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They let the current students vote on school names and mascots and the results are in:
Wise/Pound: Wise Central High Warriors. Red/Black/Silver
Powell Valley/Appalachia: Union High Storm. Black/Purple/Silver*
Coeburn/St. Paul: Wise East Spartans Green/Black/White
*PV/Appy is the only one that im not sure if its official. SP/Coe and Wise/Pound are official.
So, PV and Appy went totally off the chart with that. I like the name of the school. Very original, unlike the other 4 schools. The Wise/Pound school could have come up with a more original mascot. Warriors is an awful lot like Indians.
Yeah... if they're going with East & Central, the 3rd needs to be driectional, too.
If not, Union should be the Haulers.
I was hearing Eastside was approved for St. Paul/Coeburn.
Those are terrible IMO
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Originally Posted by Fifty_One
i heard that the PV/APPY school is the Union High Bears.......and auburn colors
The Coe/SP school is Eastside not Wise East. The rest is correct other than add silver to the colors.
Heard the same thing from a student there.Quote:
Originally Posted by whut.it.dew
PV colors are going be Like Auburns Colors Royal Blue, White, And Orange thats offical and they are going be called the Union High Bears not the Union High Storm
Hi guys, I was formerly RaiderWahoo0105. Given that a significant number of people in the area are VT fans I thought I'd post that Auburn colors are actually UVA colors (Go Wahoos!). Their first football coach was a UVA graduate and a lady in the accounting department/future Treasurer at Auburn (then Alabama Polytechnic Institute) who helped organized the formation of the first Auburn football team asked if they could use the coach's alma mater's colors.
Goolgle search - Burnt Orange & Navy: the Origin Story of Auburn University's Colors (I can't post this as a hyperlink because I need to be a member for 3 days with this username).
- The Oxford --> UVa --> Auburn color connection story is halfway down the page :).
P.S. It sucks that three other schools in the county will sport the black. I always liked being the Black Raiders. I'm just sad they rarely wore the ominous all blacks during my days there.
The Dickenson Star says the students/SB chose Wolfpack with black, silver and turquoise for their new HS..
I am not even sure what color turquoise is LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by VHSLhelper
Think Carolina Panthers.
More like Miami Dolphins.
Color scheme as a whole will have them looking alot like the Panthers.
Well it could be worse so long and they don't go crazy with the Turqoist I like the Silver and Black
Which school is it ....that the one poster said.....that the school and SB meaning school board I guess......said that they would be called the Wolfpack?
Can't actually say, since I don't think they've announced the name yet.
But since it was in the Dickenson paper...
The Clintwood/Haysi/Ervinton consoladated school opening in 3 or 4 yearsQuote:
Originally Posted by PVVikings2006
Should have been the "Stone Mountain Stoners" for one of the schools- could have used Shaggy and Scooby for mascots.
I guess it is an obvious leap to assume that "Warrior" immediately implies "Indians", but that need not be the case. There are many, many examples throughout history of "warriors" in various cultures all over the world including those from the many Native American tribes that were prevalent across our continent, as well as, South America.Quote:
Originally Posted by centennialdawg
I never like to quote Wikipedia, but here goes -- "A warrior is a person skilled in combat or warfare, especially within the context of a tribal or clan-based society that recognizes a separate warrior class."
Spartans are in fact an example of a warrior culture from ancient Greece. From early Celtic, Germanic and Norse (Viking) tribes previously considered barbarians to Japanese Samurai, from Medieval knights to African Zulus, from Persian "Immortals" to ancient Roman soldiers and gladiators -- all were warriors in their respective cultures.
It will be very interesting to see which example of "warrior" is actually chosen to be the mascot since the term "warrior" is actually very ambiguous. I like the idea of a Roman gladiator or Barbarian (i.e. Conan from the series of novels), but it remains to be seen what will win out. You may be correct that a Native American symbol may have been the intent of this choice, but it really doesn't have to be. Just my 2 cents....
It is my understanding that this warrior will not be Indian-affiliated,but Warriors is still much generic as far as mascots/name goes