Dressed in all black, the Tuscola varsity football team took their home field at C.E. Weatherby Stadium for the last time this season.   
While Senior Night’s “Blackout” served as a clever motivational tool, there was not enough “black magic” to save the Mountaineers from the powerful offense of the East Henderson Eagles, which cruised to a 55-24 victory and at least a share of the WNC Athletic Conference title.  
The Eagles improved to 9-1 overall (6-0 WNCAC) while the Mountaineers dropped to 3-7 overall (3-3 WNCAC).  
“My hats off to East Henderson,” said Tuscola Head Coach Brandon Allen.  “They’ve got a tremendous ball club, tremendous athletes, and their coach did a great job.”
Any hopes that Tuscola had of an upset were pretty much put to rest when East Henderson jumped out to a 21-0 lead ...