The Bannon Bantams were a high school basketball team and the main focus of the film Jeepers Creepers 2. The bus driver, coaches and many of the basketball players fell victim to the Creeper.
History[]
Right before the beginning of the second film, the Bannon Bantams won their state's high school basketball championships. Other than Scott Braddock, they were extraordinarily jubilant.
Jeepers Creepers 2[]
The team made its first appearance riding on a bus on their way home from winning the state high school basketball championship. They were singing their team fight song and celebrating their newfound victory. After their bus was disabled by the Creeper, he methodically terrorized and killed several of them. The bus was being torn apart throughout the film as the Creeper actively hunted his prey by trapping the students after abducting and killing the bus driver and the two coaches. The bus is last seen being torn in half by the metal wire of the harpoon while the Creeper flew around and tried to pull the harpoon off of himself.
Jeepers Creepers 3[]
This third film takes place between 1 and 2, while none of the characters are seen, the bus is briefly seen at the end of the movie. They are heard singing the team fight song and on their way to the championship, picking up the third film's character Buddy Hooks on the way as he also plays for the team. Buddy, however, states he plans to stay with family who live nearby where the championship game is, explaining why he was not seen in the second film heading back with his teammates on the bus.
Bantams Fight Song[]
These are the lyrics to the Bantams fight song:
"Tough as nails, hard as rocks!
We are Bannon's fighting cocks!
Fighting Bantams, tough as nails!
Bow down now or kiss our tails!
Out for blood, we're lean and mean!
Bannon County's death machine!
Bannon Bantams! Bannon Bantams!
Go Bantams!
Bannon Bantams, power and might!
Bannon Bantams, fight, fight, fight!
Bannon Bantams, we're the word!
You don't mess with a mighty bird!
Down the court we'll clean your clock!
Better not mess with the fighting cock!
Bannon Bantams! Bannon Bantams!
Go Bantams!
Bannon Bantams, wings of steel!
Bannon Bantams, kill, kill, kill!
Who was that? Don't even ask!
Big bad Bantams kick your ass!
Bannon Bantams! Bannon Bantams!
Go Bantams!
Tough as nails, hard as rocks!
We are Bannon's fighting cocks!
Trivia[]
- Based on the color of their jackets, it is likely the school color is yellow.
- It is possible that Darry Jenner is also an alumnus of the high school, as he is seen sporting a Bannon T-shirt.
- Rhonda Truitt comments that the basketball team on the bus only enjoy singing the song because it has "cock" in the lyrics.