High School mascots....
New York State has come down on high school mascots that they deem offensive. Our local school has been told to drop the " Indian" mascot for something else...maybe a turnip. Another local suburban school has willingly jumped on this bandwagon and has dropped their school mascot...The Raiders. I'm not sure which Raiders, Indians, Vikings...etc.
After much thought and deliberation they have come up with the new school mascot....that they're very, very proud of..... The Wolf Pack....yup. The Wolf Pack. Now they are choking on their coffee when it was pointed out to them that during WWII the German Navy called groups of U-boats, Wolf Packs.
The school song will now be the sound track to the German movie Das Boot......Alaaaaaarm!!
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Hereford, Texas, called their team "Whitefaces" for the Hereford cattle markings- wonder if they're still using that.
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A town near where I grew up were the Pekin Chinks........
In 1981 it was changed to the Pekin Dragons... When I was a kid, we used to go skate at the Chink Rink...
https://ccamuseum.org/1981-the-pekin-chinks-high-school-team-becomes-the-pekin-dragons/
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Rebels at both of my high schools
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Do you still live there William81? I grew up in Peoria and was a Central Lion.
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As my wife and I were discussing this woke silliness over mascots and team names, she made an interesting observation.
There are a lot of pirates around here. And the team cartoonized character, often painted on the gym wall, is almost always holding a knife. Usually a bloody knife at that.
Can you even imagine? A knife depicted in school. I guess, at least it's not a gun.
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William81: 29931608981915/comments/-1
A town near where I grew up were the Pekin Chinks........
In 1981 it was changed to the Pekin Dragons... When I was a kid, we used to go skate at the Chink Rink...
https://ccamuseum.org/1981-the-pekin-chinks-high-school-team-becomes-the-pekin-dragons/
ah yes, the renowned winner of the 1964 IHSA state championship. Dave Golden was the star who went on to a fine college career at Purdue. they defeated a Cobden team[maybe 100 students] but who fielded a team of a 6-7 center and 6 players of 6-4+. the high school coach left Cobden following the school year to take the job at Nashville High School where he amassed IHSA Hall of Fame awards in both coaching sports and Officiating careers.
to add to the theme of this topic, my favorite mascot/nickname goes to the Hoopeston-East Lynn[Illinois] Cornjerkers
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cbxjeff: 29931608981915/comments/-1
Do you still live there William81? I grew up in Peoria and was a Central Lion.
Left for college in 1977 and never moved back..... Still have family in the area
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I left for college (UW) in '58 and never went back except to visit family and my main squeeze. Been in Indy since and 42 years ago I got out of the hood and moved 25 miles west. I still go by on my way to Sturgis and always stop at Agatucci's.
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cbxjeff: 29931608981915/comments/-1
I left for college (UW) in '58 and never went back except to visit family and my main squeeze. Been in Indy since and 42 years ago I got out of the hood and moved 25 miles west. I still go by on my way to Sturgis and always stop at Agatucci's.
I was a Eureka Hornet !! We moved to Northern Illinois and lived there for over 30 years. We retired and moved to the farm in MO... Still run though the Peoria area to see family and friends. Then I hightail it out of there !!
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