# What's the name of your High School Football team? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 21, 2002, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141 "2002-07-21T23:10:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/41 "2002-07-22T04:41:07Z")
Oak Ridge Pioneers. Class of '70 Yes I’m old and damn proud of it. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/42 "2002-07-22T06:54:05Z")
Palisades High School **Dolphins**. 1/2 mile from the ocean, therefore the Dolphin was a very appropriate mascot. And yes, this was the school written about in the book _Whatever Happened To The Class Of '65?_ ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/43 "2002-07-22T07:58:03Z")
The Bulldogs. How boring. ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/44 "2002-07-22T08:19:56Z")
I graduated from San Gabriel (California) High School in 1961. No un-PC name like Indians or Chiefs for my high school’s team. No, they were called the **Matadors** , after men in tight brocaded pants who torture large bovines. 😃 Never gave it a thought in those days, though. I was in the band, not on the team. Trumpet…thanks for asking. ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/45 "2002-07-22T08:26:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eutychus \* > \*\*The Skippers! > > No, they don’t skip … it’s the nautical meaning. \*\* No way! Were the colors brown and gold? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/46 "2002-07-22T09:47:28Z")
Another **Crusader** chiming in. Not the same one, though. All-boys Catholic school in Chicago, run by the Christian Brothers. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/47 "2002-07-22T10:38:50Z")
Sand Lizards, striking fear into the hearts of our cross-county rivals, the Little Johns. ---
**Author:** ![madcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@madcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madcat)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/48 "2002-07-22T10:48:06Z")
Hilltoppers. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/49 "2002-07-22T11:15:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nacho4Sara \* > \*\*That wouldn’t happen to be Parkville High Knights in Baltimore County, would it? If so, you went to high school ten minutes away from my current home. \*\* That would be it - I used to live off Loch Raven and Putty Hill and 2 years after I graduated, my neighborhood became part of Loch Raven High School. So I was one of the last Knights on my street. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/50 "2002-07-22T11:35:35Z")
Another Catholic high school with the Crusaders (and the Lady Crusaders, of all things) here. The original Crusaders, of course, ultimately lost. It could have been worse. In one of the neighboring counties, the Catholic high school’s mascot was… the Beavers. Including the Lady Beavers, just in case the double entendre wasn’t obvious enough to any adolescents in the area. Norwegian schools don’t really have mascots, but fella bilong missus flodnak’s high school’s symbol was a snail. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/51 "2002-07-22T12:18:48Z")
I went to two high schools, Towers Titans and then Pinellas Park Patriots. Very alliterative. The second school opened in 1976, otherwise it probably would have been the Panthers. The high school in our current hometown is the Aves. This one really threw me for a while, since it’s a public school. Sycamore Aves. Then someone told me it’s short for “aviators”. I thought it was latin, as in _ave Maria_. Too much Catholic school for my own good as a child. **Nacho4Sara** , I always liked the Retrievers as a mascot. It’s just a mascot, and it’s a grown dog, not a puppy. Since Chesapeake Bay retrievers are a local product, and nice dogs, it makes sense. (Mrs. ShibbOleth matriculated at UMBC) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/52 "2002-07-22T12:43:40Z")
**Blackshirts**. How brilliant is that? When we get lazy it’s just ‘Shirts’. _Let’s Go Shirts!_ Our mascot though was a cardinal, I guess an Italian blackshirt would have been too much. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/53 "2002-07-22T13:01:30Z")
The Yuma Union High School Criminals. GO CRIMS! ---
**Author:** ![dawnjoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@dawnjoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dawnjoy)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/54 "2002-07-22T13:05:07Z")
The Bombers. With a mushroom cloud as the mascot. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/55 "2002-07-22T13:13:17Z")
And yet another Crusader chiming in… from Strake Jesuit in Houston(all-boys Catholic high school). ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/56 "2002-07-22T13:17:42Z")
Oh, forgot to mention. Our school colors were, of all things, maroon and orange. Blech. Funny how it looked like a normal color combination after 4 years. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/57 "2002-07-22T14:38:29Z")
Solvay Bearcats The logo is a snarling feline (cougar?) with rounded bear ears. The stuffed animal in the trophy showcase is some sort of snarling cougar. The real-life [bearcat](http://members.aol.com/gbearcat/binturongs/binnies.htm) is a [binturong](http://members.aol.com/gbearcat/binturongs/picture4.htm), an arboreal mammal with a prehensile tail with a propensity to smell like Fritos or popcorn when agitated. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/58 "2002-07-22T14:40:15Z")
Here’s the [trophy case critter](http://solvaynw.freehomepage.com/solvayhs.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Snooze35](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Snooze35](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooze35)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/59 "2002-07-22T15:11:01Z")
Woodham High School Fightin’ Titans!!! ---
**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:** [July 22, 2002, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141/60 "2002-07-22T15:23:47Z")
LaGrange High School Grangers. Yep. Farmers we be! BTW they won the Georgia State AAA Football Championship last December and the town ain’t over it yet. I think they should just all go and soap the fountain in the middle of the town square and get over it. (Soaping the fountain was the senior class tradition back in my day.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-your-high-school-football-team/120141.md?page=4)