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National high school mascot bracket, Round 1: Vote for Bayfield Trollers or Caesar Rodney Riders

Bayfield (Wisconsin) is a 5 seed and Caesar Rodney (Delaware) is a 12 seed in the first round

Mike Swanson

The Bayfield Trollers (Wisconsin) take on the Caesar Rodney Riders (Delaware) in Round 1.
The Bayfield Trollers (Wisconsin) take on the Caesar Rodney Riders (Delaware) 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. 5-seeded Bayfield Trollers (Wisconsin) or the No. 12-seeded Caesar Rodney Riders (Delaware) to advance to the second round.

The winner will face either the Perry-Lecompton Kaws (Kansas) or Frankfort Hot Dogs (Indiana).

The Trollers earned a 5 seed as an at-large bid by finishing third in our statewide Wisconsin contest with 2,360 votes, while the Riders won Delaware with 10 votes to earn a 12 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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5. Bayfield Trollers (Wisconsin)

Bayfield is a Northern Wisconsin community on Lake Superior steeped in fishing tradition, and trolling is one way to fish. Bayfield High School honors that tradition by calling its teams the Trollers.

12. Caesar Rodney Riders (Delaware)

There are three other "Riders" among U.S. high schools (and a whole bunch of Roughriders and Rough Riders), but these Riders have the most interesting back story. U.S. Founding Father Caesar Rodney rode 70 miles through a thunderstorm in 1776 to Philadelphia so he could break a deadlock at the Continental Congress when it was debating American independence. The wording of the Declaration of Independence was approved two days later.

National high school mascot bracket, Round 1: Vote for Bayfield Trollers or Caesar Rodney Riders
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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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