Interesting finish to a state tournament game

[Adam]

Originally Posted by bainsey

From this site...

MFL Mar Mac Home Page

MFL MarMac is ... comprised of the communities of Monona, Farmersburg, Luana, Marquette and McGregor.

It's an Iowa school. You know this one, Snaqs?

I've heard of the towns. In Iowa, as the small towns started consolidating schools, they started getting creative with names as the schools encompassed more than two or three towns. The towns. Initially, you'd see just two town names hyphenated. Or you'd see acronyms such as "NESCO" (North East Story COunty.). Then, some of the hyphenated schools would start combining.

My favorite was BCLUW-GMG.

[doubleringer]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I've heard of the towns. In Iowa, as the small towns started consolidating schools, they started getting creative with names as the schools encompassed more than two or three towns. The towns. Initially, you'd see just two town names hyphenated. Or you'd see acronyms such as "NESCO" (North East Story COunty.). Then, some of the hyphenated schools would start combining.

My favorite was BCLUW-GMG.

What about CMB?

I started the playoffs this year with CMB@PCM this season....

[Judtech]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I've heard of the towns. In Iowa, as the small towns started consolidating schools, they started getting creative with names as the schools encompassed more than two or three towns. The towns. Initially, you'd see just two town names hyphenated. Or you'd see acronyms such as "NESCO" (North East Story COunty.). Then, some of the hyphenated schools would start combining.

My favorite was BCLUW-GMG.

I actually know people who went there. Isn't that near Marshalltown?

[BillyMac]

Two regional high schools in our area:

Wamogo High school covers the hamlets of Warren, Morris, and Goshen

Rham High School covers the villages of Hebron, Andover, and Marlborough.

[buckrog64]

BCL-UW-GMG is about 20 minutes north of Marshalltown. Initials galore in Iowa schools anymore. Football season is even more interesting with more of the smaller schools sharing programs. And then there is OABCIG (I think I have that spelled correctly.)

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

My favorite was BCLUW-GMG.

Originally Posted by buckrog64

And then there is OABCIG

Good lord, I find that silly. Isn't there something or someone else notable that deserves a school named after them?

We've all seen consolidations; there were two in this area in the past year. I can think of three schools in this state that took names from two towns that consolidated long ago (Town 1 - Town 2 High School). I can't imagine trying to fit in more than two towns, though.

[Judtech]

Originally Posted by buckrog64

BCL-UW-GMG is about 20 minutes north of Marshalltown. Initials galore in Iowa schools anymore. Football season is even more interesting with more of the smaller schools sharing programs. And then there is OABCIG (I think I have that spelled correctly.)

If memory serves 20 years ago it was just BCLUW ?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Judtech

If memory serves 20 years ago it was just BCLUW ?

It was, that was about the time they shared just a few sports, IIRC. I know my school started with football and wrestling before sharing all sports. All academics and non-athletic activities are still separate.

They tend to go with initials so the towns maintain some sense of identity. Small school state tournament time is really an alphabet soup in all the sports.

[doubleringer]

Originally Posted by buckrog64

Football season is even more interesting with more of the smaller schools sharing programs. And then there is OABCIG (I think I have that spelled correctly.)

I had OABCIG@JSPC for football a couple of years ago.

[doubleringer]

My own former high school in North Iowa went from M-T to SC-MT. A couple of years ago they added RS, but in a moment of clarity, threw out all the initials and they are now West Fork.

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by doubleringer

I had OABCIG@JSPC for football a couple of years ago.

Plenty of heroic police, firefighters, service, men and women who gave up their lives to name schools after rather than an alphabet soup mess.

[jalons]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I've heard of the towns. In Iowa, as the small towns started consolidating schools, they started getting creative with names as the schools encompassed more than two or three towns. The towns. Initially, you'd see just two town names hyphenated. Or you'd see acronyms such as "NESCO" (North East Story COunty.). Then, some of the hyphenated schools would start combining.

My favorite was BCLUW-GMG.

BCLUW plays AGWSR as these two schools are in the same conference. We also have a school in Iowa named Interstate 35. They are the Roadrunners.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by doubleringer

What about CMB?

I started the playoffs this year with CMB@PCM this season....

Awe, memories. My first varsity game was North Polk @ CMB.

Originally Posted by jalons

BCLUW plays AGWSR as these two schools are in the same conference. We also have a school in Iowa named Interstate 35. They are the Roadrunners.

Oh yeah, I'd forgotten about I-35, about an hour south of Des Moines.

[DesMoines]

Originally Posted by jalons

BCLUW plays AGWSR as these two schools are in the same conference.

I had this game in Conrad (the C in BCLUW) this year.

FWIW: Beaman-Conrad-Liscomb-Union-Whitten and Ackley-Geneva-Wellsburg-Steamboat Rock. Ackley has about 1800 people. All the rest of the 8 towns combined might make that total. Maybe.