Poll: Vote for best high school mascot from Fort Collins-area schools

It’s a special edition of the Coloradoan’s Athlete of the Week series, partnering with Blue Federal Credit Union to honor our top local sports stars.

This week’s version isn’t about the athletes so much as the schools they represent.

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What is the best mascot among our Fort Collins-area schools? While there is some nickname overlap between a few schools, each school has a distinct branding, including a couple names unique to Fort Collins schools.

So, use your vote for your favorite local mascot! Maybe it’s your alma mater. Perhaps your kid attends school there. Or maybe you just think a Lambkin (or a SaberCat, or an Impala, or a Firebird, etc.) is just a really unique, interesting mascot.

You can find the poll at the bottom of the page.

Voting runs through July 28 at 11:59 a.m., with the winner announced at coloradoan.com/sports soon after the poll’s conclusion.

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Here are the Fort Collins-area high schools and their mascots:

Meet the Fort Collins-area mascots/team names:

Fort Collins High School: the Lambkins

Take your pick between a prancing lamb and the fiercer-looking live mascot that is Clyde. FCHS is the only school in the country with the Lambkin nickname.

Fossil Ridge: the SaberCats

Fang is the Fossil Ridge mascot, representing the school’s SaberCat nickname and displaying the school’s green and white colors.

Heritage Christian: the Eagles

Heritage Christian doesn’t typically use a live mascot and has undergone some recent athletics logo and branding changes. See the school’s current Eagles logo in the photo below.

Liberty Common: the Eagles

Liberty Common also doesn’t typically have a live mascot and also has the Eagles nickname, but with a red, white and blue color scheme. The Eagles mascot “symbolizes America and its values, underscoring the school’s commitment to fostering patriotism and civic duty.”

Poudre: the Impalas

The Impala antelope “is proud, determined, and the possessor of unquenchable spirit” and is nicknamed, “Cache.” Poudre is also the only high school in the country with the Impala nickname and mascot.

Poudre Community Academy: the Warriors

PCA doesn’t have a live mascot but the Warriors nickname represents the idea that “Strength in Community,” which is PCA’s mission and “what defines us as a family of Warriors.”

Rocky Mountain: the Lobos

The Lobos get their school mascot name from the Spanish word for timberwolf and represents “great courage, loyalty and strength.” Loco the Lobo is the live mascot.

Timnath: the Cubs

When the new Timnath Middle-High School opened in Aug. 2022, the Cub mascot kept the tradition from the previously-closed Timnath High School, which had used the Cubs as its nickname.

Wellington: the Eagles

Like Timnath, Wellington stuck to its roots when the new school opened in 2022. The maroon and white branding and Eagles nickname maintained the branding from the original and previously-closed Wellington high school.

Windsor: the Wizards

Windsor’s nickname has over 100 years of history and was derived from the school’s 1924 national championship boys basketball team. The live mascot is named “Walter the Wizard” and can be seen roaming Windsor sidelines with a light-up staff.

Windsor Community Academy: the Firebirds

Windsor Community Academy has another unique nickname in the Firebirds. The school’s live mascot, Phoenix, was designed by a student and chosen by student suggestions and a vote back in 2023.

Vote here:

Chris Abshire covers high school and community sports for the Coloradoan.

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