Sometimes, glory fades. A trophy representing third place in the 1956 Alice Relays loses much of its relevance nearly half a century later. So many schools must discard some to free up shelf space for honors earned by today's students.
Some schools have drawings and giveaways for old trophies.
Others reuse trophies as a way of clearing shelf space. And one school even turns them into a meaningful award for disabled students. Terry Morris, the head football coach and athletic director at Carroll High School, has been raffling the awards to former athletes as he restructures trophy cases at his school, weeding out tournament and invitational awards. For some reason, they make those things huge. They're unusually tall and they take up a lot of shelf space.