Monday, January 26, 2009

CIML Central Conference


Ankeny- The Hawks have a great logo, that includes the city letter (A) and some hawk wings. This is one of the more original logos in the whole CIML. The front runner for best conference logo, if not the best in the state.

Grade: A




West Des Moines Dowling- The Maroons show great class with their logo. Maroon is derived from the French word marron (chestnut), but also describes a color. Dowling does not have a letter or a picture of a chestnut in their logo, but this one if full of tradition and value.

Grade: B



Indianola- The Indians did a very nice job with sticking to their original logo when it seemed like every native nicknamed team was changing theirs. It incorporates the city/school name and part of the team logo (feathers).

Grade: B




Johnston- The Dragons have an innovative logo. Their mascot is depicted here being tenacious and fierce. It's a definite upgrade from the dragon wrapped around the "J" and should be the logo for years to come.

Grade: B-






Urbandale- This high school logo has had some media attention much like Waukee's "W." The "J-Hawk" as Urbandale likes to call it, is name with a hyphen because the University of Kansas had some "problems" with the logo and the name. If Kansas has problems with it, then we do too.

Grade: F




Southeast Polk- Don't you think you could have come up with something more original?? We know you are a high school and that coming up with your own logo often means changing just a few things from a college/university (i.e. Colorado State University). The diamond has no (obvious) significance and the ram is just a normal ram. At the least it could have been popping out of the diamond...

Grade: F

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