According to the school’s website, “Our school mascot, ‘The Villain,’ comes from our early roots at the Villa Marie Anna Academy.”
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, “villain” means “a low-born base-minded rustic; a man of ignoble ideas or instincts; in later use, an unprincipled or depraved scoundrel; a man naturally disposed to base or criminal actions, or deeply involved in the commission of disgraceful crimes.”
I’m actually pretty familiar with these guys. They’re rivals of my boys’ high school, Charlotte Catholic.
BM’s Wikipedia page mentions four sports, along with the number of each’s state championships. Those include basketball (boys 6, girls 9), cross-country (boys 2, girls 3), tennis (boys 1) & volleyball (girls 0 - ?!?!). I see it doesn’t mention anything about football, though. Does it? Huh, losers?
Other than a pretty good athletic program, the school dates all the way back to 1959 and currently has about 455 students. If you couldn’t guess already, yes, it is indeed Catholic.
Kernersville is between Greensboro and Winston-Salem, in NC. It was settled in the mid 1700s, but incorporated only in 1873. Today, there are 26,500 inhabitants.
Wikipedia lists 13 “notable people,” none of whom I’ve ever heard of. They do, though, include great names like Kemp Wicker, Turner Battle, DeLana Harvick & Ramelon O’Arwisters. In addition, Brent LaRue “represented Slovenia in the men's 400 meters hurdles at the 2012 Summer Olympics.”
Almost forgot … somehow or other this refugee from the Blue Man Group is their physical, on-field mascot:
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