Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Tarblooders – Glenville (OH) High School

Tarbabes?  Meet Tarblooders.

Glenville, population 22,500, is a suburb in the northeast part of Cleveland. It dates back to 1870, and was originally a small village, then a resort community. Later, it became the center of Cleveland’s Jewish population. Finally, it became a victim of white flight, and is now 90% African American.

The high school dates back to 1892, and currently has 400 students. Alumni include Steve Harvey and the creators of Superman, Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster.

The school is well-known for its athletics, especially football and track. As for the latter, they hold no less than 18 state titles.

There are a couple of possibilities for the mascot, including from a:

  • School cheer, indicating that they would whack the "tar" and "blood" out of their opponents
  • Person who installed (tar-soaked) railroad ties, working so hard they were said to sweat "blood" and "tar"
  • Person who used to haul tar from the tarpits to the railroad tracks

Fittingly, the school's colors are red & black.

Oddly, though, their mascot is some robot-y kind of thing.



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