| Maryville High School | |
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| Location | |
| 1503 South Munn Avenue Maryville, MO United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Principal | Jason Eggers |
| Enrollment | 474 |
| Color(s) | Green/White/Gold |
| Athletics conference | Midland Empire Conference |
| Mascot | Spoofhound |
| Information | (660) 562-3511 |
| Website | http://www.maryville.k12.mo.us |
Maryville High School is the public high school for Maryville, Missouri. It is the only institution to have the Spoofhound for a mascot. It is a Missouri State High School Activities Association Class II school. The present high school building on the southwest side of Maryville opened in 1966.
In 2006 the school moved from its traditional category of medium size Class 3 school to Class 2. It was runner up in the state championship football in 2008 and won the title in 2009. In 2010 it will move back to Class 3.[1]
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The school's original colors were red and white. When Northwest Missouri State University opened in 1905, the college colors were also red and white. The college changed its colors to green and white. The high school later changed its colors to green and gold. Maryville High School football games were played for several decades at Bearcat Stadium on the college campus.In the late 1970s the high school began playing its football games in a stadium on its own campus.
The school's marching band has won many awards and has gained outside recognition in its past years. They have been invited to march in the New Year's Day Parade in London, United Kingdom. In 2008, they were invited to the National Adjudicator's Convention (The Dixie Classics) in Chicago, Illinois. They have also participated in the Independence Day Parade in Washington, DC.
The Spoofhound was a Plaster of Paris carnival toy from the 1920s. Maryville is now the only school in the country to use the Spoofhound mascot as its mascot. Although originally two words, Maryville uses a one word Spoofhound for its mascot.
Legend has it that the high school received this nickname in the 1920s when the football coach L.E. Ziegler was so angry with the way his squad had looked in practice that as an insult he said they looked like a bunch of "Spoofhounds". The players mockingly referred to one another by this insult and the name stuck. In the 1940s, Ziegler became the superintendent of schools for Columbia, Missouri where the mascot is also named for an early 20th century doll—the Kewpies.[7] Maryville's mascot has evolved over the years from a lovable buffoon "Spoofy" to a snarling "Hound." As of 2009, no other academic institution or sports club had adopted the nickname.