The mascot is the Applemen, a Red Delicious apple with large, muscular arms and legs and an aggressive facial expression.
A new school building was built for the Musselman community in 1998 to replace the aging original structure and to better serve a rapidly increasing population.
The lease was subsequently terminated and the key was handed over to the Berkeley County Board of Education once the structure was finished.
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.
In 1951, then coach and principal, Mr. Kenneth Waldeck, honored the Musselman family by using an apple theme for the school's mascot.
The 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.
[2] Musselman High School has had winning athletic teams in sports including basketball, baseball, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, wrestling, and volleyball.
Lead goalscorer, Dawson Heironimus, sealed the title after a hat trick in the championship game against George Washington.
MuHS is home to three show choirs that achieved success under the direction of former director, Sherry Hager.
Kaleidoscope has competed all across the East Coast and Canada receiving numerous first place and Grand Champion awards.