I understand their arch-rivals are the Brians, though the Kenneths are certainly up there as well.
Well, this one is actually pretty straightforward. Fairbury just so happens to be the seat of Jefferson County.
It’s the mascot itself that needs some ‘splainin’. Ever heard the phrase “Mutt and Jeff” in reference to two mismatched friends (usually in height)? No?!?
Well, anyway, Mutt and Jeff were two cartoon characters of just such an appearance.
Now, those two happened to appear in newspapers (remember those?) back in the early 20th Century. Not much help in clarifying things, I know, but it does help explain why Fairbury may have picked Jeff as a mascot when they did, way back in the 1930s. They were formerly known as the Crimson. The official name of the mascot, by the way, is “the Jeff Man.”
Fairbury is a town of not quite 4,000, in the SE corner of state. It was founded, in 1872, as a railroad town, and once included a yard and a roundhouse.
Wikipedia lists 10 “notable people,” including “professional mixed martial artist and [gay] pornographic actor” Dakota Cochrane.
The high school has 380 students and 33 teachers.
Couldn’t find out much about the school or their athletics, but they do have an awesome mascot.
And, wouldn’t ya know, the girls teams are indeed called the Lady Jeffs.
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