List of sports teams named Spartans
Admirers of the Spartans typically praise their valor and success in war. The Battle of Thermopylae, mythologized as 300 Spartans blocking the pass of Thermopylae for three days against a force of 1 Million Persians, represents bravery against all odds. Laconophilia is love or admiration of Sparta and of the Spartan culture or constitution. The selection of Spartans as the name of a sports team is an example of this continued admiration in popular culture.[1]
Sparty, mascot of the MSU Spartans
Non-scholastic teams
- Blyth Spartans A.F.C. (Northern Premier League), Blyth, Northumberland, England
- Hamrun Spartans F.C. (Maltese Premier League), Ħamrun, Malta
- Hutt Valley Spartans (AFW), Avalon, New Zealand
- La Crosse Spartans (Indoor Football League), La Crosse, Wisconsin
- Manchester Village Spartans RUFC (North West Intermediate Rugby Union League), Manchester, England
- Southern Oregon Spartans (Western States Hockey League), Medford, Oregon
- Spartan Cricket Club, Barbados
- Leeming Spartan Cricket Club, Leeming, Western Australia[2]
- Spartans F.C. (Lowland Football League), Edinburgh, Scotland
University teams
- NCAA Division I FBS
- NCAA Division I FCS
- NCAA Division I non-football
- University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina
- University of South Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg, South Carolina
- NCAA Division II
- NCAA Division III
- University of Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa
- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
- Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana
- Other
- Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia
Secondary school teams
- Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Livonia, Michigan
- Amity Regional High School, Woodbridge, Connecticut
- Athens Academy, Athens, Georgia
- Bernalillo High School, Bernalillo, New Mexico
- Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts
- Bishop Walsh School, Cumberland, Maryland
- Boardman High School, Mahoning County, Ohio
- Brentwood High School, Brentwood, Pennsylvania
- Broad Run High School, Loudoun County, Virginia
- Brookfield East High School, Brookfield, Wisconsin
- Camelback High School, Phoenix, Arizona
- Campbell High School, Smyrna, Georgia
- Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute, Guelph, Ontario
- Central Davidson High School, Lexington, North Carolina
- Central Union High School, El Centro, California
- Christ Covenant School, Winterville, North Carolina
- Missouri Baptist University, Saint Louis, Missouri
- Claremont Secondary School, Saanich, British Columbia
- Connersville High School, Connersville, Indiana
- Conneaut High School, Conneaut, Ohio
- Corvallis High School, Corvallis, Oregon
- Damien High School, La Verne, California
- De La Salle High School, Concord, California
- De Smet Jesuit High School, Creve Coeur, Missouri
- DePaul Catholic High School, Wayne, New Jersey
- Deptford High School, Deptford, New Jersey
- Dunbarton High School, Pickering, Ontario
- East Longmeadow High School, East Longmeadow, Massachusetts
- East Syracuse-Minoa High School, East Syracuse, New York
- Emporia High School, Emporia, Kansas
- Fargo North High School, Fargo, North Dakota
- Framingham North High School, Framingham, Massachusetts
- Garden Spot High School, New Holland, Pennsylvania
- Glenbrook North High School, Northbrook, Illinois
- Greenbrier East High School, Fairlea, West Virginia
- Greater Atlanta Christian School, Norcross, Georgia
- Hillsboro High School, Hillsboro, Oregon
- Holy Spirit High School, Absecon, New Jersey
- Homestead High School, Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Laurel High School, Laurel, Maryland
- Lewis S. Mills High School, Burlington, Connecticut
- Lorne Park Secondary School, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
- Marian Catholic High School, Chicago Heights, Illinois
- Marist Catholic High School, Eugene, Oregon
- Mayo High School, Rochester, Minnesota
- McFarland High School, McFarland, Wisconsin
- Miami Country Day School, Miami, Florida
- Miami Southridge High School, Miami, Florida
- Milne Valley Middle School, Toronto, Ontario
- Montour High School, Robinson Township, Pennsylvania
- Mountain Brook High School, Birmingham, Alabama
- Mountain View High School, Mountain View, California
- Murray High School (Utah), Murray, Utah
- North Springs Charter High School, Sandy Springs, Georgia
- Ocean Township High School, Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey
- Ohio School for the Deaf, Columbus, Ohio
- Orcutt Academy High School, Orcutt, California
- Oshkosh North High School, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
- Pinole Valley High School, Pinole, California
- Pleasant Valley High School, Bettendorf, Iowa
- Queensbury High School, Queensbury, New York
- Quigley Preparatory Seminary South, Chicago, Illinois
- Richmond Heights High School, Richmond Heights, Ohio
- Richfield High School, Richfield, Minnesota
- Ridgemont High School, Ottawa, Ontario
- Riverdale High School (Pierrefonds, Quebec), Pierrefonds, Quebec
- Roger Bacon High School, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Romeoville High School, Chicago, Illinois
- Salem High School, Salem, Virginia
- Salmen High School, Slidell, Louisiana
- Sanford High School, Sanford, Maine
- Schurr High School, Montebello, California
- Sentinel High School, Missoula, Montana
- Seven Lakes High School, Fort Bend County, Texas
- Sheridan High School, Sheridan, Oregon
- Sisler High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Skyline High School, Sammamish, Washington
- Smithfield-Selma High School, Smithfield, North Carolina
- Solon High School, Solon, Iowa
- South Knox High School, Vincennes, Indiana
- South Warren High School, Bowling Green, Kentucky
- Southwestern High School, Shelbyville, Indiana
- Souris Regional High School, Souris, Prince Edward Island, Canada
- Spalding Catholic High School, Granville, Iowa
- Sparta High School, Sparta Township, Michigan
- Sparta High School, Sparta Township, New Jersey
- Sparta High School, Sparta, Wisconsin
- Springport High School, Springport, Michigan
- Start High School, Toledo, Ohio
- Stoneham High School, Stoneham, Massachusetts
- St. Johns Country Day School, Orange Park, Florida
- St. Mary's High School, Lynn, Massachusetts
- Sun Valley High School, Union County, North Carolina
- Sylmar High School, Sylmar, California
- Villa Park High School, Villa Park, California
- Waynesville High School, Waynesville, Ohio
- Webb School of Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee
- West Springfield High School, Springfield, Virginia
- Westlane Secondary School, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
- White Station High School, Memphis, Tennessee
- Williamsville North High School, Williamsville, New York
- W. W. Samuell High School, Dallas, Texas
- Wyoming Valley West Senior High School, Plymouth, Pennsylvania
See also
References
- Mark Hollis, Michigan State University Athletics Director (February 2, 2016). "What It Means To Be A Michigan State Spartan". Forbes.
- https://spartans.com.au
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