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The mascot for Odessa High School is the Odessa Bronchos, with all female teams referred to as "Lady Bronchos." This unique spelling of "Broncho" has resulted in Odessa High being the only high school in Texas with this particular mascot. [7] The original mascot for the team was the Yellowjackets and the team colors were purple and gold.
The imaginary mascot has made Itasca recognizable to people who don't even know the town of 1,500 is 45 miles south of Fort Worth. ESPN has done a story on it, as has The New York Times. A Dallas radio station has called it the quintessential Texas high school football nickname. [3]
Port Neches-Groves High School, Port Neches, Texas [23] - The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas is calling for an end to using the Indian mascot. The school district had cited a 1979 document in which a former chief of the Cherokee Nation had given permission for the mascot, but this was revoked in 2020.
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Voters earlier this year approved a 21-year, $195.5 million bond to build a third comprehensive high school to serve 2,000 students and a technical high school to serve 600 in-district students.
The high school's "Indian" mascot has garnered controversy for being racist and culturally insensitive, in line with a greater trend in the United States. [3] These depictions include the use of the chant " Scalp 'Em", referring to the school's football field as "the reservation ", and cheerleaders crafting and wearing ersatz war bonnets ...
We asked Tri-City Herald readers to vote for their favorite mascots for the two new Tri-City high schools that will open in 2025. About 450 of you weighed in on your thoughts for Pasco’s new ...
Oakley the Barn Owl – mascot of the Texas Woman's Pioneers; Objee – bear mascot of the Coast Guard Bears and until 1984 a live bear kept on campus. Ody Owl – mascot of the Mississippi University for Women Owls [30] Ole the Lion – mascot of the St. Olaf Oles; Olé Gaucho – unofficial mascot of the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos