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Alyx Adams Odessa, Texas even though it stands small, has a superb significance in high school football history. The city does not solely surround itself around its high school sports excellence. Odessa could be formally known as a combination of the Metropolitan area and Statistical area, "a city in Ector and Midland counties in the U.S. state of Texas" ([]). During the year 2000 the population was 90,943 within Odessa. The city was named after the city of Odessa in Ukraine. Odessa has other interesting facts imbedded within the city as well as the popular high school football activities.Midland-Odessa has the largest orchestral organization in the region and features diverse sports such as indoor football, ice hockey, rodeo, and the famous high school football, the Odessa Bronchos and Permian Panthers having the largest stadiums in the state. The University of Texas of the Permian Basin withholds a Presidential Museum and leadership Library on the campus.There lies a 550 foot in diameter impact crater called the Odessa Meteor Crater within the city as well. The economy of the city is primarily driven by the area's oil industry, the Coca Cola industry built new distribution center in Odessa in 2007, and the Music City Mall in Odessa has an ice skating rink and television station along with a couple common retail stores. The symbol for Odessa is the Jack rabbit, it blends in with the sand and dry grass of West Texas, "the rabbit was commonly used for food by many during the Great Depression" ([]), Odessa also holds rodeos for roping rabbits. The city of Odessa is unique in its own besides the exquisite games played by mere high school football players.

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Ana Gonzalez

Permian High School opened its doors for 1,159 students of Odessa, Texas in September 1959. The high school was named after the Permian Basin, in which Odessa is located. It was a new school with high standards for students who wanted to succeed. In Permian High School there has been excellence in all it's activities, but the one who succeeded the most was football. The team was named The Permian Panthers. Since the beginning the Panthers have excelled in their games and reputation. Fans and students of the school have been using the term "Mojo" in every game as support for their team. The word was a miss-heard word for " Go Joe'", but no one seemed to care since it means a lot for the players and the students. The traditional values of the football team not only worked well throughout history, but continues to lead them to triumph.

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