WestTX:

We were a clever bunch at dear 'old AHS. Trashcosa, Craprock and Palo Manure...

No clever derogatory nickname for AHS?
They must feel so left out ...

Monterey Class of '01

CanyonAg - I understand about PD and the minority thing. When I went there we had one black kid finally my senior year and he was from Amarillo Air Force Base. There was NO anymosity towards him and a lot of support - he was a great guy. Folks don't recall that even the SWC in those years was "all white". Actually Mercury Morris at West Texas State broke the College color barrier in Texas a year before U of Houston. Then SMU and then t.u. Austin... the dam burst about 1964-65 for everyone else as I recall. Had to or else be non-competitive.

Regarding AHS. When PD took a lot of the Northside athletes (and won the State Championship in Basketball their very first year in existence 1954-55...), and then Tascosa came along and had essentially "everything west of Georgia" and North of 45th. (I think that was the boundary...). Bell was just about the limits of Western growth at the time except for Belmar. The Amarillo Hospital District was an empty field. AHS HAD been a state power for many, many years up until the split with PD, Tascosa, etc. My parents moved from Pleasant Valley to Olsen Park (Tascosa land) during this turmoil. The "old" Amarillo city fathers (ALL of whom were AHS alums) finally had enough and redistricted and moved a brand spanking new AHS into the middle of the hottest (and most affluent) new neighborhoods in town i.e., West of Bell and gerrymandered the best of the best (Oldham Circle, et al) to regain their prowess putting the new line at Andrews in Olsen Park, etc.. and cut Tascosa's plush district waaay back...
Funny how the "have's" in town finally had had enough and took matters into their own hands to regain lost stature... During the "splits" of the 50;s and 60's and 70's of AHS "territory" centered on downtown, their athletic and other "competitive" fortunes had fallen on bad times and were pretty bad...
Only instance I know of where a High School muscled in on someone else's turf like that...
Usually they did like Bryan (i.e., 9th, 10th grade lower HS; and 11th, 12th grade upper HS), or Judson, Plano, etc., until they finally got so big they had to finally split.
Best I can tell the only thing keeping AHS from ursurping even more "high $$ turf" is the Canyon School District.

Boozoo - I guess I'm getting old. I played varsity the entire time I was at PD but haven't clicked with your description. Give me a last name?? ...and a graduation year if you know it for sure. I'll look in my annuals and check it out... Anyone with a white '55 chevy had to be alright in those days... Chevy and Ford were the "in" autos in those days for sure - and everyone had a favorite body style. Duals, flippers, lowered and raked, wheel well covers, etc., were just as depicted in American Graffiti and Grease...
And yes, a lot of PD folks went to Twings. Kent Twing was a nice guy and PD class '61 too - but comparitively it was "rough" and relatively small with a limited menu AND the cuter girls typically went across town where the big $$ were - especially after dark. The problem was that it was not very big - and "the drag" down Polk to Phariss Dairy Queen, (and one whose name escapes me at SW 10th at S. Taylor) and on to Dino's (Wolflin, Civic Circle at Blackburn - which is also where Brent's University Shop was located...) was the "other end" of the Drag... This was PRE McDonald's and PRE I-40 - in fact, the Canyon E-way had just been completed. Gasoline was 19 cents a gallon and people still siphoned from each other as a rite of passage... Sometimes PD people went out East on Northeast 8th (Now Amarillo Blvd) to the A&W Root Beer stand across from where Bob Wills played regularly at the Palace. I think the wrestling matches were held out there every Thursday night also. Dory Funk (and sons Terry, Dory Jr., etc), Gorgeous George, Tommy Martin, and many other early famous names honed their skills in Amarillo before it became such a big deal in larger venues...

Most altercations between high school guys were taken care of at the Will Rogers Park located at NE 8th (Amarillo Blvd) at N. Buchanan. A lot of feuds were settled there from Horace Mann and Palo Duro and between the other HS's. This era was long before "gangs" but there were certainly "cliques" that ran together. Athletes (esp Football) were usually untouchable... and it went downhill from there.

The Big Tex Steakhouse was at Grand at NE 8th (Amarillo Blvd East) for years before it moved out. Other popular restaurants were Batson's Family Restaurant (10th at Pierce ?) and Myer's Fried Chicken on 6th Street. Everyone bought their tires at Ted Lokey's and got their cars fixed at Hedgecoke Motors. It was NOT considered "uncool" to ride the bus...

Some of the greatest names in New York Yankee history played for the Amarillo Gold Sox in "Potter County Stadium" in the Texas League (1959-63) - (before it became a Padres and other affiliate) names like manager Billy Martin, Joe Pepitone, etc., all honed their skills before becomeing World Champions. The World Series was MUCH more important in those days and people would bring the very first primitive transistor radios into class with ear phones to keep up with the Series...



AAAAAg

See if you can find Wayne White in there. He turned 18 in Sept. of '60 so he most likely would have gotten out in '61.

Funny you mentioned the Funks. Both my mom and my dad had talked before about running around with Terry "once upon a time". I get the impression Dad hung out with hoods and racers, but he did definitely do Polk Street a lot. He used to have an old Harley for a while, too.

Yes Bells are Ringing. Of course - everyone knew Wayne White. He was a very well liked guy with a lot of smiles and friends. He did not play football his senior year (60-61) according to my yearbook... Ask him if he knew Bob (Robert) Lee. His stuff is pretty much all in Classmates...

AAAAAg



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Tascosa High 02

I will definitely ask him! Who'd a thought it!

But then I also ran into an old classmate of mine on here that I'd known since around 1st grade, so anything's possible.

Myers Fried Chicken...

Man that was great food. And as a kid, you had to love the train going around the restaurant.

BrazosBend:

When your mascot is "The Golden Sandstorm" you don't need a derogatory nickname.

Hey Boozoo! Actually we also went to the same kindergarden as well, but you were in the class across the hall.

And I graduated from Tascosa '85, thank you very much.

Hmp, I am sure we had some sort of nasty name for the Sandies, but I just can't remember -- too many years and too many miles ago.

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When your mascot is "The Golden Sandstorm" you don't need a derogatory nickname.

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True enough. Especially when the affectinate nickname is "Sandies". (It always made me think of pecan sandies cookies) ...

As for the anthropomorphized rendering of the Golden Sandstorm mascot ...



at least our mascot didn't look like a shapeless blob ...

BrazosBent:

That's a terrible image of the Golden Sandstorm. Ours was a much fiercer looking shapeless blob

Now, just where did you go to HS?

Amarillo High class of '98 here

LyonAg:

See first page of this thread.

I think our mascot looked something like this bird:

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No clever derogatory nickname for AHS?
They must feel so left out ...

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They were called Amarillo "Get" High when I was in school, which is not very original and I never really liked or used, but the use of coke and other drugs at that school would justify that name (However I think the roid problem is the real issue). That school sucks no matter what kinda nickname they have. I think that everyone in the panhandle hates that school (Monterey is a close second), but none more than us from Tascosa.

Westtexas06 about your "trashcosa" remarks I will send my disapproval through my two roommates who talk to you on a weekly basis.

Amarilla Golden Sandie, Class of 19 hundred and 58 (1958)!

Amarr:

No doubt, there were a number of individuals who participated in chemical enhancement of their high school careers at AHS, but percentage-wise, I doubt it was much different between THS and AHS.

As far as the "most hated" tag, AHS is certainly up there, especially by the Rebel Kids of THS. But, after all, after 50 years where the football "rivalry" stands at 31-16-3, and with it being a bit more lopsided than that over the last 20 years or so, that is understandable.

Spring '04
Houston, Texas

River Road 02'

The name of the drive-in above that I could not recall earlier was the "Double Dip"... An AHS hangout with great onion rings...

At the original Myers Fried Chicken on West 6th Street I first learned that honey on fried chicken is especially tasty - at least IMO... At the time Myer's Fried Chicken was in the very middle of Amarillo's auto dealer strip - i.e., on 6th Street and it was one of the busiest business areas in town...

I do believe the reason AHS has such a lop sided W-L record against opponents is because they have judiciously gerrymandered their boundaries over the years to include the majority of the best of the best - even if it meant relocation of their campus (althewhile keeping most of the town "crust" i.e., Oldham Circle area, etc.,) or imperialism of other boundaries as the town "fathers" deem necessary to maintain their status... Same sort of "politics" in Amarillo area for AHS that t.u. has in Texas in general overall...

AAAAAg

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Amarillo High School Class of '03

Blow Sand Blow

WAR EAGLE!


GIG 'EM!

Lubbock Trinity '04

Amarillo high 92, damn I am getting old

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Amarillo high 92, damn I am getting old

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Not until some of the girls you dated in high school become grandmothers. Particularly if they were 2-3 classes behind yours ...

Spearman Lynx '76

windmill, my dad graduated in 79 and i think my aunt graduated with you

Lubbock High, 1992. Wow, was it really that long ago?

Perryton High School class of 2000 either the last of the 20th century or first of the 21st century, depends on who you ask

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Aggie1, You may have gone to school with my Dad !

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Some of the saddest words I have ever read.

Why is that?

AAAAAg

some of you guys worked at the Experiment Station in Bushland??

I did in 1982-1984, LyonAg worked for my boss one summer as a summer worker while at A&M.

i worked there in the summer of 2001.

my dad was the head of the feedlot and farm from 1996-2005


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canyon '04

we still have the prettiest girls in texas... i miss god's land