bucfan64 309 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 I heard the 1924 state champion basketball team from Honaker was nicknamed the "Fleas". I think because most of the guys were pretty short or something.. This is correct! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucfan64 309 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 I personally would love for a Buchanan County school to be called the Stags! Great mascot and logo, especially now that the deer population is growing in the area.... Stags as in Fairfield University Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasDenton 79 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 I'm not going for political correctness at all here, but the gender-specific nicknames are a bit of a problem in that they don't translate well for girls' sports. While I do dig the unique quality of the G-Men moniker at Graham, I've never thought that "G-Girls" has ever sounded quite right. Of course, some attempts at adaptation aren't much better. For example, the boys of Liberty(Bedford) are known as the Minutemen. The girls are identified -- at least colloquially -- as the Minettes. Maybe there's a provision of Title IX that would allow completely different mascots and nicknames. I saw an Internet article on weird mascots and one school had two mascots, one for the boys and one for the girls. I'm thinking the girls mascot was something like the Raggety Anne doll and the boys was the male doll (can't remember names). I'll see if I can find that article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasDenton 79 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Now I remember, it was the Centralia High School Orphans. They call the boys teams Orphans and the girls teams Annies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasDenton 79 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 http://www.faqs.org/shareranks/show.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 I'm not going for political correctness at all here, but the gender-specific nicknames are a bit of a problem in that they don't translate well for girls' sports. While I do dig the unique quality of the G-Men moniker at Graham, I've never thought that "G-Girls" has ever sounded quite right. Of course, some attempts at adaptation aren't much better. For example, the boys of Liberty(Bedford) are known as the Minutemen. The girls are identified -- at least colloquially -- as the Minettes. Maybe there's a provision of Title IX that would allow completely different mascots and nicknames. Sounds good only if Richlands uses the enhanced Fujita scale for their sports teams...EF0 through EF5. You know, the football team could be the Richlands Blue EF5 Tornados while their soccer team would be known as the Richlands Blue EF1 Tornados. Of course, those EF ratings could be changed based on performance after each game as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjhall71 61 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Back in the day I think the Rich Valley Steers calls their girls the Lassies. You are correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtiger 1,742 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 My bad on the misspellings. I knew it was Poca, just a typo. I think I knew it was Musselman, I just got mixed up w/ the school being in Inwood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichlandsAlum 678 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Sounds good only if Richlands uses the enhanced Fujita scale for their sports teams...EF0 through EF5. You know, the football team could be the Richlands Blue EF5 Tornados while their soccer team would be known as the Richlands Blue EF1 Tornados. Of course, those EF ratings could be changed based on performance after each game as well... I like it. I like it a lot. In fact, one could probably start the classification with "Dust Devils" -- although that might confuse folks who are familiar with the midget league football association. If Tazewell County ever follows through with consolidation, I still think the western school should be known as the Pounding Mill Quarriers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtiger 1,742 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 If Tazewell County ever follows through with consolidation, I still think the western school should be known as the Pounding Mill Quarriers. I like it! I just dont see Tazewell Co consolidating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 I like it!I just dont see Tazewell Co consolidating If Richlands ever drops to Single-A, then I don't, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtiger 1,742 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Two schools would work, I just dont see the need. I mean Richlands and Graham have pretty centralized student bases, Tazewell is a little more spread out but not really. It just makes more sense to keep 3 schools, provided enrollment doesent drop or the county loses funding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuceswild 15 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Although not native to the area, I feel the Honey Badgers could possibly be the most fierce mascot in the world. No sarcasm either.. It just don't give a fluff and is regarded as the most fearless animal on earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtiger 1,742 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Leave the Honey off and IMO youve got a great mascot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuceswild 15 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 But the "honey" part makes it deceiving. Like a "bee-sting butterfly". You think they're gonna be soft and then POW! Right in the kisser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 But the "honey" part makes it deceiving. Like a "bee-sting butterfly". You think they're gonna be soft and then POW! Right in the kisser. Hamina hamina hamina POW, right in the kisser! Just like Jackie Gleason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 Although not native to the area, I feel the Honey Badgers could possibly be the most fierce mascot in the world. No sarcasm either.. It just don't give a fluff and is regarded as the most fearless animal on earth. Badgers??? We don't need no stinking Badgers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance 228 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 I remember at one point in the 80's there was talk of changing Grundy to "The Wasps"...glad that didn't happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastboundanddown 10 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 I personally would love for a Buchanan County school to be called the Stags! Great mascot and logo, especially now that the deer population is growing in the area.... Stags as in Fairfield University Stags relates to the Prom as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtiger 1,742 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 (edited) another cool name, Langley Saxons Heritage Pride. I dont know about that one Edited May 26, 2011 by redtiger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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