Extraordinary Mascots

  • Highland Home Flying Squadron [South Dakota]
  • Frisco City Whippets [South Dakota]
  • Alabama School for the Deaf Silent Warriors [Alabama]
  • Holt Ironmen [South Dakota]
  • Arab Knights [South Dakota]
  • Spanish Fort Toros [South Dakota]
  • Hickman Kewpies [Missouri]
  • Freeport Pretzels [Illinois]
  • Monroe Cheesemakers [Wisconsin]
  • Page Sand Devils [Arizona]
  • Gila Bend Gila Monsters [Arizona]
  • Bagdad Sultans [Arizona]
  • Centralia Orphans (boys teams) & Annies (girls teams) [Illinois]
  • St. Marys Flying Dutch [Pennsylvania]
  • Chinook (Mont.) Sugarbeeters [Montana]
  • Deering Northern Lights [Alaska]
  • Morse Shipbuilders [Maine]
  • Laurel Hill Hoboes
  • Chinook Sugar Beeters
  • Avon Old Farms Winged Beavers [Connecticut]
  • Blooming Prairie Awesome Blossoms [Minnesota]
  • Poca Dots (Poca, West Virginia)
  • Camas Papermakers (Camas, Washington)
  • Hesston Swathers (Hesston, Kansas)
  • Astoria Fighting Fishermen (Astoria, Oregon)
  • Mitchell Kernels (Mitchell, South Dakota)
  • Williamsport Millionaires (Williamsport, Pennsylvania)
  • Kaukauna Galloping Ghosts (Kaukauna, Wisconsin)
  • Ridgefield Spudders (Ridgefield, Washington)
  • Live Oak Acorns (Morgan Hill, California)
  • Lockport Porters (Lockport, Illinois)
  • Frankfort Hot Dogs (Frankfort, Indiana)
  • Watersmeet Nimrods (Watersmeet, Michigan)
  • Vintage Crushers (Napa, California)
  • Yuba City Honkers (Yuba City, California)
  • Chattanooga Central Purple Pounders (Harrison, Tennessee)
  • Rocky Ford Meloneers (Colorado)
  • Mesquite Skeeters [Texas]
  • Teutopolis Wooden Shoes [Illinois]
  • City Stingarees [Texas]
  • Cairo Syrupmakers, Cairo High School, Georgia
  • Calvin Christian Squires [Michigan]
  • Winters Blizzards [Texas]
  • Freeburg Midgets, IL
  • Fredonia Hillbillies [New York]
  • Brewer Witches [Maine]
  • Sequoia Super Squirrels
  • Effingham Flaming Hearts [Illinois]
  • Ridgefield Spudders
  • Bessemer Speedboys
  • Boiling Springs Bubblers
  • Fordyce Ladybugs [Illinois]
  • Morton Potters [Illinois]
  • Tillamook Cheesemakers [Oregon]
  • Fisher Bunnies [Illinois]
  • Dunn Earwig
  • Pleasant Hill Billies [Oregon]
  • Boone High Toreadors
  • Harrison Golden Goblins
  • Bray-Doyle Donkeys [Oklahoma]
  • Cairo Syrupmakers [Georgia]
  • Key Obezags [Maryland]
  • Shelley Russetts [Idaho]
  • Effingham Flaming Hearts [Illinois]
  • Sturgis Scoopers [South Dakota]
  • Pekin Chinks [Illinois]
  • Gwinn Modeltowners
  • Northeast Dubois Jeeps
  • Mullins Auctioneers (South Carolina])
  • Point Pleasant Big Blacks [West Virginia]
  • Glenville Tarblooders [Ohio]
  • Compton High Tarbabes I learned that Compton College and Compton High once were located on the same site, adjacent to each other in the same place the high school still stands now. And because the college’s mascot was the Tartar, the high school’s mascot was considered a baby Tartar, or, in a juxtaposition of those words, a Tartar baby.
  • Hope College Flying Dutchmen [Michigan]
  • Williams College Ephelia, the Purple Cow (Ephs)
  • College of Faith Mighty Believers
  • DET Denby Tech Prep Tars [Michigan]
  • DET Southeastern Jungaleers [Michigan]
  • DET Pershing Doughboys [Michigan]
  • DET Cass Tech Technicians [Michigan]
  • Huron River Rats [Michigan]
  • Cranbrook Cranes [Michigan]
  • Colon Magi [Michigan]
  • Fordson Tractors [Michigan] (former home of Ford tractor manufacturing)
  • Edwardsberg Eddies [Michigan]
  • Escanaba Eskymos (odd) [Michigan]
  • Gladwin Flying G’s [Michigan]
  • Gwinn Modeltowners [Michigan]
  • Iron River Wykons [Michigan]
  • Ishpeming Hematites [Michigan]
  • Manistique Emeralds [Michigan]
  • Midland Chemics [Michigan] (home of Dow Chemical)
  • Onekama Portagers [Michigan]
  • Plymouth Salem Rocks [Michigan]
  • Vassar Vulcans [Michigan]
  • Ypsilanti Lincoln Railsplitters [Michigan]
  • Zeeland East Chix [Michigan]
  • Zeeland West Dux [Michigan] (the school split in two, both on one campus)
  • Saint Mary Shillelaghs [Michigan]
  • Britton-Macon Tories [Michigan]
  • Saint Anthony Teutons [Michigan]
  • Saint Vincent Gaels [Michigan]
  • Saint John Gaels [Michigan]
  • Galien Gaels [Michigan]
  • Saint James Dales [Michigan]
  • Faith Christian Conquerors [Michigan]
  • Port Hope Bluestars [Michigan]
  • Saint Mary Rustics [Michigan]
  • Sacred Heart Thorns [Michigan]
  • MacArthur Generals [Michigan]
  • Three Oaks Oakers [Michigan]
  • Waterford Skippers [Michigan]
  • Richland Bombers [Washington] (near the nuclear facility in Hanford)
  • Potsdam Sandstoners
  • Martinsville Brownstreaks [Illinois]
  • Cobden Appleknockers [Illinois]
  • Lincoln Alices [Indiana]
  • Irvine Anteaters [California]
  • Polo Marcos [Illinois]
  • Northeast Jeeps [Indiana]
  • South Webster Jeeps [Ohio]
  • Live Oak Acorns
  • Tarpon Springs Spongers
  • Rapid City Central Cobblers
  • Key West High School Fighting Conchs [Florida]
  • Putnam County Midgets [Missouri] – no joke
  • Piketon Redstreaks [Ohio]
  • Richland Junior College Thunderducks
  • Columbia Roughnecks [Texas]
  • Roscoe Plowboys [Texas]
  • Tillamook Cheesemakers (Wisconsin]
  • Hatboro-Horsham Hatters
  • Blooming Prairie Blossoms [Minnesota]
  • Orofino Maniacs [Idaho]Madison-Grant High School IN Argyll Warriors
    Jordan Beetdigger Sandy Utah
    Rhode Island School of Design Nads
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Report Abuse
    Marquet Hilltopers out of Wisconsin
    LaPorte Indiana Slicers
    Watersmeet Nimrods
    Hurley Midgets
    Zeeland East Chix, Zeeland, MI
    Camas High school Papermakers
    Hutto Hippos
    C.H. Yoe High School (Cameron,TX) Cameron Yoemen
    Oracles, Delphi High School, Indiana
    Kuna ID cavemen
    It’s Kuna Kavemen
    Hesston High School Swathers
    Hesston, KS. Many Mennonites
    South Central Community School Corp- The Satellites (Union Mills, IN)
    Richland High School Bombers, Richland, WA.
    Midwest City (OK) is also the Bombers
    Cavemen, Mishawaka, Indiana
    Mussselman High School – Applemen, Inwood, WV
    Polo Marcos Polo, IL
    Johnson-Savannah Atomsmashers It’s actually in Thunderbolt GA
    Wellington Skyrockets
    Cary High school Imps
    The Frankfort Hot Dogs
    Cameron HS Cameron, LA Fighting Tarpons
    Frisco High School Fighting Raccoons
    Glenville Tarblooders
    Cairo Syrup Makers (Georgia)
    Bayfield High School Trollers
    Boys Ranch Roughriders – Boys Ranch, TX
    Elkin High School Buckin’ Elks.- North Carolina
    Hollister High School Hay Balers San Benito High school Haybalers. Hollister isn’t a high school
    Dardanelle Sand Lizards
    Watertown Goslings Watertown Wi
    Teoutopolis, IL Wooden Shoes
    Saratoga Springs NY Blue Streaks
    Conway Wampus Cats
    Kettle Moraine Lasers Wales, WI
    Gober Plowboys. Goober, texas
    robstown cottonpickers, robstown texas
    Belfry Bats, belfry Montana
    Corona Aztecs Chandler Az
    Grays Harbor Community College Choker
    Mesquite High School Skeeters, Mesquite, Texas
    Winters Blizzards, Winters, TX
    North Plainfield HS (NJ) Canucks
    LaPorte Slicers (LaPorte, Indiana)
    Knippa, TX Rock Punchers
    Davis Darts – Kaysville, UT
    Lone Jack, Mo. Mules
  • Washington’s Richland Bombers (near the nuclear facility in Hanford)
  • Hope College Flying Dutchmen
    Williams College Ephelia, the Purple Cow (Ephs)The worst nicknames (stereotypical, regionally non-specific, irrelevant to the state and/or THOUGHTLESS):
    Crusaders of any kind (not a nice group of folks)
    U of Michigan Wolverines (no wolverines in Michigan)

    Interesting:
    College of Faith Mighty Believers
    DET Denby Tech Prep Tars
    DET Southeastern Jungaleers
    DET Pershing Doughboys
    DET Cass Tech Technicians
    Huron River Rats
    Cranbrook Cranes
    Colon Magi
    Fordson Tractors (former home of Ford tractor manufacturing)
    Edwardsberg Eddies
    Escanaba Eskymos (odd)
    Gladwin Flying G’s
    Gwinn Modeltowners
    Iron River West Iron County Wykons
    Ishpeming Hematites
    Manistique Emeralds
    Midland Chemics (home of Dow Chemical)
    Onekama Portagers
    Plymouth Salem Rocks
    Vassar Vulcans
    Ypsilanti Lincoln Railsplitters
    Zeeland East Chix
    Zeeland West Dux (the school split in two, both on one campus)
    Saint Mary HS Shillelaghs
    Britton-Macon HS Tories
    Saint Anthony HS Teutons
    Saint Vincent HS Gaels
    Saint John HS Gaels
    Galien HS Gaels
    Saint James HS Dales
    Faith Christian Conquerors
    Port Hope HS Bluestars
    Saint Mary HS Rustics
    Sacred Heart HS Thorns
    MacArthur HS Generals
    Three Oaks HS Oakers
    Waterford HS Skippers

Overdue for a change:

  • Miami Vandals [Arizona]
  • Yuma Criminals [Arizona]

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