HomeHISTORY OF THE IRON HORSE TROPHY
Behind every great school there's the best of school spirit, and behind every big trophy there's a great tradition. The "IRON HORSE" happens to be one of those trophies. It has been a part of Ben Lomond's way of life and tradition every since its beginning as a school.
It was designed and built by Carl N. Wallis, an art instructor from Ben Lomond, for the purpose of depicting friendship, cooperation, and a healthy spirit of competition between the two schools. The reason why the models of the two trains at Promontory were used is because two companies were working together under the same spirit of cooperation, competition, and friendship for one particular purpose.
The Friendly Fighting Scots took the "Iron Horse" the first time it was played for and it became the first trophy in our trophy case, thus making B.L. its home. It was first presented to Ben Lomond's student body president, Dennis Steetler, by Ogden's student body president, Bob Doctor.
Each year the colors of the victor are painted on a tie on that school's side of the track. At the present, more orange can be seen than red, white, and blue. However, this condition will not remain long. Ben Lomond is soon going to be able to paint another tie on the track.
HISTORY OF THE IRON HORSE
REVISED September 27, 2014
1952 Ben Lomond and Ogden High were divided into two schools
The Iron Horse Football Game was started to promote spirit between the two schools. The first trophy was called Iron Horse I. It was started in 1953. The trophy was built so that the school who won 22 games would retire that particular trophy.
In 1974 Iron Horse I was retired to OHS with a record of OHS 16, Ben Lomond 6
In the fall of 1975 Iron Horse II was started. Ogden won the first game with the new trophy.
The record of Iron Horse II is OHS 22, BLHS 10
The total won loss record for all Iron Horse games is OHS 44 BLHS 19
The Iron Horse has been played for 61 years
This is the 61st game between Ogden and Ben Lomond
During a stretch of 8 years from 1958 to 1965 OHS won the Iron Horse 8 consecutive times.
During a stretch of 7 years from 1992 to 1999 OHS has won the trophy 6 times.
In the fall of 2004 a new trophy was made, using Iron Horse I. All of the wins and losses for both schools are on Iron Horse III.
Ogden High School won the Iron Horse four consecutive years. 2001, 2002, 2003 & 2004
Ben Lomond has only won the Iron Horse five years, since 1994. That was the year 2000, 2005 & 2006,2007
Ogden High won the Horse 2008 to 2013 five straight years
You just never know what going to happen in 2008 Ben Lomond had a twenty point lead going into the fourth Quarter and lost the game and that coach is still up there.
In 2009 Ben Lomond Suffer its worst lost In Iron horse history before a sellout crowd standing room only at least until halftime 56-0
And the worst part is that Ogden coach Eric Erye had applied for The Head Coaching Job At BL the Year before...So what might have been
Ben Lomond in the season 2014 ended a twenty-five game skid and at Ogden claimed the Horse 32-7 to bring the Iron Horse # 3 for the first time home to BL
Ben Lomond won the First ever game between the two schools so I consider BL to be the Home the of Iron Horse
The Home team has won 35 times in the series
If the game is Under 10 points Ben Lomond has seven wins compare to Ogden Six times. But on the flip side, when the game has gone to overtime, Ben Lomond has one win and two losses.
It’s the 61st Iron Horse game between Ben Lomond and Ogden, but the 64th series meeting which includes four state playoff games. The Scots and Tigers have split the last six regular-season games, but Ogden has a 43-18 lead — 43-18 in Iron Horse games — in the uninterrupted series dating back to 1953.
But the best thing about the whole series is two months later when you meet on the hardwood and their cheerleaders say "We got spirit how about you?" and you say 'We got the horse, how about you?"