School nicknames (state by state)

LP's best. Many from Detroit.

Warren Lincoln Abes
Dearborn Edsel Ford Thunderbirds (home of Ford Motor Company)
Dearborn Fordson Tractors
Detroit Southwestern Prospectors - Jalen Rose's alma mater
Detroit Pershing Doughboys
Detroit Southeastern Jungaleers
Vassar Vulcans
Ann Arbor Huron River Rats
Airport Jets
Edwardsburg Eddies

 

And then there were those of us who were Oklahoma private schoolers: The Holland Hall Dutchmen
but my favorite school in the state: The Atoka Wampus Cats

 

One of our local teams just beat the Freeport Pretzels, 56-19, in the Class 3A girls championship game -- at 12:45 in the afternoon (thanks four classes!).

Anyway ...

HEADLINE: An afternoon snack
SUMHEAD: Richwoods eats up Freeport Pretzels for 3A title

 

Connecticut has the Bellringers and my favorite: Little Noises.

There's also a private school whose nickname is the Wyverns...I can't think of another school that would have that one.

 

North Carolina:

A.L. Brown Wonders
Cherryville Ironmen
South Stokes Sauras
Southern Nash Firebirds
Rocky Mount Gryphons
J.H. Rose Rampants
Washington Pam Pack
Cary Imps

South Carolina:
Lake View Wild Gators
Marion Swamp Foxes

 

also in kansas:
cherryvale used to be the cherries ... but the bastards changed it to the chargers.

 

No love for the Clarkston Angoras?

How bout the Winder-Barrow Bulldoggs?

The Dublin Fighting Irish.

 

Stephens County is the Indians.. nothing special, except they manage to merge the tomahawk chop and Notre Dame fight song into one piece of um... music.

 

A few more interesting and/or unusual ones from Georgia...

Paideia Pythons, Dublin Fighting Irish, Winder-Barrow Bulldoggs (that's right, they spell it with two Gs, don't ask me why), Jordan Red Jackets, South Gwinnett Comets.

Also, a great thing about the aforementioned Johnson-Savannah Atomsmashers is that the school's basketball gym is referred to as "The Reaction Chamber."

 

Three Arizona faves:

Bagdad Sultans
Yuma Criminals
Page Sand Devils

 

That's the Poca Dots.



I bet you've never seen an agitated dot before.

From Daytona Beach, Florida: the Seabreeze High School Sandcrabs. School's about 200 yards from the Atlantic Ocean and was initially located in a now-gone town named Seabreeze.

 

A few others from the Hoosier state

Washington Hatchets
Hobart Brickies
Mishawaka Cavemen
LaPorte Slicers
Rising Sun Shiners (the town's name is Rising Sun)
Forest Park Rangers
Anderson Highland Fighting Scots (fight song: Scotland the Brave)
Plainfield Quakers (major Quaker seminary in town)
Greenwood Woodmen
Clay City Eels (also shared by Eminence)
The Kokomo Wildkats (yes, the K is supposed to be there)

Unfortunately, many of the great ones have been consolidated out of existence ...
Cambridge City Wampus Cats (merged with the Milton Sharpshooters to form the ... Golden Eagles).
Thorntown Kewasakees (don't ask ... I have no clue)
Advance Osceolons
Farmersburg Plowboys
Holland Dutchmen
Huntingburg Happy Hunters (Holland & Huntingburg are now the Southridge Raiders ... boring).
E. Chicago Roosevelt Rough Riders
Pittsboro Burros
Spencer Cops (named because Spencer was once the U.S. center Of population (C.O.P.)
Cory Apple Boys
Scircleville Ringers
Michigantown Ganders
Haubstadt Elites
Swayzee Speed Kings
DePauw Blue River Echoes
Jackson Twp. Stonewalls (nickname also shared by Roanoke)
Wheatfield Shockers
Tippecanoe Police Dogs
Smithville Skibos
Banquo Ghosts
Warren Lightning Five
Montezuma Aztecs
Rosedale Hot Shots
Bloomingdale Immortals
Raleigh Sir Walters
Mecca Arabs