Best high school mascot in Wyoming: Top 5 candidates

From Dogies to Doggers, meet the best high school mascots in Wyoming

Git along, little Dogies, it's time to explore the wonderful world of high school mascots in Wyoming.

SBLive Sports' love for unique mascots with interesting back stories has been well documented.

We've crowned Hodags and Imps the past couple of years in national high school mascot contests, and now we're taking a spin through every state.

We started in October with Alabama and now we finish in December with Wyoming, featuring each state's best high school mascots, and then giving readers a chance to vote for their favorite. Our Wyoming poll will posted Dec. 3 on highschool.si.com and will stay open through Dec. 10:

Vote: Which is the best high school mascot in Wyoming?

Here are the top five high school mascots in Wyoming:

Big Piney Punchers

Big Piney's logo lets you know right away that these Punchers have more to do with cowboys than boxers. Punchers is short for "Cowpunchers," which is a nickname for cowboys.

Campbell County Camels

These aren't the only Camels in the country among high schools, and there's even another Campbell County High School in Kentucky called the Camels. But local legend suggests these Campbell County Camels got their name when the petrified bones of a camel were found during the excavation of a Gillette building in 1938.

Farson-Eden Pronghorns

Pronghorns are the fastest land mammal in North America and second-fastest in the world after the cheetah. And most of them live in Wyoming, which begs the question: Why are these the only Pronghorns in the nation among high schools? Kudos to Farson-Eden for its speedy choice, and for designing a fantastic Pronghorn logo.

Lingle-Fort Laramie Doggers

Wyoming is a perfect state for rodeo references, and Doggers does the trick. A dogger is another name for a steer wrestler, as Lingle-Fort Laramie's logo confirms.

Newcastle Dogies

And now we move from Doggers (nothing to do with dogs) to Dogies (also nothing to do with dogs). Dogies are calves that have been separated from their mother in the herd.

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-- Mike Swanson | swanson@scorebooklive.com | @sblivesports