The high school in Hoopeston, Illinois, calls its teams the Hoopeston Area Cornjerkers, and in Avon, Connecticut, the Avon Old Farms Winged Beavers are a beloved hockey team. In case you’re shopping for school districts. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Wacky School Mascots”
Here are a couple more high school mascots that I really like.
One is from Hoopston, Illinois. That’s the Hoopston area cornjerkers.
Okay. What does that mean exactly? That has to do with… when you’re husking?
Yeah. Yeah. Back in the old days. I think that’s the sweet corn capital of the world, actually.
Ooh, I love sweet corn. I know, right? Let’s go. That’s one thing I miss from Missouri is just sweet corn plucked right out of the field.
Right, right. You would be a corn jerker in that case.
Totally. There’s another one from Avon, Connecticut, the Avon Old Farmed Winged Beavers.
Winged Beavers? Yes. What does the mascot look like? I’m going to envision in my mind some beautiful creature with, like, glowing eyes.
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