Athletics The Indians now compete in the
Northern Division 3A. They had a long run competing in 4A athletics. • The varsity football team has won five state title since the school started playing football in 1948; 1953 (28-21), 1954 (T 14-14), 1962 (37-6), 1980 (33-0), and 1985 (16-7). The Indians play their home games at Warrior Field, located on campus. Their home side bleachers were the former endzone bleachers at
Mackay Stadium at the
University of Nevada, Reno). • The girls' and boys' basketball program has won some state titles. The girls won the large school state title last in 1995. The girls have won two in state. • The school has a regulation-size stadium and track and one of the biggest basketball gyms in Northern Nevada.
Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association • Baseball - 1980, 1981, 1983, 1988, 1989; consecutive 2A state champs 1982-83-84, 57 consecutive wins; 1986; 1989; 3A-1994-1995; Coach Lynette Davis - NIAA all-time leader most wins- 563; 3rd all time state titles - 7
Performing arts • As of 2007–2008, Elko High Band has finished 1st or 2nd place in the state marching band competition 21 out of 25 times. They are a 10-time state marching band champion (Last in 2001) with 12 second-place finishes. • The band marched in the
Inaugural Parade for U.S. President
Richard Nixon's second term in 1973 and
Ronald Reagan's first term, in 1981. • They have performed in the
Tournament of Roses Parade in
Pasadena, California three times, in 1983, 1995, and 1999. • The band played twice in the
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in
New York City in 1979 and 2000. • The marching band has performed twice in the
Hollywood Christmas Parade in the
Hollywood community in
Los Angeles, California. • The band marched in the
Orange Bowl Parade in 1997. • They have played in various other parades around the state of Nevada as well as across the
United States, numerous college football pre-game and halftime shows including a
Freedom Bowl,
Fiesta Bowl, and multiple
Holiday Bowl's, and a pregame show at a
San Francisco 49ers game. • The band hosts an annual
Jazz Festival that has featured guests such as
Eric Marienthal,
Wayne Bergeron,
Allen Vizzutti,
Mike Vax,
Ed Shaughnessy of
The Tonight Show fame, and many others. • The band has been named "The Pride of Nevada" by five different
Nevada Governors. The Choral music department is represented by the award-winning Choraliers. They have received top ratings in national choral festivals for the past 20 years. In 2006, they received an invitation to the National Invitation of Gold Choral Festival in New York City. They have traveled to Anaheim, Hollywood, Las Vegas, Orlando, Seattle, San Francisco and Hawaii (2008, 2012, 2016 & 2020) and were invited to and participated in the National Invitational Festival of Gold in San Francisco in 2009 and 2013. In 2013, they were selected as the top large ensemble and men's ensemble at the San Francisco Festival of Gold. The Choraliers Sang in Carnegie Hall in April 2018. They accepted an invitation to sing in 2018, having been invited four times before.
Publications •
The Pow Wow — monthly school newspaper, is the oldest in the state. • The yearbook is titled
Pohob, which means "sagebrush". •
War Whoops! is the longest running radio show in the state of Nevada, broadcast on Wednesdays at 7:05 on AM 1240 KELK.
Rivalries Football rivalries are
Spring Creek High-Elko (Battle of the Summit). The series is led by Elko and
McQueen-Elko (
High Desert League). Basketball rivalries are Churchill County High School-Elko. The school's hometown rival is
Spring Creek. Other Nevada rivals are Churchill County Lowry and Winnemucca. ==Notable alumni==