North Carolina
The full list of NC high school mascots
The N.C. High School Athletic Association is welcoming a handful of new members this year including the Stallions of Southeast Alamance, the Bobcats of Piedmont Classical, and the Guardians of Wake Prep.
The N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association also has a few new members, like the Warriors of Southeastern Christian and the Falcons of Arborbrook Christian.
Between the state’s top two athletic associations you’ll find plenty of Eagles, Cougars, Knights, Vikings, and Wildcats (the current top-five of the most common high school mascot names in North Carolina) but not nearly as many Furies, Dolphins, Vipers, Barracudas, or Aces (five of the 70-plus mascot names that are used by just one school).
There’s also one school that is playing this year with an interim mascot.
Martin County, the team name given to the singular athletic department between Riverside of Williamston and South Creek high schools (read more on that unique merger here) has decided to combine the two mascots until deciding on a permanent name. So for this year, and perhaps only this year, we get the Martin County Cougars-Knights. (South Creek was the Cougars, Riverside was the Knights.)
Below, we’ve listed all the mascots in the state from most popular to least common using only schools from these two associations.
Most popular NCHSAA and NCISAA mascot names
- Eagles (32) — doesn’t include Golden Eagles, Screaming Eagles, or War Eagles
- Cougars (20)
- Knights (20)
- Vikings (20)
- Wildcats (20)
- Bulldogs (19)
- Warriors (18)
- Panthers (17)
- Falcons (16) — doesn’t include Golden Falcons
- Patriots (16)
- Spartans (13)
- Lions (12) — doesn’t include Flying Lions
- Rams (12) — doesn’t include Red Rams
- Trojans (12)
- Tigers (11)
- Bears (9) — doesn’t include Black Bears or Granite Bears
- Jaguars (9)
- Chargers (8)
- Pirates (8)
- Cardinals (7)
- Cavaliers (7)
- Mustangs (7)
- Raiders (7) — doesn’t include Red Raiders
- Yellow Jackets (7)
- Hawks (6) — doesn’t include Golden Hawks or Redhawks
- Huskies (6)
- Crusaders (5)
- Titans (5)
- Blue Devils (4)
- Bobcats (4)
- Buccaneers (4)
- Colts (4)
- Stallions (4)
- Wolverines (4)
- Bengals (3)
- Comets (3) — doesn’t include Blue Comets
- Gators (3)
- Hornets (3)
- Hurricanes (3)
- Mountaineers (3)
- Phoenix (3)
- Pride (3)
- Red Devils (3)
- Saints (3)
- Storm (3)
- Wolfpack or Wolf Pack (3)
- Wolves (3) — doesn’t include Timberwolves
- Bearcats (2)
- Black Knights (2)
- Blackhawks (2)
- Bruins (2)
- Dragons (2)
- Firebirds (2)
- Golden Eagles (2)
- Greyhounds (2)
- Grizzlies (2)
- Gryphons (2) — doesn’t include Griffins
- Jets (2)
- Mavericks (2)
- Nighthawks (2)
- Raptors (2)
- Ravens (2)
- Rebels (2)
- Red Raiders (2)
- Red Wolves (2)
- Rockets (2)
- Sabers or Sabres (2)
- Scots (2)
- Aces (1)
- Archers (1)
- Aviators (1)
- Barracudas (1)
- Bison (1)
- Black Bears (1)
- Blue Comets (1)
- Blues (1)
- Braves (1)
- Buckin’ Elks (1)
- Bucks (1)
- Camels (1)
- Capitals (1)
- Catamounts (1)
- Centurions (1)
- Chancellors (1)
- Cowboys (1)*
- Dark Horses (1)
- Demons (1) — doesn’t include Golden Demons
- Devilpups (1)
- Dolphins (1)
- Flying Lions (1)
- Furies (1)
- Golden Bulls (1)
- Golden Demons (1)
- Golden Falcons (1)
- Golden Hawks (1)
- Golden Tornadoes (1)
- Granite Bears (1)
- Green Wave (1)
- Greenies (1)
- Griffins (1)
- Guardians (1)
- Heat (1)
- Hilltoppers (1)
- Imps (1)
- Indians (1)
- Ironmen (1)
- Kings (1)
- Lakers (1)
- Leopards (1)
- Mariners (1)
- Maroon Devils (1)
- Monarchs (1)
- Pam Pack (1)
- Pioneers (1)
- Pumas (1)
- Quakers (1)
- Raging Bulls (1)
- Rampants (1)
- Rebel Bulls (1)
- Red Barons (1)
- Red Rams (1)
- Red Tornadoes (1)
- Redhawks (1)
- Redskins (1)
- Royals (1)
- Sauras (1)
- Scorpions (1)
- Screaming Eagles (1)
- Seahawks (1)
- Spiders (1)
- Timberwolves (1)
- Trailblazers (1)
- Unicorns (1)
- Villains (1)
- Vipers (1)
- War Eagles (1)
- War Horses (1)
- Whirlies (1)
- Wonders (1)
- Cougars-Knights (1)**
*Southwest Guilford’s girls teams are the Cowgirls.
**Interim mascot
