As if Crooksville wasn’t bad enough. At the same time, though, wouldn’t it have been cool if they had just gone with it, and named themselves something like the Outlaws?
This town of 2,400 is in the middle of nowhere, in southeastern Ohio. It dates back to 1874, and was named after founder Joseph Crooks. It looks like they have a very specific claim to fame:
It was, indeed, once the home of Hull Pottery, “one of the best known Ohio potteries [Wikipedia],” and hosts a yearly pottery festival to this day. Famous sons include some rhetoric teacher and a Medal of Honor winner.
They used to make these things!
The high school is located at 4075 Ceramic Way, a couple of miles south of town. It currently has about 340 students.
An "exempted village" is some sort of Ohio thing
They’ve won a couple of state football championships, and have been playing for over 100 years. The past few years haven’t been too good to them though. They were winless in 2021 and 2022, and couldn’t play in their stadium in 2021 because of electrical issues. They do, though, have a rather cool helmet.
I have no idea what "DWWD" stands for
Now, can someone please tell me why they weren’t called the Potters? I mean, it’s good enough for Stoke City, formerly of the Premier League (though nobody in Crooksville may have heard of any of those).
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