Colon High School is a
public high school
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in northeastern
St. Joseph County,
Michigan
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. It serves the residents of
Colon and the surrounding community including
Leonidas Township and other rural areas. Its high school mascot is Magi, a rabbit (sometimes depicted as a
rabbit in a hat). Colon chose this mascot because Colon, Michigan, is the "magic capital of the world". Every year, Colon hosts "Magic Week" where many performers put on displays, skits, and
magic tricks
Magic, which encompasses the subgenres of close-up magic, parlor magic, and stage magic, among others, is a performing art in which audiences are entertained by tricks, effects, or illusions of seemingly impossible feats, using natural mea ...
for the town and surrounding areas.
Colon High School won the
MHSAA Division 1 state championship in
eight-man football
Eight-man football is a form of gridiron football, generally played by high schools with smaller enrollments. Eight-man football differs from the traditional 11-man game with the reduction of three players on each side of the ball and a field wid ...
in 2019.
References
Public high schools in Michigan
Schools in St. Joseph County, Michigan
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