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Students from the new combined Carlton Wrenshall football team and cheer squad unveiled their new mascot and colors during the Carlton Daze parade on Sunday.

They are the Carlton Wrenshall Raptors - think velociraptor, not birds of prey - and the colors are bright Wrenshall orange and Carlton blue.

They plan to do the same thing during the Wrenshall Brickyard Days parade on Saturday, according to Wrenshall superintendent Kim Belcastro. She explained that a committee made up of students from both school districts came up with the mascot and the colors before school got out. Carlton activities d...