at Wake Forest - the "Lady Demon Deacons".

High school team names
 

In our area, we have or had-

Flintstone Aggies ( it's a bull )

Hyndman Hornets

Allegany Campers ( Indians )

Beall Mounties ( As in West Virginia Mountaineers )

Mountian Ridge Raiders

Bedford Bisons

Monroe, WI Cheesemakers

Rhinelander, WI Hodags

Portlanders, correct me if I'm wrong here, but aren't the OES players Aardvarks?

While many names in and of themselves may not be funny I find many names funny when proceeded by LADY. We have the LADY Rams, (shouldn't they be the Ewes?) We have the LADY Savages (Seems an oxymoron) The LADY Cowboys (Perhaps should be the Cowgirls), The LADY Steers (maybe should be the heifers) Here in Oklahoma we also have the Alva Goldbugs, The Haskell Haymakers, The Berryhill Maidens and best of all the Hooker Horny Toads

More Mascots
 

North Hampton, Pennsylvania "Concrete Kids", big concrete plant in town.

Nebraska: "Cropdusters"

I dare you to try the Heifers!!

Oregon Teams
 

Here in Oregon we have the....
Glide Drexlers
Bend Overs
Winchester Cathedrals
Scio Narras
Maupin Glows

(And this one is real) Oakland Oakers - Mascot is an acorn
If you can believe it, unlike Eagles and Bulldogs, there is only one Oaker team in all of Oregon. State 2A Boys Champions for 2005-06.

OES is Oregon Episcopal School. I believe their nickname is the Episcopaloozers. :cool:

In Louisiana we have the Kentwood Kangaroos and Sothern Lab Kittens.

The University of Oregon has a fighting duck for a mascot. If their mascot ever had to fight the one from Oregon State, I'm not sure who would win - a duck or a beaver. Neither one really strikes fear into one's heart.

At least Portland State is the Vikings.

Disagree. I've seen some beavers that were absolutely terrifying,

But, were they eager? :rolleyes: