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Alabama high school canine mascots: What’s out there?

By Wesley Coburn

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 15: The Georgetown Hoyas mascot Jack the Bull Dog on the floor before a college basketball game against the Southern Methodist Mustangs at the Capital One Arena on December 15, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 15: The Georgetown Hoyas mascot Jack the Bull Dog on the floor before a college basketball game against the Southern Methodist Mustangs at the Capital One Arena on December 15, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) /
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What Alabama high school canine mascots are out there?

As part of our Dog O’Day research of all the animal mascots we can find across the United States, we’re starting at the beginning of the alphabet with the Yellowhammer State, where sports are mostly governed by the Alabama High School Athletic Association (other smaller organizations, including the Alabama Independent School Association, oversee private school sports).

This also means looking at the animal mascots, bird mascots and feline mascots of Alabama high school sports. We used MaxPreps and Mascot DB for our research; we apologize if we left your school out of our listings.

The AHSAA was founded in 1921, and sanctions championships in baseball, basketball (boys and girls), cheer, cross country (boys and girls), football, soccer (boys and girls), softball, swimming and diving (boys and girls), tennis (boys and girls), track and field (indoor and outdoor, boys and girls), volleyball and wrestling.

What Alabama high school canine mascots are out there?

There aren’t that many Alabama high school canine mascots to start with. It’s kind of like the Middle Ages where there were maybe a dozen or so boy names. But while the variety of canine mascots may be lacking, the quantity makes up for it.

At least 34 schools use the classic Bulldogs as their nickname; these are Addison, Andalusia, Anniston, Ashville, Belgreen, Bibb Graves, Blacksher, Brantley, Carbon Hill, Clarke County, Dora, Gaston, Geneva County, Geraldine, Hanceville, Holtville, Kinston, LaFayette, Lamar County, Marbury, Montevallo, Moore, Opelika, Piedmont, Pike County, Ranburne, Restoration Academy, Sheffield, Sweet Water, UMS-Wright, Wadley, Washington County and Winterboro.

Defunct schools who were also known as the Bulldogs were – Bessemer Carver, Bibb Graves, Blue Springs, Camden Academy, Carlowville, Council Training, Centre Hatcher, Centreville Davidson, Fairfax Rehobeth, Georgiana Austin, McCullough, Pine Hill, Piper Coleanor, Repton, Sheffield Sterling, South Girard, and Tallassee Moten.

Aside from that, there are just the Huskies from Helena and Hewitt-Trussville, the Wolves from Fayetteville and Vigor, and the Frisco City Whippets.

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There were also the defunct Birmingham Ullman Wolfpack and the Mobile County Training Whippets as well.

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