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5 minutes ago, JETT said:

Contain him and maybe Potts can get a stop

He's going to hurt you either way. Containing him or throwing. Pick your poison. 

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9 minutes ago, JETT said:

Contain him and maybe Potts can get a stop

Best way to play him is to contain him. Let your db's play the recievers 

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1 minute ago, JETT said:

I wonder if cards have been down at half this year, going to be interesting to see what adjustments if any they make 

Yes. They were down with us 

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3 minutes ago, JETT said:

I wonder if cards have been down at half this year, going to be interesting to see what adjustments if any they make 

I don’t think they care. GW cut a deficit in the fourth quarter that I surely thought it would’ve sent them into shock. They just keep coming at you no matter what the score is. 

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Zebras mascot ranked No. 12 best in state by Aceable

 
 
Grandview Zebras
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Some high schools are known for the names of their mascots.  

Aceable ranked the 30 best high school mascots in Texas. Grandview High School’s Zebras mascot came in at No. 12. The mascots were judged by originality, creativity and historical meaning from a list of 3,709 institutions in the state.

“As one resident wrote in an Odyssey Online article, you know you’re from Grandview if you have a ‘psycho zebra’ logo plastered on your car, attend every football game and cheer loudly for the high school’s Thundering Herd band,” according to Aceable.

 

Aceable is a drivers education organization that provides certification programs for parents and teachers to teach students how to drive.

Grandview ISD Superintendent Joe Perrin said the ranking is “awesome.”

“The zebra mascot is very unique which makes us special,” Perrin said. “Everyone in the community rallies around the Zebras.”

Grandview High School Principal Kirby Basham said the entire Grandview community takes pride in the fact that they have an uncommon mascot.

“When people around the state hear about the Zebras they automatically know what school they are referring to, and that is pretty cool,” Basham said.

Grandview resident Brenda Edwards wrote a column for the Grandview Tribune in 2014 about how GHS received the zebra as its mascot.   

“In the spring, March 1920, Grandview High School burned down,” Edwards said, “with all of the town burning also. Only a few buildings were saved. Since all the football equipment had been consumed by the blaze, there was no team in the fall of 1920.”

Edwards said a new school was built the next year, and the school board hired teachers.

“In those frugal times, it was common practice to appoint a teacher to coach the football team, rather than hire a separate person,” Edwards said. “Preston Paul Stringer, a former ministerial student from Baylor (who had never played football) was appointed as the new football coach. Stringer had known the Baylor football players well, so he taught the Baylor plays to his Grandview team, including the ‘hidden ball trick.’ The new coach also had to obtain equipment and uniforms to replace those that had been destroyed in the 1920 fire.”

 

With his main goal to conserve funds, Edwards said Stringer selected the cheapest jerseys, which other buyers rejected.

“They were lavender with gold stripes,” Edwards said. “The players and fans did not like them saying, ‘the players looked like zebras.’”

The rest was history as Grandview now calls themselves the Fighting Zebras.

Aceable ranked five other high schools in the Metroplex.

The Polytechnic High School Parrots in Fort Worth ranked No. 21. Calling parrots “Polly” dates back to the 17th century England when a playwright named a character who mimicked the words and behaviors of others “Sir Pol,” according to Aceable.

The Lake Worth High School Bullfrogs ranked No. 20, the Hockaday School Daises in Dallas ranked No. 14, the Frisco High School Raccoons ranked No. 8 and the Mesquite High School Skeeters ranked No. 6.

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3 minutes ago, BearFan13 said:

I don’t think they care. GW cut a deficit in the fourth quarter that I surely thought it would’ve sent them into shock. They just keep coming at you no matter what the score is. 

Agreed. They just keep playing until the end.

 

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1 minute ago, Crawford said:

Zebras mascot ranked No. 12 best in state by Aceable

 
 
Grandview Zebras
File photo
 
 
 
 
 

Some high schools are known for the names of their mascots.  

Aceable ranked the 30 best high school mascots in Texas. Grandview High School’s Zebras mascot came in at No. 12. The mascots were judged by originality, creativity and historical meaning from a list of 3,709 institutions in the state.

“As one resident wrote in an Odyssey Online article, you know you’re from Grandview if you have a ‘psycho zebra’ logo plastered on your car, attend every football game and cheer loudly for the high school’s Thundering Herd band,” according to Aceable.

 

Aceable is a drivers education organization that provides certification programs for parents and teachers to teach students how to drive.

Grandview ISD Superintendent Joe Perrin said the ranking is “awesome.”

“The zebra mascot is very unique which makes us special,” Perrin said. “Everyone in the community rallies around the Zebras.”

Grandview High School Principal Kirby Basham said the entire Grandview community takes pride in the fact that they have an uncommon mascot.

“When people around the state hear about the Zebras they automatically know what school they are referring to, and that is pretty cool,” Basham said.

Grandview resident Brenda Edwards wrote a column for the Grandview Tribune in 2014 about how GHS received the zebra as its mascot.   

“In the spring, March 1920, Grandview High School burned down,” Edwards said, “with all of the town burning also. Only a few buildings were saved. Since all the football equipment had been consumed by the blaze, there was no team in the fall of 1920.”

Edwards said a new school was built the next year, and the school board hired teachers.

“In those frugal times, it was common practice to appoint a teacher to coach the football team, rather than hire a separate person,” Edwards said. “Preston Paul Stringer, a former ministerial student from Baylor (who had never played football) was appointed as the new football coach. Stringer had known the Baylor football players well, so he taught the Baylor plays to his Grandview team, including the ‘hidden ball trick.’ The new coach also had to obtain equipment and uniforms to replace those that had been destroyed in the 1920 fire.”

 

With his main goal to conserve funds, Edwards said Stringer selected the cheapest jerseys, which other buyers rejected.

“They were lavender with gold stripes,” Edwards said. “The players and fans did not like them saying, ‘the players looked like zebras.’”

The rest was history as Grandview now calls themselves the Fighting Zebras.

Aceable ranked five other high schools in the Metroplex.

The Polytechnic High School Parrots in Fort Worth ranked No. 21. Calling parrots “Polly” dates back to the 17th century England when a playwright named a character who mimicked the words and behaviors of others “Sir Pol,” according to Aceable.

The Lake Worth High School Bullfrogs ranked No. 20, the Hockaday School Daises in Dallas ranked No. 14, the Frisco High School Raccoons ranked No. 8 and the Mesquite High School Skeeters ranked No. 6.

It looks better when they got the smoke coming out of it

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6 minutes ago, blesseddaily said:

Lots of good skill kids on both teams...really impressed with #5 for Potts...two tough catches on one of  the drives, including a fourth down catch that was right on the turf! Great hands!!

#5 fro. Pottsboro has been our Achilles heel the past two years. They just have a lot of good recievers 

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