Greatest team nickname ever

For some reason, Mississippi is fairly lean on truly bizarre team nicknames, but we have a few that are unusual:

Taylorsville Tartars
East Union Urchins (whose colors are the same awful brown and yellow of the original San Diego Padres)
Greenville-Weston Honey Bees (their boys are the Hornets)
Kosciusko Whippets
Wayne County War Eagles (and, yes, they definitely have an Auburn thing going with their unis)
Ocean Springs Greyhounds
Caledonia Confederates
Houston Hilltoppers
Mooreville Troopers
Lafayette Sailorettes (their boys are the Commodores)
St. Aloysius Flashes
Vicksburg Missy Gators
Wesson Cobras
Gulfport Admirals

 

Port Gibson is going through an identity crisis, too. Used to be the Blue Waves. In the last couple of years they've started calling themselves the Port Gibson Blue Wave Fighting Sharks.
It sounds like a move from a badly-dubbed episode of "Dragonball Z".

 

Nothing that comes out of Port Gibson will ever surprise me, or shock me.

 

I'm amazed that I haven't contributed to this in some way.

From the Hoosier state:

Active
Clay City & Eminence Eels
Crawfordsville Athenians (the home of Lew Wallace, C-Ville is the "Athens of the Midwest" or something like that)
Delphi Oracles
Fort Wayne South Archers
Forest Park Rangers
Frankfort Hot Dogs
Indianapolis Northwest Space Pioneers (the school opened in the 1960s)
LaPorte Slicers
Madison-Grant Argylls
Mishawaka Cavemen (Marengo -- where there are actually caves -- also used the name)
Pendleton Heights Arabians (named after the horses, not the race of people )
Rising Sun Shiners
Shoals Jug Rox
Tell City Marksmen
Vincennes Alices (named after the book "Alice of Old Vincennes")
Washington Hatchets

Consolidated out of existence
Advance Osceolons, which joined the Thorntown Kewasakees to form the ... Western Boone Stars (yes, lame nicknames are the heart of consolidated schools).
Arlington Purple Breezes
Banquo Ghosts
Battle Ground Tomahawks
Bedford Stonecutters (in the heart of limestone country)
Bloomingdale Academy Immortals
Burlington Polar Cubs
Cambridge City Wampus Cats
Chili Polar Bears
Concannon Cannons
Cory Apple Boys
Cynthiana Annas
DePauw Blue River Echoes
Edwardsport Powers
Farmersburg Plowboys
Fort Branch Twigs
Hartford City Airedales (and its cousin, the Mt. Ayr Ayrdales)
Holton Warhorses
Huntingburg Happy Hunters (who consolidated with the Holland Dutchmen to form ... the Southridge Raiders ... ugh!)
Hymera Shakamaks (named after a nearby forest ... there has since been a consolidated school named Shakamak ... of which Hymera is not a part).
Ireland Spuds
Jackson Twp. Stonewalls (and we're nowhere near the Confederacy ... Roanoke also used the name)
Klondike Nuggets
Ladoga Canners
Lincoln Railsplitters (who later consolidated with the Onward Redcoats)
Lynnville Lyndies
Montezuma Aztecs, Mecca Arabs & Rosedale Hot Shots consolidated together (to form another school with a lame name, the Riverton Parke Panthers)
Michigantown Ganders
Milton Sharpshooters
Monroe City Blue Jeans (named after former Gov. Blue Jeans Williams, a native of the town)
Owensville Kickapoos
Pine Village Pine Knots
Plainville, Wanatah & Perry Central Midgets
Poseyville Posies
Raleigh Sir Walters
Remington Rifles
Roll Red Rollers
Scircleville Ringers
Smithville Skibos
Spencer Cops (because Spencer was once the "C"enter "O"f "P"opulation in the U.S.)
Stinesville Quarry Lads
Summitville Goblins
Swayzee & Urbana Speed Kings
Terre Haute Gerstmeyer Black Cats
Upland Yeomen
Wallace Peppers
Waynetown Gladiators
West Baden Sprudels
Wheatfield Shockers
Whitewater Twp. Elkhorns
Williamsport Bingy Bombers

 

The Treeing Curs, inspired by the regular winners of the World Squirrel Dog Hunting Championship at Snookie's Bluegrass Auditorium in LeBlanc, La., was the name of my first fantasy baseball team.

 

I'd say I miss them too, ... but my wife might find out.
Loved the bumpersticker and wish I had one. Ah, the sweet and innocent times of the mid-1980s.

 

I know of a Senior A hockey team here in Ontario called the Muskies. The story I was told was, they were to have been called the Huskies. But when their New York Ranger-style sweaters arrived, for some reason there was an "M" in place of the "H."

And they remain the Muskies today, with a fish logo and everything - they're even nicknamed the Fish - even though the town in which they play doesn't have a river, a harbour or any kind of body of water anywhere nearby.

 

Out here in the AJHL -- alberta junior hockey league -- we have the Olds Grizzlys. Apparently they can't spell in Olds. Innocent enough, sure, but after having to write it out for a hockey season you feel rather stupid doing so. I have now had to write it out for six of my eight years in the business.

 

Not as good as some of the others, but.....

Montana State-Northern (Lights). Women's teams are referred to as Skylights.

 

You forgot the between periods fish toss!

Asked a friend of mine who is a big Muskies fan -and former outdoor educator in that area - about the origin of the Muskie name. He said there might be some fish at the Forks of the Credit which isn't far from there. Doubt there are any muskies.

Some great nicknames in that loop.

 

Biscuits served at the ballpark are DELICIOUS.

 

Here's a few

Mount Airy Granite Bears
Elkin Buckin' Elks
Washington Pam Pack
Cary Imps
Winston-Salem Dash
Hickory Crawdads
Swain County Maroon Devils
Rocky Mount Gryphons
Greenville Rose Rampants
Reagan Camels
Forsyth Country Day Furies
Davie County War Eagles