 Kilkeel High has a successful hockey team and the school fields teams in competitions from U-13 to an U-18 1st XI.Despite being a comprehensive state school, it competes in the Cup competitions dominated by the powerhouse grammar schools in Ulster, and the school regularly qualifies for the "All-Ireland" schools hockey tournament.In 2001 the boys 1st XI reached the final of the prestigious McCullough Cup and despite a brave performance, they eventually lost in a penalty shoot-out.