Fisher’s files: Unique nicknames abound

By: HSSN Staff
Thursday, August 10, 2017 | 7:36 PM

Not too impressed by your high school mascot's nickname?

It could be worse.

Check out this list of unique high school mascot nicknames from around the country.

Warning: They aren't your typical Lions, and Tigers and Bears, oh my!

• Aiken Fighting Green Hornets (Aiken, S.C.)

• Anchor Bar Tars (Fair Haven, Mich.)

• Cathedral Crossing Comets (Grove City, Ohio)

• Central Pointe Christian Academy White Tigers (Kissimmee, Fla.)

• Chattanooga Central Pounders (Harrison, Tenn.)

• Chelan Mountain Goats (Chelan, Wash.)

• Columbus Blue Steel (Bronx, N.Y.)

• Dollar Bay Bays (Dollar Bay, Mich.)

• Everett Seagulls (Everett, Wash.)

• Hale Ray Noises (Moodus, Conn.)

• Hampton Crabbers (Hampton, Va.)

• King Kekaulike Na Ali'i (Pukalani, Hawaii)

• Lancaster Golden Gales (Lancaster, Ohio)

• Lewis County Minutemen (Weston, W.Va.)

• Merrimack Tomahawks (Merrimack, N.H.)

• Miami Beach Tides/Hi (Miami Beach, Fla.)

• Midlakes Screaming Eagles (Clifton Springs, N.Y.)

• New Milford Green Wave (New Milford, Conn.)

• Palmer Moose (Palmer, Alaska)

• Pella Dutch (Pella, Iowa)

• Rochester Zebras (Rochester, Ind.)

• Roosevelt Roughriders (Des Moines, Iowa)

• Union Knights/Damsels (Rimersburg)

• Willows Honkers (Willows, Calif.)

• Wisdom Generals (Houston)

• Zeeland West Dux (Zeeland, Mich.)

Of course, my favorite high school nickname, not listed above, would be the Raymond Rangers, in Raymond, Miss.

Ray Fisher is a freelance writer.