Vote now for best high school mascot in America, Round 2: Arkansas School for the Deaf Leopards vs. Omaha Benson Mighty Bunnies

Arkansas School for the Deaf is the 11 seed and Omaha Benson (Nebraska) is the 14 seed in the West region

Author:
Mike Swanson, SBLive Sports
Updated:
May 11, 2023 12:38 PM EDT
Original:
May 5, 2023

The bracket is updated for SBLive Sports' NCAA Tournament-style contest to determine the best high school mascot in America, and Round 2 is underway.

Vote below for the No. 11-seeded Arkansas School for the Deaf Leopards or the No. 14-seeded Omaha Benson Mighty Bunnies (Nebraska) to advance to the Sweet 16. The Leopards beat the Moorhead Spuds (Minnesota) and the Mighty Bunnies topped the Muskogee Roughers (Oklahoma) in Round 1.

The Leopards earned an 11 seed with 45 votes in our fall contests, while the Mighty Bunnies earned a 14 seed with 25 votes.

Follow along: National Mascot Tournament 2023 Bracket

Voting for this matchup will conclude Friday, May 12, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time.

Editor's note: In the event of a tie, the team with the better seed will prevail based on the results of our fall mascot contest.

11. Arkansas School for the Deaf Leopards (Arkansas)

There are lots of Leopards in high school sports, but no campus makes it work nearly as well as the Arkansas School for the Deaf. But according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the school's teams have been called the Leopards since at least 1941, about 40 years before Def Leppard's debut album. Pour some sugar on me anyway.