Go, Team!

Today my son played a soccer game against a town whose high school team is called "The Blue Wave." It's not a bad name, I suppose, for a beach town in California. But I live in Connecticut, which is known mostly for lockjaw and corduroy pants with tiny embroidered whales. "Wasps" might be a better mascot for our little corner of the world.

Our local high school team is not the Wasps, however. We are "The Warriors." I guess this is meant to conjure up visions of spear-wielding soldiers with matted hair, like the hordes in Braveheart. But it would be easier to picture our varsity squad in khakis. Instead of spears, they'll wield iphones.

Some teams have menacing animals for their mascots: the Bears, the Eagles, the Panthers. But in Fairfield County we just don't have that many ferocious beasts. If we need to go with something menacing we'll have to use our most fearsome pest: The Tick. Instead of ripping apart or maiming our enemies, our sports teams will have to threaten somehing more insidious. Beware, competition! We will make you really tired, with achy joints!

tlc