Tuscola High School

Tuscola High School is a public senior high school located in Waynesville, North Carolina, United States, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) west-southwest of Asheville. Tuscola High School succeeded the original Waynesville Township High School during the 1966 consolidation that merged Fines Creek and Crabtree High Schools with Waynesville. The school was built in the Tuscola community of East Waynesville, near Lake Junaluska and was named after the community in which it was built. Tuscola is a Cherokee word that means "Digging in Many Places". The school's mascot is a Mountaineer and the school colors are black and gold.

Not to be confused with Tuscola Community High School.
Tuscola High School
Address
564 Tuscola School Rd

Waynesville
,
North Carolina
28786

United States
Information
Established1966 (1966)
CEEB code344214
PrincipalTodd Trantham
Grades9–12
Number of students1,065 (2016–17)[1]
ScheduleFour 80-minute periods (August–June)
Color(s)Black and Gold
        
Athletics conferenceWestern Mountain Athletic 3A
MascotMountaineer
WebsiteOfficial Site

History

On September 30, 1963, the joint boards of education recommended that the schools of Haywood County consolidate. Due to the popular thought that larger schools could provide more opportunities at a more cost-effective price, plans were made to build two senior high schools, one on each side of the county. The construction of these new schools was to be financed by a 2.5 million-dollar bond, along with additional state and local funds. In order to make travel more reasonable for residents of Crabtree and Fines Creek, the location of the high school was moved from West Waynesville to an East Waynesville community near Lake Junaluska known as Tuscola. The name for the new high school became an issue for debate. Some wanted to keep the Waynesville name, while others suggested the name "Crabcreek", after the Crabtree and Fines Creek high schools. However, the school was named Tuscola, after the East Waynesville community in which it was built. The Waynesville school colors of black and gold and the Mountaineer mascot were both inherited by the new school.

Athletics

Tuscola is currently a member of the 3A Western Mountain Conference but has a pending appeal to move to the 2A Mountain Six Conference in 2019.

Rivalry

As one of the two major high schools in the Haywood County Schools system, there is a rivalry between the Tuscola Mountaineers of Waynesville and Pisgah Black Bears of Canton. The two high school football teams play against each other for the Haywood County Championship each fall, drawing up to 15,000 fans.

Football

The school is best known for its tradition-rich football program, which holds 24 Haywood County Championships, 14 Conference Championships, 1 Western Division II Championship, and 1 NCHSAA State Championship.

FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS WON
State 1972
Western Regional 1972
W. Regional Runner-Up 1973, 2009
Western Division II 1982
Conference 1972, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2008, 2009, 2016
Haywood County 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Tuscola High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  2. Brenda Kirkpatrick Brown. uncabulldogs.com. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  3. (Nov 18, 2019). Weir, Luke. Joe Sam Queen to run for re-election in 2020. themountaineer.com. Retrieved May 20, 2020.

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