High school nicknames

[Sparty Jones]

I love unique nicknames. This is a great site that has them all.

http://highschoolnicknames.homestead.com/

 

[NazDad]

How the hell am I going to get any work done now that you showed me this?

 

[godfthr53]

How the hell am I going to get any work done now that you showed me this?

What work?

 

[Cat Box]

I used to be a Pekin "Chink" until they renamed to "Dragons" in 1980.
Here is a short documentary on the subject of the Chinks mascot.

 

[USD24]

Some good nicknames in there:
HIllbillies
Alices
Anchormen
Mighty Arabs
Yellow Hammers
Townies

 

[Sparty Jones]

In Illinois, for example

Teutopolis Wooden Shoes
Cobden Appleknockers
Hoopeston Cornjerkers

are my favorites

 

[capnbillhitters]

In Illinois, for example

Teutopolis Wooden Shoes
Cobden Appleknockers
Hoopeston Cornjerkers

are my favorites

Cornjerkers? That sounds painful

 

[GMAN81]

Skeeters, Mesquite, TX
Spoofhounds, Maryville MO
Syrupmakers, Cairo, GA
Vixens, Ft Sumner, MN (girls) and not very flattering if you think of some of the definitions of a vixen.

 

[anon_4vszfu35bv677]

Freeport Pretzels is my favorite.

 

[Snetsrak61]

Freeport Pretzels is my favorite.

Yes, one of my favorites.

Took a meandering drive through Freeport on my way back from Galena last weekend. What's the history of Freeport? I was really surprised to see a lot of really old beauitiful large colonials, tudors, victorians. Not at all what I expected from the pretzels.

 

[eireog]

Loved the "Flaming Hearts " of Effingham and their big man Ewe Blab.

 

[novaknation]

DeKalb Barbs! Pretty sure we're the only "Barbs" out there. Always loved the barbed wire layered on a script D.

 

[LWFG]

I'm a fan of the Frankfurt (IN) "Hot Dogs"...but I prefer them Chicago-style of course...

 

[SOUTHSIDECFD]

Marist changed their nickname from Redskins to Redhawks to appease the political correct crowd.

Should Brother Rice and Mount Carmel change their nicknames from Crusaders and the Caravan?

 

[LakeCtyNewt]

Kimberly (Wi) Papermakers

 

[Cat Box]

Marist changed their nickname from Redskins to Redhawks to appease the political correct crowd.

Should Brother Rice and Mount Carmel change their nicknames from Crusaders and the Caravan?

I would be super disappointed if there were pressure for Brother Rice to drop Crusaders. Too many people don't know church history (or history in general). Too many people have accepted a one-sided and misleading story as truth.

For anyone interested in the subject, here is a very well written and researched article published in Christianity Today, "The Real History of the Crusades"... http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/mayweb-only/52.0.html

The Crusades were "a response to more than four centuries of conquests in which Muslims had already captured two-thirds of the old Christian world. At some point, Christianity as a faith and a culture had to defend itself or be subsumed by Islam. The Crusades were that defense."

 

[MC63]

The Cobden Appleknockers were IHSA basketball runners-up in '64 or '65. Four of the five starters had the same last name.

 

[Normdog]

Clear Creek County (Idaho Springs, Colorado) Golddiggers. And yes they do have women's sports....

 

[Capt Morgan]

Beaver Dam High School in Beaver Dam, WI - home of the Golden Beavers, and yes they have women's sports...

 

[USD24]

I would be super disappointed if there were pressure for Brother Rice to drop Crusaders. Too many people don't know church history (or history in general). Too many people have accepted a one-sided and misleading story as truth.

For anyone interested in the subject, here is a very well written and researched article published in Christianity Today, "The Real History of the Crusades"... http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/mayweb-only/52.0.html

The Crusades were "a response to more than four centuries of conquests in which Muslims had already captured two-thirds of the old Christian world. At some point, Christianity as a faith and a culture had to defend itself or be subsumed by Islam. The Crusades were that defense."

Maybe I am off base, but I cannot imagine there is any pressure for a Catholic school to drop Crusaders as their nick name.

 

[UlbKA91]

Maybe I am off base, but I cannot imagine there is any pressure for a Catholic school to drop Crusaders as their nick name.

Not really, and I don't think a people with numerous small businesses in crime plagued inner city neighborhoods want to pick that fight with what is perceived to be a big-time cop school.

 

[illini14]

Not really, and I don't think a people with numerous small businesses in crime plagued inner city neighborhoods want to pick that fight with what is perceived to be a big-time cop school.

And firefighter, and City of Chicago union employee school.

 

[Voodoo Tatum 21]

I would be super disappointed if there were pressure for Brother Rice to drop Crusaders. Too many people don't know church history (or history in general). Too many people have accepted a one-sided and misleading story as truth.

For anyone interested in the subject, here is a very well written and researched article published in Christianity Today, "The Real History of the Crusades"... http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/mayweb-only/52.0.html

The Crusades were "a response to more than four centuries of conquests in which Muslims had already captured two-thirds of the old Christian world. At some point, Christianity as a faith and a culture had to defend itself or be subsumed by Islam. The Crusades were that defense."

I wish I had time to post a pic of a "can of worms". Or even Indiana Jones and the last Crusade. I'm trying to stay away from this topic as it could turn into a flushable event and I have avoided two already and I don't want this topic to take me down the turd shoot!!

 

[mchsalumni]

Why would Caravan need to be dropped @SOUTHSIDECFD? I never knew it could be taken offensively, like their uniforms.