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| Port Byron Chronicle and Cayuga County News December 20,1951 fultonhistory.com |
Showing posts with label Sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sports. Show all posts
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Panther Update
The true origin of the "Port Byron Panther" belongs to our athletic teams!! I had previously found evidence that the yearbook club was the first to adopt the Panther with their circus themed yearbook. However, I just stumbled onto a newspaper article dated December 20, 1951 that tells us the yearbook club adopted the name to have the same name as the school sports teams. So now the proper credit for our mascot can be traced to our athletic teams of years past. Now the question remains, when did the actual panther mascot become part of our school culture?
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Port Byron Reds
Sports history certainly is a bit of a stretch for me but while researching our school mascot I found a couple articles about the Port Byron Reds. This was a name unfamiliar to me:
The team formed around 1951 and headed by Andy Sorendo. It was considered a County team and had an impressive opening season.
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| Port Byron Chronicle 1951-1952 fultonhistory.com |
The team formed around 1951 and headed by Andy Sorendo. It was considered a County team and had an impressive opening season.
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| Auburn Citizen 1953 fultonhistory.com |
