Daughter Editor noticed KETK, East Texas TV station, conjured The Best High Mascots in Texas and that we had blogged about Mascots over a year ago.
If I had a patent on that subject, would have sued. But Chris Barbee in El Campo had already noted his ‘Fighting Rice Birds’ bore that unique name.
When you view the KETK list of Unique Mascots in Texas, my Hamlin ‘Pied Pipers’ comes in seventh. I played trumpet while still in Grammar School. Saw my first two Cotton-Bowl football games.
Most used is ‘Eagles’–what we call ourselves at Abilene High and 153 other towns. Runner-up ‘Bull Dogs’ used by 102 schools.
At the old-folks boarding house where I now live, our garden encloses turtles. Maybe a dozen. They move slower. Maybe ‘Turtles’ should be our mascot name.
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