Unique Mascots Game

[Coach DePriest, Sheridan]

We got into the old "What is ______'s mascot?"  discussion during a family gathering yesterday which made me wonder how many Arkansas High School mascots I actually knew.  Out of 319 schools, I didn't even know close to half (138).

On a related topic, I thought this might be fun.  Can you name all of the unique mascots in the state.  By unique, I mean that there are no other high schools in the state with that mascot.  By my count, there are 56.  Name the mascot and the school.  I'll let you know whether you are correct.  And descriptions do not make them necessarily unique (i.e. Charging Wildcats (NLR), War Eagles (JA Fair), etc.), but in some cases they do.  That's where the count of 56 may vary.

COMPLETED

AIREDALES (Alma)
ANTLERS (Deer)
APPACHES (Pottsville)
BILLIES (Monticello)
BISON (Carlisle)
BLACKHAWKS (Pea Ridge)
BLAZERS (Valley View)
BLUEBIRDS (Mt. Pleasant)
BLUE DARTERS (Lockesburg)
BLUEJAYS (Nevada)
BOMBERS (Mountain Home)
BRUINS (Pulaski Academy)
BUCKAROOS (Smackover)
CAVEMEN (Cave City)
CHICKASAWS (Blytheville)
COBRAS (Fountain Lake)
COLTS (Rivercrest)
COMETS (Mills)
CURLEY WOLVES (Prescott)
DAREDEVILS (Wonderview)
DEVIL DOGS (Morrilton)
ELKS (Elkins)
GATORS (Gators)
GO DEVILS (Gurdon)
GOBLINS (Harrison)
GOLDEN ARROWS (Lavaca)
GOLDEN HURRICANE (Jonesboro)
GRIZZLIES (Northside)
HERMITS (Hermitage)
HIGHLANDERS (Eureka Springs)
HILLBILLIES (Ozark)
HUSKIES (St. Josephs of PB)
HUSTLERS (Hartford)
JACKRABBITS (Lonoke)
JAGUARS (McCrory)
KNIGHTS (Centerpoint)
LITTLE JOHNS (Danville)
LONGHORNS (Viola)
LUMBERJACKS (Warren)
MINERS (Bauxite)
MOHAWKS (Piggott)
MOUNTIES (Rogers)
OUTLAWS (Dierks)
POINTERS (Van Buren)
RAMBLERS (Rose Bud)
RAZORBACKS (Arkansas High)
REDBUGS (Fordyce)
REDHAWKS (Nemo Vista)
REDSKINS (Pocahontas)
RICEBIRDS (Stuttgart)
SAND LIZARDS (Dardanelle)
SEMINOLES (Osceola)
SENATORS (Robinson)
SKYHAWKS (Ozark Adventist Academy)
SOUTHERNERS (Southside)
SQUIRRELS (Winslow)
WAR HAWKS (Mt. Vernon/Enola)
WAMPUS CATS (Conway)
WOLVERINES (Western Yell County)

Count ended up at 59.  That's giving the now defunct Winslow Squirrels and allowing the Curley Wolves of Prescott to be differentiated from other Wolves.  NLR Charging Wildcats, GCT Golden Eagles, Fair War Eagles, and Hillcrest Screamin' Eagles (Jacksonville) were not considered unique.

[mcnewfamily]

mccrory jaguars

[B&GT]

Deaf Leopards (Arkansas School for the Deaf)
Sand Lizards (Dardanelle)

I can think of plenty of others that I think are unique, but I don't know for a fact that they are.

[bulldogs1159]

Zebra- Pine Bluff

[Coach DePriest, Sheridan]

Deaf Leopards (Arkansas School for the Deaf)
Sand Lizards (Dardanelle)

I can think of plenty of others that I think are unique, but I don't know for a fact that they are.

Not Leopards (DeQueen, Malvern, Alpena, Ark Sch for Deaf, Norphlet)
Yes on Sand Lizards

Zebra- Pine Bluff

I thought so, too, but no, Black Rock Zebras.  Wherever that is???

I was wrong, McCrory was on the list.

[bulldogs1159]

VB Pointers?

[B&GT]

How many Leopards are deaf?  I don't know if anybody else in the country are the deaf lepoards.

[Lord Infamous™]

Danville?....what is there mascot again?....i cant remember exactly what it is but i remember it is unique.

[True Believer]

Deaf Leopards (Arkansas School for the Deaf)
Sand Lizards (Dardanelle)

I can think of plenty of others that I think are unique, but I don't know for a fact that they are.

Not Leopards (DeQueen, Malvern, Alpena, Ark Sch for Deaf, Norphlet)
Yes on Sand Lizards

Zebra- Pine Bluff

I thought so, too, but no, Black Rock Zebras.  Wherever that is???

I was wrong, McCrory was on the list.

Black Rock, Arkansas is just past Hoxie and Portia in NE Arkansas.  And they are the Zebras.

[Indiana Jones]

Danville?....what is there mascot again?....i cant remember exactly what it is but i remember it is unique.

Little Johns
I think,
I know one school has that but can't remember if it's them


Dierks Outlaws
Nashville Scrappers
Ozark Hillbillies
Texarkana Razorbacks
Centerpoint Knights (?)
Alma Airdales

[B&GT]

Oh yeah, they're the Little Johns.  I can probably get most schools in the Northwestish area if I think hard.

[Coach DePriest, Sheridan]

How many Leopards are deaf?  I don't know if anybody else in the country are the deaf lepoards.

If they are indeed the Deaf Leopards, then I agree.  However, I would think that Deaf would be the name of the school.

So is it Arkansas School for the Deaf Leopards or Arkansas School for the Deaf Deaf Leopards?

[Coach DePriest, Sheridan]

Danville?....what is there mascot again?....i cant remember exactly what it is but i remember it is unique.

Little Johns
I think,
I know one school has that but can't remember if it's them


Dierks Outlaws
Nashville Scrappers
Ozark Hillbillies
Texarkana Razorbacks
Centerpoint Knights (?)

All correct, except Scrappers.  Devall's Bluff are the Scrappers.

[B&GT]

How many Leopards are deaf?  I don't know if anybody else in the country are the deaf lepoards.

If they are indeed the Deaf Leopards, then I agree.  However, I would think that Deaf would be the name of the school.

So is it Arkansas School for the Deaf Leopards or Arkansas School for the Deaf Deaf Leopards?

It's actually Arkansas School for the Deaf & Blind.  They are indeed the Deaf Leopards as far as I've ever heard.

However, if this is for football only, they don't have a football team.

[Coach DePriest, Sheridan]

I think it's two separate "schools".

I know the Blind School had a great wrestler last year.

[bulldogs1159]

Smackover Buckaroo's?

And again. The Pointers?

[Coach DePriest, Sheridan]

Smackover Buckaroo's?

And again. The Pointers?

yes and yes

Instead of responding in the affirmitive, I will just update the initial post.  I will tell when people are incorrect.

[True Believer]

Pulaski Robinson Senators

[Coach DePriest, Sheridan]

How many Leopards are deaf?  I don't know if anybody else in the country are the deaf lepoards.

If they are indeed the Deaf Leopards, then I agree.  However, I would think that Deaf would be the name of the school.

So is it Arkansas School for the Deaf Leopards or Arkansas School for the Deaf Deaf Leopards?

It's actually Arkansas School for the Deaf & Blind.  They are indeed the Deaf Leopards as far as I've ever heard.

However, if this is for football only, they don't have a football team.

This is for all schools, not just football.

From the Arkansas School for the Blind website...

The two decades between 1940 and 1960 saw the development of an athletic program and the beginning of athletic competition with other schools for the blind.  ASB students competed in wrestling and track.  Athletic teams first adopted the name of "Bronco Busters." They became the "Tornados" around 1952.  Wishing to adopt a name that was indigenous to Arkansas, a committee of students and faculty  selected the Titan Missile as the team name in 1963.  ASB athletes were Titans until the Titan Missile became obsolete in the 1980's.  The lion is now the official ASB mascot.

[Coach DePriest, Sheridan]

Keep posting.  I'll be back after supper and after my 2 1/2 year old daughter gets through playing "Disney Princess Magical Dress Up" on my computer. 

[bulldogs1159]

Lumberjacks- Warren
Cyclones- Russ Vegas

[RD™]

Harrison - Goblins
Morrilton - Devil Dogs
Mountain Home - Bombers
Jonesboro - Golden Hurricanes
Batesville - Pioneers

[bleudog]

Blytheville Chicksaws
Western Yell County Wolverines

[RD™]

Shiloh Christian Saints -- yah that'll be a crowd pleaser

[razorback5]

Valley View Blazers

[Coltrane]

I'm guessing one of your "shared names" that will count is the Conway Wampus Cats.

I can't think of any other Bobcats other than Hope.

Lavaca Golden Arrows?

Deer Antlers?

[RD™]

Texarkana Razorbacks

[RD™]

Hartford Hustlers
Foreman Gators
Elkins Elks

[Quite Frankly]

Winslow- squirrels  (Though now closed)
Elkins- Elks   Not sure if this is unique.
Stuttgart - Ricebugs  ?
Mountainburg- Dragons  not sure if unique
Magazine- Rattlers
Blythville- Chicasaws

[Quite Frankly]

Mills- Comets?
Northside- Grizzlies
Monticello- Billies

I have to retract MtBurg, I think Dewitt is Dragons too.

Lonoke- Jackrabbits
Yell County- Wolverines
Soutside- Southerners
Pottsville- Appaches
Fountain Lake- Cobras

[Coach Runyan]

McGehee Owls
Cave City Cavemen
Monticello Billies
Gurdon Go Devils
Elkins Elks
Bauxite Miners

.... and the LEGENDARY Mills Comets

[Coltrane]

Fordyce Redbugs

[RD™]

Junction City also is Dragons

[Quite Frankly]

Junction City also is Dragons

yeah, that was the one I couldn't recall.  I seemed to remember another, and then DeWitt came to me.

How many more people are going to put Elkins, Dardanelle and Stuttgart?

[Romeo]

Hermitage Hermits

[warriorsforever]

I think Gentry is also Pioneers?
Lockesburg Blue Darters

[SandLizard04]

I can't think of any other Bobcats other than Hope.

Also Marshall.

Magazine- Rattlers

Also Murfreesboro.

McGehee Owls

Also Altus-Denning.



Here's a few --
Pottsville Apaches
Melbourne Bearkatz (note the "K" and "Z", differentiating it from Booneville and Mena)
Northside Grizzlies
Cross County Thunderbirds
Osceola Seminoles
Rose Bud Ramblers
Prescott Curley Wolves
Wonderview Daredevils

[Quite Frankly]

I got a few of those a few posts up RM.

I always forget Rose Bud.

[Coach DePriest, Sheridan]

Updated

Here are the ones that were not correct (although some of you corrected yourself or each other)

Pioneers (Batesville, Gentry)
Saints (Shiloh Christian, St. Paul)
Bobcats (Corning, Dumas, Hope, Dumas, Flippin, Marshall, Walnut Ridge) also Hatfield before consolodating with Mena
Dragons (DeWitt, Genoa Central, Junction City, Mountainburg)
Owls (Abundant Life, McGehee)
Thunderbirds (Guy-Perkins, Cross County)
Rattlers (Murfreesboro, Magazine)

I did not include Bearkatz, but that was a good catch.  Here's a little trivia for you, there are three mascots in the state that does not end in an "s".  Cave City Cavemen and Melbourne Bearkatz are two of them.  What is the other?

I added Winslow Squirrels even though they no longer exist.  I don't want to get into a history of all the schools that no longer exist, but that's one of my favorites (and it's my game )

[Coach DePriest, Sheridan]

I'm guessing one of your "shared names" that will count is the Conway Wampus Cats.

I can't think of any other Bobcats other than Hope.

Lavaca Golden Arrows?

Deer Antlers?

I counted Wampus Cat.  It's a lot different than any other cat.  FYI: There are no other felines left to get on the list.

[bulldogs1159]

Rogers Mounties
Piggot Mohawks
Southside Rebels?

[Coach DePriest, Sheridan]

Rogers Mounties
Piggot Mohawks
Southside Rebels?

yes
yes
no on REBELS (Highland, Southside, Riverside, West Side, Sacred Heart, Rural Special)

[bulldogs1159]

I was going out on a limb with the Rebels. I should have remembered Highland, I have been through there a million times.

Are there any other Longhorns other than Viola?

[Coach DePriest, Sheridan]

Are there any other Longhorns other than Viola?

nope.  good one.

Hint:
some birds, a dog, a couple of large mammals, and Indians as well as another human mascot

[SandLizard04]

Are there any other Longhorns other than Viola?

I certainly hope not.

[Coach DePriest, Sheridan]

Are there any other Longhorns other than Viola?

I certainly hope not.

Probably not among the more popular mascots in Arkansas.

[bulldogs1159]

I don't know if I can think of any others.

[Coltrane]

Bauxite Miners?

[Coach DePriest, Sheridan]

Miners has been said.

There are 4 football schools left.  Two in 4A, one in 3A, and one in 2A.  The one in 2A is the answer to my trivia question earlier:  Besides the Cavemen and Bearkatz, what other mascot does not end in an "s."

[Coach DePriest, Sheridan]

Jonesboro Golden Hurricane

I believe that would fit into your " No 's'" category as well.

I had them as Hurricanes plural.  Not sure their official name, so you are probably correct, but that was not the answer to my trivia question.