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National high school mascot bracket, Round 1: Vote for Avon Old Farms Winged Beavers or Clayton Valley Ugly Eagles

Avon Old Farms (Connecticut) is a 3 seed and Clayton Valley Charter (California) is a 14 seed in the first round

Mike Swanson

The Avon Old Farms Winged Beavers (Connecticut) take on the Clayton Valley Charter Ugly Eagles (California) in Round 1.
The Avon Old Farms Winged Beavers (Connecticut) take on the Clayton Valley Charter Ugly Eagles (California) in Round 1. / Graphic by Jesus Baca

The bracket is set for High School on SI's 2025 NCAA Tournament-style contest to determine the best high school mascot in America, and Round 1 is underway.

Vote below for the No. 3-seeded Avon Old Farms Winged Beavers (Connecticut) or the No. 14-seeded Clayton Valley Charter Ugly Eagles (California) to advance to the second round.

The winner will face either the Ashland Oredockers (Wisconsin) or Anaconda Copperheads (Montana).

The Winged Beavers earned a 3 seed as an at-large bid by finishing third in our statewide Connecticut contest with 6,029 votes, while the Ugly Eagles won California with five votes to earn a 14 seed.

Follow along: National Mascot Tournament 2025 Bracket

Voting for this matchup will conclude Tuesday, March 25, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time.

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3. Avon Old Farms Winged Beavers (Connecticut)

The school’s founder, Theodate Pope Riddle, chose the Winged Beaver as the school’s mascot to reflect the school’s motto, Aspirando et Perseverando, aspiring and persevering. The wings of aspiration represent the soaring flight of an eagle, and perseverance is symbolized in the diligence of a beaver. 

14. Clayton Valley Charter Ugly Eagles (California)

According to the Sacramento Bee, back in the 1970s a gruff football coach ordered his players to cut their hair and trim their sideburns. The players at then-Clayton Valley High School rebelled, so the coach deemed his shaggy lot to no longer be the Eagles but instead the “Ugly Eagles,” and the mascot stuck. The school became Clayton Valley Charter in 2012.

National high school mascot bracket, Round 1: Vote for Avon Old Farms Winged Beavers or Clayton Valley Ugly Eagles
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MIKE SWANSON

Mike Swanson is the VP of Content for High School On SI. He's been in journalism since 2003, having worked as a reporter, city editor, copy editor and high school sports editor in California, Connecticut and Oregon.

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