Springtown's porcupine mascot is named 'POJO'.
According to an article of the Weatherford Democrat, while the mascot itself is a rarity, Springtown adds a dimension of the school spirit with POJO, a name occupying a large vicinity of the campuses in Springtown, including the 50-yard line of the new Porcupine Stadium.
“A lot of people think that our mascot is the Pojo, but there is no shadow of a doubt that the mascot is the Porcupine,” Reed said.
Pojo started a joke among teammates, including Reed, in 1983, but soon caught on to be a team spirit call, he said.
“We dispel that it is a mascot. It stands for a spirit of camaraderie, teamwork and achievement.”
Reed said several people have tried turning it into acronyms, including the Power Of Jesus Overcomes.
“There’s been a lot of fuss about it because some people don’t really understand the meaning behind the Pojo,” Reed said. “You have to be a part of that area to know what it felt like to be in the old fieldhouse to now in our new stadium and hearing that spirit call here too. It just represents a series of achievements.”