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newspaper called "The Cider Press." The marching band made its debut in the spring of 1950 at the Apple
Blossom Festival in Winchester, Virginia. The first football team that same year consisted of eleven members and coach, Mr. Kenneth Waldeck. Mr. Waldeck nicknamed the team the "fighting eleven" after their first season brought only one tie and six losses. The Musselman High School football stadium is named for Mr. Waldeck. The original mascot chosen for Musselman High School was the "dragons" and the football team wore borrowed burgundy-colored uniforms from nearby
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Musselman apple processing plant, saw the need and decided to share their wealth by providing the area with a new, modern structure. Mr. Musselman died before the building was completed. The original building was built largely by employees of the C.H. Musselman Company.
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Berkeley County Board of Education once the structure was finished. The Board of Education named the school Musselman High School. Classes commenced before all details were completed due to the strong need for the facility.
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MuHS is home to three show choirs that achieved success under the direction of former director, Sherry Hager. "Kaleidoscope" is a mixed varsity show choir of 40 students that was founded in 1980 by Mrs. Hager and was one of the first show choirs in both West
Virginia and Berkeley County. Kaleidoscope
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The new high school was relocated on the opposite side of Rt.11 and opened in 1998. The old building is presently the site of the new
Musselman Middle School. The original gymnasium and auditorium were kept and integrated into the middle school building plans. The new high school building encompassed
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Berkeley community realized that a new high school was necessary. Bunker Hill High School, the only high school in the south end of the county, had become overcrowded and substandard. The Berkeley County Board of Education could not afford such an endeavor at the time, so the
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Musselman volleyball team achieved state champion titles in 2008 and 2010 During the 2010-2011 school year, the men's swim team and the softball team both captured a regional title. The men's cross-country team has made appearances at the AAA State Cross-Country Championships three of the past
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Berkeley County Board of Education paid to construct a gymnasium on the south end of the building in 1955. Prior to the gyms construction, the Applemen had been holding their home games at Martinsburg High School. The auditorium came in 1979, thanks to the joint contributions of the Board of
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Students participate in a drama department which produces plays and musicals each year. Clubs and organizations offered at the school include Rotary-Interact Club, Science Club, National Honor
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Fundraisers by the students and community helped to raise money for the chalkboards and other necessities. The school offered a contest in 1950 for students to choose the school colors and Macks Beasley was named the winner with his selection of kelly-green and white. In 1951, then coach and
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In order for the Musselman Foundation to make the gift to the community without special legislation, a special legal procedure was followed. First, the school board purchased the agreed upon site for the building. The site was then leased to the C.H. Musselman Foundation and the building was
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The Musselman soccer team raised the state championship in 2021 after an almost perfect season. The team reached the championship game while allowing 0 home goals. Lead goalscorer, Dawson Heironimus, sealed the title after a hat trick in the championship game against George Washington.
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is a major sport at Musselman High School, having achieved much success through the school's history, including three WV state titles (1974,1982,1995) and twice finishing as runner-up (1983, 1989), all under coach Denny Price. Price is the all-time-winningest coach in the state of
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has competed all across the East Coast and Canada receiving numerous first place and Grand Champion awards. "Vivid Image" is an all-female show choir and "Elite Dimension" is the all-male show choir. Now these choirs are managed and led by James Miller.
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a school store, two gymnasiums, a high-tech auditorium, greenhouses, a public library, and 63 classrooms. The building has since been renovated and expanded twice to handle the influx of residents to the area and ever-increasing enrollment.
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