I still like the team in West Virginia the best. The person who is responsible for this is wrong:

 

Poka - Dots.

I still like the team in West Virginia the best. The person who is responsible for this is wrong:

 

Poka - Dots.

 

Having lived across the river from WV in my early years it doesn't surprise me. :creepy:

Maybe Rich can change the name of UM from Wolverines to Nimrods??

...here are my picks for this weekend's upcoming games:

 

1A Beechwood Tigers claw out a close victory over the Crittenden County Rockets.

1A LCA Eagles soar past the Hazard Bulldogs.

 

2A NCC Thoroughbreds race past the Corbin Redhounds.

2A Fort Campbell Falcons over Monroe County Falcons . Since the mascots are identical, Fort Campbell sounds more imposing than Monroe County.

 

3A Belfry Pirates over Breathitt County Bobcats. The pirate sword is the difference-maker here.

3A Central Yellowjackets sting the Union County Braves.

 

4A Bell County Bobcats over Boyle County Rebels. If only the South had come out on top in the War of Northern Aggression...

4A Bullitt East Chargers over Calloway County Lakers. Has anyone ever seen a "Laker"?

 

5A Whitley County Colonels over Highlands Bluebirds. Sorry, #18 will have to wait until next year

5A John Hardin Bulldogs maul the Christian County Colonels.

 

6A St. Xavier Tigers over Trinity Shamrocks. How have Trinity and Highlands won as many titles as they have, anyway? Have they always played "The Creampuffs" and "The Cupcakes"? Mind the BGP rules, now.

6A Male Bulldogs nip the Simon Kenton Pioneers in a squeaker.

 

There you have it.

 

Very good stuff!!:thumb: It's especially good if you read it with George Carlin's voice in your head....i.e. in the tradition of.....baseball is played on a diamond in a park. Football is played on a GRIDIRON in a STADIUM................

I still like the team in West Virginia the best. The person who is responsible for this is wrong:

 

Poka - Dots.

 

I remember playing them in school, and I will not go into our cheers from the pep rally for fear of being suspended.

So then if the Highlands Blue Devils ever consolidated with the Dayton Green Devils would they then become the Purple Devils?

 

 

 

 

No wait, thats red and blue make purple. What does blue and green make?:confused:

 

Mud?

There's a team in Wyoming called the Campbell County Camels that made the list, but ours didn't get a sniff. That did it for me. All his credibilty went RIGHT out the window.:fight::irked:

I was in Flintstone, Maryland one time and they had a sign as you came into town that said "Welcome To Flintstone - Home Of The Rockies". I couldn't believe they weren't called "The Freddies".

A mess.

 

 

Acatually, would that be aqua? Teal?

 

Cyan.

Several years ago I watched an Illinois basketball championship game on WGN. Probably over 20 years ago.

 

The contest pitted the Cornjumpers against the Wooden Shoes.

The contest pitted the Cornjumpers against the Wooden Shoes.

Who got a leg up on the other?

Several years ago I watched an Illinois basketball championship game on WGN. Probably over 20 years ago.

 

The contest pitted the Cornjumpers against the Wooden Shoes.

 

 

The Wooden Shoes made the list, I didn't see Cornjumpers but the list has the Cornjerkers:

 

Hoopeston - Cornjerkers

http://www.hoopeston.k12.il.us/

&

Tuetopolis - Wooden shoes

http://www.teutopolisschools.org/

The Wooden Shoes made the list, I didn't see Cornjumpers but the list has the Cornjerkers:

 

Hoopeston - Cornjerkers

http://www.hoopeston.k12.il.us/

&

Tuetopolis - Wooden shoes

http://www.teutopolisschools.org/

 

That must have been it. It's been a long time.:thumb:

So I guess the important question is - would a cornjerker be expected to dominate a wooden shoe, or vice-versa?

So I guess the important question is - would a cornjerker be expected to dominate a wooden shoe, or vice-versa?

 

I dunno but here is the definition:

 

CORNJERKERS

 

In a time before modern machinery, when work was done by hand and horsepower was measured in mules, sweet corn was pulled or jerked from the stalk. The leaves were shucked off and the golden ears were thrown in a wooden wagon pulled by a team of mules. This was Cornjerking, In other parts of the United States, this harvesting process may have been known as corn snapping, corn shucking, or corn husking. The many laborers who walked the fields to harvest the crops were called Cornjerkers.

 

The invention of the corn picking machine has made this hand harvesting process obsolete. By using modern machines, a farmer is capable of tending larger fields, thus producing more food with less effort. As a result, the term Cornjerker as used in the agricultural industry has become a colloquialism.

 

Hoopeston, Illinois has long been known as the "Sweet corn Capital of the World." In the 1920's the term Cornjerker was first applied to the athletic teams of the school just as the Pittsburgh Steelers got their name from that town's steel-mills. Bob Poisall, a sports writer for the Commercial News, is credited with first coining the team name. From the information available, the name was a joke that stuck.

 

In the fall, the team buses to games were often late in leaving because the teams' members were still in the fields jerking corn. Per the custom at that time, Mr. Poisall was riding the team bus in order to cover the game for his newspaper. In exasperation on one of these occasions, he told them they would never get anywhere, they were just a bunch of cornjerkers. Glenn Brasel, coach of Hoopeston High School from 1922 through 1946, must have liked the term and felt it would be an appropriate team name. The emblem of an ear of corn first appeared on the team uniform in 1930. In 1965, the mascot known as "Jerky" was born. This walking ear of corn was created by Dick Hobbs, who was coach and athletic director at that time.

 

Cornjerkers come in all shapes and sexes. Brawny football players, lanky basketball players, speedy track team members, petite cheerleaders - all of these students are Cornjerkers. Coaches, faculty, and fans are also a part of the Cornjerkers.

 

Originally, Cornjerkers were from Hoopeston. One of their rivals were the East Lynn Hornets. In 1973, the Hornets were turned into Cornjerkers - Hoopeston and East Lynn schools consolidated.

 

As of March 16, 1985, the best known Cornjerkers are the members of the current basketball team. The team is number three in the state of Illinois in Class A basketball. According to Don Dukes, Mayor of Hoopeston, " After this past weekend, there should not be anyone in the state of Illinois who doesn't know what a Cornjerker is and where one comes from."

Lincoln Alices, Vincennes, Ind.