# What was your high school mascot? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 24, 2005, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-mascot/286335 "2005-01-24T01:09:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-mascot/286335/101 "2005-01-26T02:53:51Z")
> [@bump](#): > > My high school was (is) the Crusaders, and our mascot was “George”, a 8 foot tall statue of an armored knight with the school coat of arms on his surcoat. > > Luckily, my school’s a Catholic school and would happily tell the PC/muslim crowd to go straight to hell if they suggested we change our mascot of 40+ years. Hey! My grade school was the Krusaders! Yes, spelled with a freaking-K to match the name of the school. Keller Krusaders. Kill me now. (Interesting going to Helen Keller Elementary School - we always got first row tickets on field trips, because everyone we booked with thought we were all disabled. We weren’t.) High school was…the [Thunderbolts](http://www.d230.org/vja/). Often shortened to T-bolts. Now, think about it…WTF does a Thunderbolt look like? Lightening bolt, sure (and in fact, that’s what the mascot’s costume was) but a Thunderbolt? Thunder is sound, you ninnies! ---
**Author:** ![Detritus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@Detritus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Detritus)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-mascot/286335/102 "2005-01-26T03:53:29Z")
Pocatello Indians. Also unmolseted by PC-ers, so far as I know. The drill team did this cool routine with an arrow where they break it at the end. If they ever have to change the mascot they’d probably change it to “Arrowheads” or something just so they could keep that routine! The other school in town was the Highland Rams. They had a shout that went “When you say Ram Power / You said it all!” So of course we’d holler “When you say Ram Power / You ain’t said sh!t!” Totally frowned upon by the admin. So someone comes up with the idea that “kiwa” is a Shoshoni word for “sh!t” so we can all substitute “You said kiwa!” I doubt it actually means that, but we used it for years. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-mascot/286335/103 "2005-01-26T05:01:02Z")
I’m surprised there haven’t been more Wildcats. Both my girlfriend and I were 'cats, albeit several hundred miles and several years apart. I always thought it was a pretty common mascot, but it seems like only **CynicalGabe** shares it. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-mascot/286335/104 "2005-01-26T05:36:01Z")
**Blue Devils** and our main rivals were the **Red Devils**. 😉 [sup] **We beat the hell out of each other.** [/sup] ---
**Author:** ![MidnightRadio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@MidnightRadio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MidnightRadio)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-mascot/286335/105 "2005-01-26T06:22:52Z")
> [@LindyHopper](#): > > Did you go to Sand Springs High School? Were they still the “Sandites”? > > :snicker: > > 😉 Yup. The Charles Page High School Sandites. And our mascot was a minuteman, which has nothing to do with sandites, which are a type of flea. Although I doubt whoever decided to call us “Sandites” knew that. You’re from here? ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-mascot/286335/106 "2005-01-26T12:59:03Z")
::prepare for shock and awe:: The Zebras!! At least they realized using the school colors of blue and gold on the mascot would be horrific and we were spared that, but c’mon…a zebra? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-mascot/286335/107 "2005-01-26T14:48:35Z")
**GO GRANGERS!** Yep. Grangers. Farmers. The mascot dresses in overalls, a plaid shirt, clod hoppers and carries a pitch fork. And the mascot is always a girl. She looks like a member of The Future Lesbians of America. 😃 Please don’t hurt me Doper lesbians. Please, please, please! ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-mascot/286335/108 "2005-01-26T17:29:57Z")
Heh. The Maples. Our mascot was a freakin’ _Leaf_. ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-mascot/286335/109 "2005-01-26T17:34:07Z")
> [@MidnightRadio](#): > > Yup. The Charles Page High School Sandites. And our mascot was a minuteman, which has nothing to do with sandites, which are a type of flea. Although I doubt whoever decided to call us “Sandites” knew that. > > You’re from here? Well, Tulsa. I went to Washington. I remember one year we played you guys for homecoming, and there were a lot of door decorations that said things like “Stomp the Sandites”. None of us knew what a “sandite” was, exactly. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-mascot/286335/110 "2005-01-26T18:02:16Z")
Falcons! Colors were purple and gold. My son’s is The Vikings. ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-mascot/286335/111 "2005-01-27T05:53:59Z")
What a great bunch of stories. And for even more fun and games, check out the [thread of the weird high school mascots](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=52169&highlight=high+school+mascots) ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-mascot/286335/112 "2005-01-27T19:35:10Z")
> [@Queen Tonya](#): > > ::prepare for shock and awe:: > > The Zebras!! > > At least they realized using the school colors of blue and gold on the mascot would be horrific and we were spared that, but c’mon…a zebra? :rolleyes: \*\*HEY! \*\* Did you know that in porportion to their size, the Zebra have the largest penis of any mamal? ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-mascot/286335/113 "2005-01-28T01:09:37Z")
High school - the Patriots. At least it made sense for us - being in Massachusetts and all. First college - the Lancers. I have no clue what a Lancer is. I didn’t stay long enough to find out what the mascot actually looked like. Current college - the Wildcats. By the way **WVmom** , Mogehan Sun the casino was created by the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut. So, apparently, they are real - just slightly more north. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-mascot/286335/114 "2005-01-28T04:46:19Z")
**Flipstrip** That wouldn’t be good ol’ T.F. South, would it? If so, they’ve kept the Rebels and ditched the flag. I don’t know what happened to Johnny Reb. Oh, and I was a Blue Devil in high school, Red Devil in junior high. The high school colors used to be royal blue and white, but somewhere in the last few years somebody decided to add gold. Apparently that nice crisp blue and white combination wasn’t flashy enough or something. Oh, well. My kids were Blazers in jumior high. Apparently not everybody paid attention, because once when we were going to order “Spirit Wear” (t shirts and such) one of the parents asked what logo we were putting on them, a sport jacket? Hey, you see that pennant on the wall? The one with the lightning bolt? Yeah, the same lightning bolt that’s on everything the school does. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-mascot/286335/115 "2005-01-28T04:56:18Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > \*\*HEY! \*\* > > Did you know that in porportion to their size, the Zebra have the largest penis of any mamal? Why, no, no I didn’t, but it sure would have made pep rallies more fun! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-mascot/286335/116 "2005-01-28T06:48:35Z")
> [@fireman](#): > > Eagles must be popular in WV, we were the Blue Eagles. Hey, better than being the Poca Dots. (Poca being a town in WV. Poca=Polka, yes, they did it on purpose.) My high school’s mascot was Snoopy. ---
**Author:** ![Flipstrip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@Flipstrip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipstrip)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-mascot/286335/117 "2005-01-28T06:53:09Z")
**thirdwarning** Nope, I went to Southside in Fort Smith, AR. I see they are still the Rebels, but again, don’t know if they ditched the flag, Johnny Reb, and playing Dixie at pep rallies. And school colors were light blue and red, you would have thought there would have been grey in there somewhere. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-mascot/286335/118 "2005-01-28T07:01:14Z")
> [@Flipstrip](#): > > The Rebels. Mascot was Johnny Reb. School flag was the confederate battle flag. They’ve probably been changed to something else since I graduated, since this was almost 20 years ago. **Ringo** , **Flipstrip** …did Ya’ll go to my high school? I went to South High- Home of the South High Rebels- Home of the Rebels. Long ago, the Confed. battle flag was all over; they had a huge flag that covered the entire foot ball field, the band and color guard (the Rebelettes) both wore confederate uniforms, and the color guard carried Confed. Battle flags. Of course, that’s “bad” and we can’t do it anymore. Our mascot was (and still is) Johnny Rebel, but Johnny isn’t allowed to wear any kind of costume associating him with the Confederacy. Oh no. Johnny can’t even wear pins on his collar that MIGHT resemble a uniform. Now, the principal wonders why there is no school spirit; hmm…maybe because we have no identifiable mascot? Oh, they did discuss changing it: The South High Shields! Woo. See, South’s Rival is North (a given, yes). North used to be “The North High Yankees”. Now they are" The North High Stars". Stupid school. ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-mascot/286335/119 "2005-01-28T15:55:43Z")
[Here](http://www.tekonsha.k12.mi.us/scaa/teamnames.htm) is a link with lots of strange team names. My high school didn’t make the list (we were the River Pilots but our mascot was a rat). ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-mascot/286335/120 "2005-01-28T16:42:12Z")
> [@WVmom](#): > > Now they’re in high school and they are the “Mohigans” and the majorettes wear Indian headbands. What a lot of people around here don’t seem to realize is that the Indian tribe was actually called the **Mohicans**. The name Mohigans came from the name of the high school year book sometime in the past and actually has no meaning. There is the Mohegan tribe in CT (Mohegan Sun casino) but that seems like a stretch. 🙂 We were the Statesmen. 😕 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-mascot/286335.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-mascot/286335.md?page=7)