Worst Mascots in Ohio

[Burreaux]

Not a fan of teams that do fighting insert mascot,

 

[Buccaneer24]

Old Brewster High School before consolidated to form Navarre Fairless were the Railroaders.

Collinwood is also the Railroaders.

 

[Spread All Day]

I dislike color mascots such as Red Devils. Obviously the devil is red. Blue Devils is even worse because when do you ever see a blue devil.

 

[y2h]

Shelby City Schools in Shelby, OH. "The Whippets" I heard their band likes to play a popular song from Devo...

Their band plays Devo?

I have a new respect for Shelby.

 

[y2h]

Freeport, Illinois are the Pretzels due to the German heritage there.

 

[queencitybuckeye]

I dislike color mascots such as Red Devils. Obviously the devil is red. Blue Devils is even worse because when do you ever see a blue devil.

OTOH, when do you see the guy from the other "team" (starts with a J) portrayed as his actual color instead of white?

 

[y2h]

Pretty sure the adopting of orange was a workaround for copyright issues, e.g. Georgia Tech vs Mt Vernon

You'd think colleges would have better things to do than worry about high school colors, logos etc particularly from a different state but I know North Canton Hoover got a letter a few years ago from North Carolina about their NC logo.

 

[FloridaFB]

I dislike color mascots such as Red Devils. Obviously the devil is red. Blue Devils is even worse because when do you ever see a blue devil.

Ever seen (or even heard of) a Green Devil? Yeah, neither had I until I moved to Florida.

 

[y2h]

I like the odd/unique ones. Norwalk Truckers comes to mind. Not in Ohio, but Ann Arbor has a couple good/bad ones depending how you look at it. The Pioneer Pioneers and the Huron River Rats. Add in the Dexter Dreadnaughts, Bedford Mules and Lincoln Railsplitters you have lots of unique names in that conference.

 

[Rack162]

Big Red is a fire breathing horse. Sounds dumb. Hoping to see it in person next week though, lol.

It's an old race horse, Man O' War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_o'_War

 

[y2h]

Collinwood is also the Railroaders.

There is also a Lawyers in their league, so when they get beat they can say they got railroaded.

 

[y2h]

Ever seen (or even heard of) a Green Devil? Yeah, neither had I until I moved to Florida.
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SAINT Petersburg Devils...I see what they did there

 

[BigK72]

Does anyone know of any schools that have separate mascots for certain sports teams within their district? For example, in Stark County East Canton is the Hornets in all sports except girls' basketball where they are the Wizards. Does anyone know of any other schools with anything similar?

Not sure if it's all sports or just GBB

It's the Bath Wildcats but GBB are the Wild Kittens. Not sure if volleyball, softball also use this or just GBB

 

[Burreaux]

Does anyone know of any schools that have separate mascots for certain sports teams within their district? For example, in Stark County East Canton is the Hornets in all sports except girls' basketball where they are the Wizards. Does anyone know of any other schools with anything similar?

Gallia Academy in Gallipolis the boys are Blue Devils girls teams are blue angels

 

[trimblefootball]

There is too many Wildcats in the state, I like our nickname, the Tomcats.

 

[Blue Jay Fan]

Not sure if it's all sports or just GBB

It's the Bath Wildcats but GBB are the Wild Kittens. Not sure if volleyball, softball also use this or just GBB

I think it's for all girls sports. It's weird because kittens are just baby cats, not only girl cats.

 

[Eagles74]

There is also a Lawyers in their league, so when they get beat they can say they got railroaded.

Not for long. There's a movement to rename some CMSD schools. John Marshall Lawyers is on the list.

 

[Sykotyk]

North Dakota used to have the Devils Lake Satans. But the pearl clutching crowd finally got them to change the name to Devils Lake Firebirds.

 

[tucson]

OLSD redid their logos/branding, in the name of being more “uniform” (eye roll), and funny you mention it…

Personally, I like the Olentangy district's rebranding. They're all modern and unique. Their school colors are displayed well.

 

[wildcat71]

Don't know if still exists but East Canton Hornets were boys and East Canton girls Wizards. Maybe because the school district is Osnaburg Local?

 

[WildcatsDad]

Urbana Hillclimbers. The name Hillcimber isn't COMPLETELY atrocious. But the mascot look like a methed up version of the Frisch Big Boy. I've had more pleasant nightmares than this.

 

[y2h]

Not sure if it's all sports or just GBB

It's the Bath Wildcats but GBB are the Wild Kittens. Not sure if volleyball, softball also use this or just GBB

Someone named a high school girls team Wild Kittens? And they are worried about Native American names?

 

[ayCC!]

Urbana Hillclimbers. The name Hillcimber isn't COMPLETELY atrocious. But the mascot look like a methed up version of the Frisch Big Boy. I've had more pleasant nightmares than this.

So sad to see the how the opioid crisis has hit our mascot community...

 

[Run_2_Win]

There's some pretty great mascots in Texas. Texas City Stingarees, Mason Punchers (Shortened from Cowpunchers), Fredericksburg Battlin Billy Goats, New Braunfels Unicorns, Calhoun Sandcrabs, and the always controversial Robstown Cotton Pickers

 

[limabean]

I think it's for all girls sports. It's weird because kittens are just baby cats, not only girl cats.

It's not all of Bath girls sports. The girls soccer and volleyball teams are just the Wildcats. Not sure about softball.

 

[SteepleDragon953]

I've always liked the color scheme, nickname, and logo for my alma mater: the Oakwood Lumberjacks (and Jills). However, the execution of turning that nickname into an actual mascot is...........not great.

 

[redskinfbco92]

Mishawaka, Indiana Cavemen

Penn Kingsmen

 

[FossyWriter8]

Michigan's Upper Peninsula is home to the:

Gwinn Model Towners
Ishpeming Hematites
West Iron County Wykons


On a side note, what's with calling the girls' teams the "Lady ___________" when the mascot is asexual?

Do we really need "Lady Yellow Jackets", "Lady Wildcats", etc?

It's worse when the original nickname is clearly male and they stick "Lady" in front of it.
Lady Rams is one example in my area.
Are they confused, or making a transition?

 

[Sykotyk]

It's worse when the original nickname is clearly male and they stick "Lady" in front of it.

That gives you this gem:

 

[BigK72]

It's not all of Bath girls sports. The girls soccer and volleyball teams are just the Wildcats. Not sure about softball.

That’s what I was saying. I’m pretty sure it’s just GBB. I don’t live in the area any more, so I forget.