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Re: Combining of Teams
Funny you should be asking on Chief Delphi's forum. Chief Delphi and the Husky Brigade combined a few years ago to form Wings of Fire.
Two of the high schools in Pontiac, MI combined due to enrollment and cutbacks. The schools were fierce rivals across the board, didn't get along, and had violence break out occasionally. Since the schools combined, the teams combined. The team was a major catalyst in promoting unity and acceptance across the school. It's a really touching and inspiring story that I can't explain as well as most.
As far as the numbers, 47+65=51. I have no idea what the reasoning is behind it, but it was a good call to get a new number and image when so drastically changing the composition of the team. The students from the other team would have felt alienated if it'd stayed as 47 or 65.