# Sophomoric fun with high school team name **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 11, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sophomoric-fun-with-high-school-team-name/485373 "2009-02-11T15:44:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sophomoric-fun-with-high-school-team-name/485373/21 "2009-02-11T20:17:22Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Or a particularly fine canine. I think you meant refined canine… 😃 We were the Vikings. I don’t recall any Lady Vikings, but there may well have been some. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sophomoric-fun-with-high-school-team-name/485373/22 "2009-02-11T20:25:04Z")
My high school nickname was the Crusaders. (Catholic high school.) I suppose we’re lucky that no one ever tried to speak of the “Lady Crusaders”. It was a stupid enough nickname all on its own. It could be worse. Another local high school was the Beavers. If their girls’ teams were called the Lady Beavers, I don’t want to know about it. The local college’s teams were called the Diplomats, regularly shortened in print to “the Dips”. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sophomoric-fun-with-high-school-team-name/485373/23 "2009-02-11T20:30:16Z")
Rutgers has the Scarlet Knights … and the Lady Knights. Not, sadly, the Scarlet Ladies. Centenary College is the home of the Gentlemen … and the Lady Gents. They can use any restroom they like, apparently. > **[The World's Most Ridiculous Sports Team Names](https://www.cracked.com/article_15646_the-worlds-most-ridiculous-sports-team-names.html)** > > It used to be easy to name your sports team; just pick a dangerous animal and go. Unfortunately, there are way more sports teams in the world than there are cool animals, and the result is a lot of names that range from lame to laugh-out-loud... ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sophomoric-fun-with-high-school-team-name/485373/24 "2009-02-11T20:30:51Z")
One of my school’s rivals was named for Teddy Roosevelt, so thier team mascot was the RoughRider. The jokes don’t get any easier. (and now my nephew goes there, much fun again ensues) Another school in the district had a decent mascot (Polar Bear) but had the misfortune of having thier school colors be green and pink. Not good times for the boys teams. They did eventually start doing thier uniforms in green and white with a little boarder of pink and then in the 90’s offically changed to green and white. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sophomoric-fun-with-high-school-team-name/485373/25 "2009-02-11T20:37:02Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > My high school was, I wish I was kidding, the “Golden Tide”. OMG–you’re from Curwensville! My parents went to Curwensville High, my aunt taught kindergarten at Curwensville Elementary for 30 years, my cousin teaches science at junior high there… Talk about a small, small world! ---
**Author:** ![Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dazzling_White_Diamonds)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sophomoric-fun-with-high-school-team-name/485373/26 "2009-02-11T20:55:10Z")
My high school nickname was the Cornjerkers. Our mascot was Jerky - an ear of corn with legs, arms, etc. And yes, they have the Lady Cornjerkers. I was a Cornjerker. Oof. ---
**Author:** ![Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prelude_to_Fascination)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sophomoric-fun-with-high-school-team-name/485373/27 "2009-02-11T21:07:53Z")
None of those are that bad, with the possible exception of the Cornjerkers. I didn’t go there, but how about the [New Berlin Pretzels](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Berlin,_Illinois#Interesting_Facts)? BTW, my high school mascot was also a bulldog. I don’t think we had lady bulldogs, but it’s been a long time. Maybe they were the bulldykes instead…I can’t remember. But I do remember some of the girls on the powder puff football team were damned cute. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sophomoric-fun-with-high-school-team-name/485373/28 "2009-02-11T21:15:53Z")
there’s also another small town in Idaho that has a state mental institution nearby. The local high school decided the only appropriate mascot for their school was . . . the Maniacs. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sophomoric-fun-with-high-school-team-name/485373/29 "2009-02-11T21:22:16Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > OMG–you’re from Curwensville! My parents went to Curwensville High, my aunt taught kindergarten at Curwensville Elementary for 30 years, my cousin teaches science at junior high there… > > Talk about a small, small world! Names! PM if you must. I actually went to Grampian Elementary though. ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sophomoric-fun-with-high-school-team-name/485373/30 "2009-02-11T21:36:59Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > …the Lady Gents. Visions of big, burly gals with short, short haircuts in lumberjack shirts and bib overalls spring to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sophomoric-fun-with-high-school-team-name/485373/31 "2009-02-11T21:37:49Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > Names! PM if you must. I actually went to Grampian Elementary though. My mom went there!!! PM on its way! ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sophomoric-fun-with-high-school-team-name/485373/32 "2009-02-11T21:38:32Z")
> [@bup](#): > > I grew up near a school whose team was “The Trojans.” > > I always wanted to be in a position where I could pretend not to remember the team name, and think aloud: “Ramses? Lifestyles?.. _Trojans_ that’s it!” > > Alas, no such opportunity ever arose. In Topeka you have the Topeka High Trojans. There is also a high school in Topeka called Seaman High School. So, Seaman vs the Trojans always makes me giggle a little. ---
**Author:** ![jay-c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@jay-c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jay-c)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sophomoric-fun-with-high-school-team-name/485373/33 "2009-02-11T21:41:40Z")
In high school, our rivals were the **F** airfield **U** nion **C** harging **K** nights in Lancaster, Ohio. I was quite disappointed to find out that they’ve now changed their mascot to a falcon. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sophomoric-fun-with-high-school-team-name/485373/34 "2009-02-11T21:45:07Z")
We were driving in far northern Wisconsin heading towards a casino in da UP, and entered a tiny town that proudly annouced itself as the “Home of the **Nimrods** ”! Had to look it up to learn it had a non-insulting usage. A Cornjerker, huh? By any chance did you play against my favorite HS team - the Pekin (IL) **Chinks**? We were the _Indians_\*. And then I was an **Illini** in college. Non-PC all the way! ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sophomoric-fun-with-high-school-team-name/485373/35 "2009-02-11T22:14:29Z")
Another former Trojan here. I always tell people we got a lot of “ribbing.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Superhero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Superhero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Superhero)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sophomoric-fun-with-high-school-team-name/485373/36 "2009-02-11T22:20:58Z")
One of the schools in the next town over from my hometown, in honor of the agrarian history of Northern Colorado, has as its mascot the Lambkins. Not just the Lambs, mind you. The Lambkins. Fort Collins High Lambskins vs. Longmont High Trojans = hilarity. Agrarian names are fairly common around here, though. Out on Colorado’s Eastern plains, we find the Brush High Beetdiggers, the Hoehne High Farmers and the Rocky Ford High Meloneers - the town of Rocky Ford being famous (at least locally) for its canteloupe. Back in the day, Greeley High School (now Greeley Central) were the Spuddiggers. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sophomoric-fun-with-high-school-team-name/485373/37 "2009-02-11T23:15:57Z")
Duke, turn your PMs on so I can reply! =P ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sophomoric-fun-with-high-school-team-name/485373/38 "2009-02-11T23:52:01Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > We were the Statesmen, and I don’t remember that there was a female version used. Delta State University has the Lady Statesmen. However, the students have embraced the unofficial nickname of [Fighting Okra](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_State_University#Mascots) for the last twenty years or so. When a ccertain college was being founded in Ohio, one of its benefactors was Lord Kenyon. So the school became Kenyon, and the athletic teams the Lords. When the college added women’s sports, the natural nickname for those teams was Ladies. Louisiana Tech was one of the early powers in women’s basketball. The team’s founding coach, Sonja Hogg, didn’t think the university’s nickname of Bulldogs was appropriate for young women. So she insisted her squad be referred to as the Lady Techsters. The basketball arena floor pays tribute to this [“separate but equal”](http://pro.corbis.com/images/PG005564.jpg?size=67&uid=%7B54C85993-F84D-4D90-A9FD-64E13A847D61%7D) appellative tradition. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sophomoric-fun-with-high-school-team-name/485373/39 "2009-02-12T02:17:14Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > In Topeka you have the Topeka High Trojans. > > There is also a high school in Topeka called Seaman High School. > > So, Seaman vs the Trojans always makes me giggle a little. A Topekan checking in! My mother went to Topeka High, but I don’t tease her about the name, she’s not into that kind of joke. Also in Topeka is Washburn University, home of the Ichabods. Well, for the guy’s teams anyway. There’s not way to get a good feminine version of that, so women are the Lady Blues. Blue and white are the school colors. ---
**Author:** ![KnitWit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@KnitWit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KnitWit)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sophomoric-fun-with-high-school-team-name/485373/40 "2009-02-12T03:18:06Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > We were driving in far northern Wisconsin heading towards a casino in da UP, and entered a tiny town that proudly annouced itself as the “Home of the **Nimrods** ”! Had to look it up to learn it had a non-insulting usage. > > A Cornjerker, huh? By any chance did you play against my favorite HS team - the Pekin (IL) **Chinks**? > > We were the _Indians_\*. And then I was an **Illini** in college. Non-PC all the way! Hi, I was an Illini too! Small world. There’s a small town in Illinois that consolodated when I was in high school. The kids got to vote on their mascot and school colors. So now they’re the Fischer Bunnies, in their pink and blue uniforms. Kids are hilarious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sophomoric-fun-with-high-school-team-name/485373.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sophomoric-fun-with-high-school-team-name/485373.md?page=3)