Help Orofino "Maniacs" win best mascot
OROFINO, ID -- The Orofino "Maniacs" are being featured in USA TODAY's national mascot contest!
The assumption is that the school was named Maniacs because of the state psychiatric hospital in Orofino, but school officials and historians are quick to point out the nickname pre-dates the hospital. According to the school, this is the origin: in 1927, Orofino's basketball team traveled by train to Kamiah. It didn't have uniforms and played a rag-tag style. The Kamiah crowd started giving Orofino a hard time, calling them "a bunch of Maniacs" and the name stuck.
To help Orofino win best mascot, like our KLEW Facebook page and we'll send you where to go, to vote!
The assumption is that the school was named Maniacs because of the state psychiatric hospital in Orofino, but school officials and historians are quick to point out the nickname pre-dates the hospital. According to the school, this is the origin: in 1927, Orofino's basketball team traveled by train to Kamiah. It didn't have uniforms and played a rag-tag style. The Kamiah crowd started giving Orofino a hard time, calling them "a bunch of Maniacs" and the name stuck.
To help Orofino win best mascot, like our KLEW Facebook page and we'll send you where to go, to vote!
As an alumni of the school Yea Go Maniacs.
Here is the link!! http://contest.usatodayhss.com/vote/mascot/r6?votedfor=F
THANK YOU!!!! :)