Over the years, Mr. Bracken has used various logos to brand the Goeller Cup Playoffs with the intention of amplifying the competition to inspire students to be engaged and excited about the contest. Generally during each school year, the class periods have logo designs which are used primarily in the bracket. Each year the class logos are inspired by a topic or category. For example, in 2019, the class logos were inspired by the logo of France's national soccer team after their victory in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
The main logo for the playoffs has changed nearly every year that the competition was held during Mr. Bracken's teaching career. Additionally, all Playoffs logos have an English and French version since 2019.
In State College Area School District during the 2017 ClassDoJo Playoffs, the class logos were inspired by French TV channel logos. The series logo was created in the shape of a banner, somewhat resembling the Los Angeles Kings logo of the National Hockey League.
Period 1 logo (MNMS 2017)
Period 2 logo (MNMS 2017)
Period 3 logo (MNMS 2017)
Period 4 logo (MNMS 2017)
Bloc 4 logo
(SCAHS 2017)
Bloc 8 logo
(SCAHS 2017)
2017 Class DoJo Playoffs Logo in French.
2017 Class DoJo Champions Logo.
The 2018-2019 school year at Millbrook High School was the first year of this competition under the new name, the Goeller Cup Playoffs. All of the logos, both the playoffs logo and class logos, were inspired by the FFF - Fédération française de football - following their victory in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The hexagon logos are an homage to the geographic outline of France. Nicknamed the "Hexagon," France's borders when drawn in straight lines from point to point make a hexagon - one of the only countries in the world that can make almost a perfect shape. Included in the 2018-2019 class logos were stars representing the level of French for each class period. So all level/year 1 French classes had one star, 2 for year two, 3 for year three, etc. The stars also come from World Cup soccer logos which generally use stars to represent World Cup Championships. Additionally, French levels also correlate to logo color - blue for level 1, white for level 2, and red for level 3, with level 4 getting black. These logos would have also been used in the 2020 Goeller Cup Playoffs had they not been cancelled due to COVID-19.
2019 Period 1 logo, French I
2019 Period 2 logo, French IV
2019 Period 3 logo, French I
2019 Period 4 logo, French II
2019 Period 5 logo, French II
2019 Period 7 logo, French III
The primary playoffs logo introduced for the 2019 school year that would have been used in 2020 and 2021 had those playoffs not been cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic (left). 2019 Champions logo used to advertise the 2019 Goeller Cup Finals (below).
2019 Period 1 Goeller Cup Champions logo.
2020 Period 1 logo,
French I
2020 Period 2 logo,
French I
2020 Period 3 logo,
French III
2020 Period 1 logo,
French II
2020 Period 5 logo,
French III-IV
2020 Period 8 logo,
French II
2020 Period 6 logo,
Trail Time
2020 Period 5a logo (scored as Period 7)
French IV
Following an absence of one school year due to COVID-19 impacts on teaching, the 2021-2022 school year logos were redesigned and all meant to be inspired by French culture, French landmarks, or the French language. Each logo also features a star somewhere in the logo to display what level/year of French was taken during that class period. Period 6 and 7 were combined French III-IV classes and subsequently have 7 stars each, divided into groups of three and four.
The Goeller Cup Playoffs logo was also revamped and recreated. The new logo featured a championship trophy with a green banner across it just below the cup. Underneath the banner was the bottom half of a hexagon, in homage to the shape and nick-name of France, just like the 2019 logos. Depending on whether the logo was in French or in English depended on where the texts were placed but generally speaking one set of text was overlaid on the banner and the second set of text was inside the hexagon underneath the base of the trophy. Below the second text was the year of competition but some versions meant to be reused from year to year either featured the ClassDoJo logo or the Millbrook High School "M" logo.
This logo saw different variations of colors depending on the round of playoffs: the Finals logo used a Carolina blue banner atop a dark-red/maroon hexagon while the champions logo was gray with a French flag banner underneath the word CHAMPIONS.
Period 1 "The Macarons" inspired by the delicious French dessert...not the President Emmanuel Macron.
Period 3 "The 3 Kings" from the word trois which contains the word rois ("kings")
Period 5 "The Gaulics" inspired by France's prehistorical name, Gaul, featuring the famous coque gaulois.
Period 6 "Triumpants" inspired by the shape of the Arc de Triomphe.
Period 7 "Lightning" created from the idea of turning a 7 into a lightning bolt which is placed inside of a hexagon, a symbolic shape of France.
Period 8 "Oysters" derived from the French word for oysters (huîtres) and the French word for the number 8 (huit).
Period 4 Trail Time features Millbrook blues with a 4, for the period, centered roughly where that number would be found on a clock ("time") featuring a road leading to a mountain ("trail").
2022 Finals logo in French.
2022 Champions logo in French used on the bracket and for advertising.
2022 Period 3 Goeller Cup Champions logo designed to resemble a banner, symbolic of the new championship banners that were introduced in 2022.
2023 regular season logo.
The class logos for the 2022-2023 school year were inspired by mythical creatures, the first time that the class logo theme wasn't directly related to France or francophone culture in any way. Like previous years, the logos this year include symbolic stars, however this year they represent class periods that have previously won the Goeller Cup Playoffs. There were three classes who qualified to have a star in their logo - Period 8, Period 1, and Period 3. There was no period 1 class this year so only Periods 3 and 8 had stars added to their logos. The included mythical creatures are werewolves (period 2), unicorns (period 3), leprechauns (period 4), cyclops (period 5), mermaids (period 7), and vampires (period 8).
Mr. Bracken also taught a virtual section of French 3 online through the Nevada Learning Academy (NVLA). Their class logo is a compass with the letters NVLA and the state of Nevada in the middle of a Las Vegas-style star.
2023 NVLA class logo
Period 2, the Loups-garous
Period 3, the Licornes
Period 4, the Lutins
Period 5, the Cinq-lope
Period 7, the Sept Sirènes
Period 8, Les Vampires
The Playoff logos were redesigned this year to match the relocation of the competition to Las Vegas High School in Nevada. The new logo for the playoffs is a red shield with a black and red outline. In the middle of the shield is the imagery of the new Goeller Cup trophy which appears behind two arched banners on the lower third of the shield logo. The Goeller Cup Finals logo is the exact same layout but with the larger banner in gold as opposed to white. On some variations of the logo there is the year of the contest in black outline surrounding the top portion of the trophy.
2023 Bracken Bracket logo
2023 Goeller Cup Playoffs English logo
2023 Goeller Cup Playoffs French logo
2023 Goeller Cup Finalist banner logo, only used digitally.
2023 Goeller Cup Finals English logo
2023 Goeller Cup Finals French logo
Period 2 had special Goeller Cup Champion logos created that replaced their original color scheme with the same gold used in the finals and championship logos. Each student in the winning class was given a 2023 Goeller Cup Champions sticker as a part of their commemorative championship celebration.
Period 2's Finalist Logo
Period 2's 2023 Goeller Cup Champions logo featuring the period's first ever star.
2023 Goeller Cup Champions sticker.
The 2023-2024 school year class logos were all redesigned to honor the history of Las Vegas and to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Sahara Avenue campus of Las Vegas High School. Each class logo is inspired in some way by a famous hotel or casino of Las Vegas. This year also includes Student Council as a member of the contest and the Student Council (abbreviated StuCo) is inspired by the famous, Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign found on Las Vegas Boulevard. Once again this year, class periods that previously won the Goeller Cup have a star in or above their logo.
Period 2, inspired by the Flamingo Hotel
Period 3, inspired by Caesars Palace
Period 4, inspired by the Fitzgerald Hotel
Period 7, inspired by the Strat
Period 8, inspired by Sahara
Student Council's logo (periods 5 & 6) inspired by the Las Vegas sign.
Period 1, inspired by Excalibur (not used)
Period 5, inspired by Sam's Town and Sassy Sally's (not used)
Period 6, inspired by the Bellagio (not used)
The 2024 format saw the regular season rebranded into the LCF - La Ligue de la Classe de Français. The LCF logo draws inspiration from previous years' logos in addition to paying homage to France using the traditional hexagon logo, shaded in red, white, and black to represent Las Vegas High School. In the top center of the logo is the year of the contest, 2024, sitting just above the Las Vegas skyline. Across the middle is a black box with the LCF name, met with another hexagon at the bottom of the French flag, outlined in gold, the same color as the Goeller Cup trophy. Rounding out the bottom of the logo superimposed over a portion of the French flag is the LVHS Wildcat logo.
The 2024 playoffs logos are nearly identical to the 2023 logos, bearing the red and black shield with the banners over the bottom of the trophy. The most notable difference is that they year, 2024, is filled in this year as opposed to just being an outline last year.
There is also a new Goeller Cup Finalist patch logo for this year that features a black state of Nevada as the background of the trophy and wordmark of the Goeller Cup playoffs. The Wildcat logo sits in the middle of the banner bearing the word "Finalist" which will eventually be replaced by the logos of the 2 finalist classes. Next to that is a stylized 2024, representing the year and just below is a white star marking the location of Las Vegas High School within the State of Nevada.
2024 Goeller Cup Playoffs French logo
2024 Goeller Cup Finals English logo
2024 Goeller Cup Finals Matchup logo (French)
2024 Goeller Cup Finalist Patch logo
Goeller Cup Champions logo
Goeller Cup Playoffs Banner Logo in red. Also used in white with red text, and black with red text.
Period 2's Banner featuring the NV Finalist Logo.
Period 7's Banner featuring the NV Finalist Logo.
These two banners were hung in Bracken's room for the finals, without the NV logo printed on them. For the 2024-2025 school year, each class will have a banner hung on the wall throughout the year.
For the start of the 2024-2025 school year, the first semester was modified to commemorate the 2024 Paris Games. The French Class Olympics awarded classes medals which translate into points for the standings. The Olympics-inspired logo shown here replaces the traditional rings with hexagons.
In 2025, class logos were slightly modified to remove Championship stars from the primary logo area of each class so that each class has a standard logo (no stars) and then alternate champion-version logos. Both logos can be used interchangeably but the no-stars logos are intended for use in the regular season with star versions being used in the playoffs.
Additionally, the LCF logo was modified to remove the year, and replaced by the Las Vegas High School LV logo, a more permanent change that wouldn't require a new series logo from year to year. The Playoffs shields also saw a minor tweak to the year on the shield which is bigger and sits behind the Goeller Cup trophy. On the Finals edition, the number is also switched to gold. The Nevada state finalists, Helmerich MVP Award, and 2025 Champions logos were slightly redesigned to match the new year format as well.
The French version of the playoffs and finals logos will not be used as much this year, as the branding switches from the Canadian translation of playoffs (les séries éliminatoires) to the more common France-French usage of the word "Playoffs."
LCF logo without a year was used for the 2024-2025 school year.
2025 Goeller Cup Playoffs English shield logo
2025 Goeller Cup Playoffs French shield logo
2025 Goeller Cup Finals French logo
2025 Goeller Cup Finals English logo
2025 Goeller Cup Finalist patch
2025 Goeller Cup Champions English logo
2025 Helmerich MVP Award logo
2025 Goeller Cup Champions French Class logo
To commemorate one of Mr. Bracken's favorite days, May the Fourth, special edition logos in Star Wars' Arabesh font were created and used on the lessons presented on 5-6 May 2025.
Star Wars Special Edition Playoffs Logo in Arabesh used in class on 5-6 May in commemoration of May the Fourth.
Star Wars Special Edition Finals Logo in Arabesh used in class on 5-6 May in commemoration of May the Fourth.
Star Wars Special Edition 2025 Finals Matchup logo used on 5-6 May in commemoration of May the Fourth.
Star Wars Special Edition Arabesh Playoffs and Finals banner logos used on 5-6 May in commemoration of May the Fourth.