School nicknames (state by state)

And the Madison-Grant Argylls...the one and only in the nation.

The great back story of that nickname revolves around a man with Scottish heritage who wanted his family to be remembered, so he offered to buy the school band uniforms if it went with that nickname back in the late 60s. The school corporation went ahead with it...but he never bought those uniforms. The high school never ended up starting a marching band either.

And that school was a consolidation of a couple other interesting nicknames... the Summitville Goblins and the Fairmount Quakers (James Dean played guard on their basketball team and you can Google to find a picture of him wearing the uniform)

 

Isn't the school name actually spelled "Poca"?

 

Virginia private school division:

Norfolk Collegiate Oaks
Christchurch Seahorses
Tandem Friends Badgers
Kenston Forest Kavaliers
West End Christian Crusaders
St. Margaret's Scotties
Fishburne Military Academy Caissons
Benedictine Cadets (pronounced KAY-dets)

 

Eugene says thanks for remembering ... but who are you calling minor?

 

North Dakota's politically incorrect Western Dakota Association:

Dickinson Midgets
Bismarck Demons
Minot Magicians
Mandan Braves

Plus the Bottineau Braves, and the Devils Lake Satans, Wahpeton Wops and Grand Fork Central Redskins (since changed to Knights) from eastern ND.

 

Shoot, that's just the tip of the iceberg:

Teutopolis Wooden Shoes
Cobden Appleknockers
Atwood-Hammond Rajahs (and Rajenes for the girls, but they co-op now)
Zion Benton Zebes
Hampshire Whip-purs (school colors are white and purple... unique, but fucking stupid)
Vandalia Vandals
Centralia Orphans (girls are the Orphan Annies)

 

I was once an Oak Park Northman

 

Colorado:

Brush Beet Diggers
Rocky Ford Meloneers
Aspen Skiers
Steamboat Springs Sailors
Fort Collins Lambkins
Fossil Ridge SaberCats
Lamar Savages
Air Academy Kadets (I think it's pronounced either K-Dets or Key-Dets, correct me if I'm wrong on both counts.)

 

These are great. Only thing I have is that half of the high schools in Jefferson County, N.Y. were the Indians when I worked there in the late 1990s. No creativity.

 

The Midgets is very surreal to me. And I believe Minot's girls go by "Magettes," which I don't think is a real word.

 

Wisconsin:

Rhinelander Hodags
Eau Claire Memorial Old Abes
Hurley Midgets
Monroe Cheesemakers

 

Idaho:

Orofino Maniacs (named for the mental institution in town).