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Nicknames ignite cross matchups in West Virginia Virginia high school basketball
Daily Telegraph writer Tom Bone imagines playful pairings based on school names and regional legends. He proposes tournament style clashes among George Wythe and Patrick Henry, Lincoln schools, Jefferson versus Woodrow Wilson, and many other name matchedups across West Virginia and Virginia.
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Revolution
Dynamo
Lightning
Stars
West Virginia Power
Grasshoppers
Crawdads
Blueclaws
Greenjackets
Riverdogs
Bowling Green Hot Rods
Virginias
Maroons
George Wythe
Patrick Henry
Virginia
Hogaheegee
Richmond
Henry
Wythe
Washington High School
Jefferson County
Roy
George Washington
George
Jefferson
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Jefferson
University of Virginia
Thomas Woodrow Wilson
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James Monroe
Herbert Hoover
West Virginia
Monroe
Hoover
United States
Lincoln
Harrison County
Lincoln County
Honest Abe
John D. Rockefeller
Wesleyan
Robert C. Byrd
Clarksburg
John Marshall
America
Daily Telegraph
Doug Street
Montcalm
Winfield- Scott
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Sherman
Rocky and Bullwinkle
Oakvale
Oak Hill
Oak Glen
Oak Hill Academy
Paw Paw Pirates