 The football team (the "Herd") won the North I Group I state sectional championship in 1974, 1976, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2013 and 2014.The program was founded and developed in 1966 by Doug Wilkins, who served for 44 years as the team's head coach and made the program into one of the most successful in the state; his 328 wins rankg him among the state's top five in victories, in addition to his winning eight state championships, including two undefeated state championship teams in the 1970s.During the years 2000–2010 the team's record was 99–15, which included a 23-game win streak from Thanksgiving 2001 until late November 2003, as well as a 36-game win streak that began at the start of the 2008 season and continued until a loss in the 2010 state sectional final against Wallington High School.