Los Angeles area has some of the most original high school nicknames...

[406Cane]

Not SoCal, but Montana has some oddballs too...

 

https://www.mascotdb.com/teams/chinook-sugarbeeters

 

https://www.mascotdb.com/teams/nashua-porcupines

 

https://www.mascotdb.com/teams/forsyth-dogies

 

https://www.mascotdb.com/teams/sunburst-refiners

 

 

 

 

 

[Sykotyk]

New York has two interesting names:

 

Utica Notre Dame Jugglers

Herkimer Magicians

 

 

Elsewher, you have the Yuma (AZ) Criminals.

 

ESPN made famous two names:

Watersmeet (MI) Nimrods

Devils Lake (ND) Satans

 

The last, sadly, was finally done in by the bible thumper crowd that it was unholy to be rooting for a team named the Satans and are now the Firebirds.

 

 

[Hat Boy]

5 hours ago, Sykotyk said:

Devils Lake (ND) Satans

 

The last, sadly, was finally done in by the bible thumper crowd that it was unholy to be rooting for a team named the Satans and are now the Firebirds.

I always thought it was odd that people were too "holy" to cheer for the Satans, but had no issue living in a town called Devils Lake.

[Cujo]

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Thomas Jefferson High School Democrats 

 

Guaranteed this school renames itself by 2050.

 

I'll bump the thread when it does.

[FiddySicks]

 Not high schools, but two junior colleges.

 

Scottsdale Community College Fighting Artichokes. 

 

Lake Tahoe Community College Fighting Salmon (my old college. They’re basic as though and changed their name to the Coyotes a few years ago). 

[Sykotyk]

1 hour ago, Hat Boy said:

I always thought it was odd that people were too "holy" to cheer for the Satans, but had no issue living in a town called Devils Lake.

From what I'm aware, they've been trying to change that, but haven't gotten the headway they did with Satans.

[Gothamite]

Easier to bully a school district than an entire town. 

[pianoknight]

On 5/30/2018 at 3:09 AM, Gothamite said:

When I was in high school in Milwaukee, I had a friend who went to Pius XI High School.  Home of the “Popes”.  

 

Which meant that their girls teams were the “Lady Popes”.  

 

Popettes? 

Popatrixes? 

 

[crashcarson15]

Indiana has some solid ones, but I'll share my favorite:

 

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is not actually located in Indianapolis -- it's located in the appropriately named small town of Speedway, which is an enclave of the city.

 

Speedway's teams are known as the Sparkplugs.

[leopard88]

I can't think of too many unique ones in the Baltimore area.  The best I can think of are --

 

Dunbar Poets

Wilde Lake Wildecats (solely because of the intentional misspelling)

Sparrows Point Pointers

Loyola Dons

Key School Obezags (Gazebo spelled backwards)

 

I remember a few good ones from my years of higher education in Pennsylvania (Lehigh Valley and Central Penn) --

 

Northampton Konkrete Kids

Bangor Slaters

William Allen Canaries

Easton Red Rovers

Whitehalll Zephyrs

Jim Thorpe Olympians

Minersville Miners

Boiling Springs Bubblers

State College Little Lions

Steelton-Highspire Steamrollers

Waynesboro Indians/Maidens

[BBTV]

Millennium Falcons

http://www.piedmont.k12.ca.us/mhs/

[masterchaoss]

On 5/29/2018 at 3:24 PM, LMU said:

El Modena High School Vanguards

 

Yeah I always loved that my highschool used a pretty unique mascot and logos its was just unfortunate that they were  both incredibly unsettling when i was going there. 

[shark]

For Los Angeles, surprised no one mentioned:

Long Beach Poly (CA) Jackrabbits

 

Illinois has a reputation for interesting high school nicknames.  Personal favorite:

Freeport (IL) Pretzels

[ZipperClub]

WV

[DrJack]

Portland, OR also has a "Jefferson Democrats" (Demos for short).

 

My favorite though comes from central Texas:

 

New Braunfels Unicorns

[Sykotyk]

1 hour ago, Duck_Duck said:

Portland, OR also has a "Jefferson Democrats" (Demos for short).

 

My favorite though comes from central Texas:

 

New Braunfels Unicorns

 

Texas also has the Grandview Zebras with a Cincinnati Bengals like helmet:

 

 

 

[FinsUp1214]

There were two I liked from Mississippi when I lived there:

 

- St. Stanislaus Rock-a-Chaws (Doc Blanchard’s alma-mater)

- Picayune Maroon Tide

[Rambulance]

On 5/31/2018 at 7:29 PM, shark said:

For Los Angeles, surprised no one mentioned:

Long Beach Poly (CA) Jackrabbits

 

Illinois has a reputation for interesting high school nicknames.  Personal favorite:

Freeport (IL) Pretzels

Yeah, Illinois has some great names...

 

Hoopeston Cornjerkers

Joliet Steelmen

Teutopolis Wooden Shoes

Cobden Appleknockers

Coal City Coalers

[Discrim]

some of the older names here, in addition to the aforementioned Pius Popes, we got the Manitowoc Ships, Waukesha South Blackshirts, D.C. Everest Evergreens, Rhinelander Hodags, Kimberly Papermakers, St. Mary's Springs Ledgers and Monroe Cheesemakers.  That, and both Madison and Milwaukee have schools whose teams are Purgolders.

[Pharos04]

in the Boston area we have a few fun ones floating around

 

Salem Witches

Gloucester Fishermen

Millbury Woolies

Arlington Spy Ponders

Maimonides M-Cats

Bristol-Plymouth Craftsmen

Braintree Wamps

Sutton Sammies

Holy Name Central Catholic Naps

Ashland Clockers

Sci-Tech CyberCats

Agawam Brownies

Bourne Canalmen

Hingham Harbormen

Northfield Mount Hermon Hoggers

Greater Lawrence Tech Reggies

Gann Academy Red Heifers

Phillips Academy Big Blues (plural, not singular like my high school)