This one’s really confusing. Let me (attempt to) explain …
First of all, the Rookies are only for the girls
teams. The boys teams are called the T-Jacks.
Second, both appear to have a grizzly as a mascot.
Third, where those names came from is something of a
mystery. According to one of the school’s coaches:
“The ‘T-Jacks’ name goes back to King Cove’s Mike Uttecht —
the great grandfather of Rookies senior McKenna Gould — who used to call
grizzly bears ‘Tundra Jacks’ back in the 1950s.
Barker said the girls team started much later than the boys
team, so they were called the Rookies during their first year.”
I dunno. Seems a little random to me. Not sure if I’m buyin’
it.
The town of King Cove is at the very end of the Alaskan
Peninsula. It’s pretty isolated – you can only get there by air or ferry. The
scenery, though, looks pretty spectacular.
The town was founded in 1911. Currently, there are about 750
people, with approximately half being Native American.
Life centers around fishing. Peter Pan Seafoods formerly
operated the largest cannery in Alaska there, but the plant just closed down a
couple of years ago. Needless to say, that’s not helping the local economy any.
King Cove School goes from Pre-K to 12th grade. Not sure exactly how many students they have. I found numbers from 84 to 211 (and am not sure if those are totals or just the high school). The student body is about 85% Native American.
Mother nature or Photoshop?
As for sports, it looks like they have basketball,
wrestling, volleyball, and cross country. Seeing as this is Alaska, I’m
thinking that last one might be a typo.
Looks like they’ve got some pretty supportive fans at least:
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