July 21, 2012
As covered on the Murph and Andy radio show Friday (go to the 25:30 mark) Bud Legg of the IHSAA has compiled a list (PDF) of Iowa high school team nicknames in the first half of the 20th century.
Despite what the list says, though, Traer and North Tama’s mascot was/is Redhawks, one word. There’s also a list of current schools and teams (PDF) but it has “Red Hawks” instead of “Redhawks” as well.
My list of school changes doesn’t include nicknames, so it’s not quite as rich for Andy Fales to mine. He had plenty of fun with them Friday.