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Itasca High School is a 1A high school located in Itasca, Texas (USA). It is part of the Itasca Independent School District located in north central Hill County. In 2013, the school was rated "Academically Acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.〔(【引用サイトリンク】2013 Accountability Rating System )〕 > ==Unique Nickname== According to local legend in Itasca, a student from the late 1920s helped them come up with one of the state's most unusual nicknames: Wampus Cats. The imaginary mascot has made Itasca recognizable to people who don't even know the town of 1,500 is 45 miles south of Fort Worth. ESPN has done a story on it, as has The New York Times. A Dallas radio station has called it the "quintessential'' Texas high school football nickname.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title = Lubbock Online )〕 Nancy Bowman, a lifelong Itascan who runs the school's special services, explains that the team was having trouble finding a nickname until the perfect one erupted from a post-game locker room celebration. "Wow, we were really Wampus Cats tonight!'' shouted Trav Burks, the story goes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Lubbock Online )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Itasca High School (Texas)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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