Since its founding in 1992, Galena has gone on to win either a league, regional or state championship in every sport played at the school. The Grizzlies used to belong to the
High Desert League of the
Northern Nevada 4A Region, until the realignment of the 2 leagues in the summer of 2008. They are now part of the
Sierra League of the
Northern Nevada 4A Region. They completed the first ever
Northern Nevada 4A Region Triple Crown in 2007 after winning the football, basketball, and baseball titles.
Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association State Championships • Basketball (Boys) - 2007 • Basketball (Girls) - N/A • Cheerleading (Girls )- N/A • Cross Country (Boys) - 2001, 2007, 2011 • Cross Country (Girls) - N/A • Rifle (Co-ed) - 2012, 2013 • Track and Field (Boys) - 2002 • Softball - 1996 (3A), 1997 (4A), 1999 (4A) • Volleyball (Girls) - N/A • Golf (Men's) - N/A • Tennis (Men's) - 2000, 2023 (4A)
Basketball The 2007 Grizzlies boys basketball team brought home the school's first state championship with a 54–51 win over
Mojave High School of North Las Vegas. The game, which gave Northern Nevada back-to-back state titles for the first time in over 60 years (the
Reno Huskies won the 2006 championship), was played at the
Orleans Arena inside the
Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on February 23, 2007. After winning the state championship, junior forward Luke Babbitt verbally committed to play
Division I NCAA basketball for the
Ohio State Buckeyes, beginning with the 2008–2009 season. However, in June 2007, Babbitt de-committed from Ohio State and decided to stay home to play for the
Nevada Wolf Pack. Luke Babbit left the Nevada Wolf Pack before his junior year to be eligible for the NBA draft. On June 24, 2010, Luke was the 16th overall draft pick in the first round by the
Minnesota Timberwolves. He was traded to the
Portland Trail Blazers where he played as a Small Forward.
Cross Country The 2007 boys
cross country team brought home the school's second state championship, the first since 2001. The team won eleven of the fourteen races they competed in. These included victories at the prestigious
Nevada Union Invite and the
Stanford Division Two Invitational. They took second at the Mount
San Antonio Invite to
Barstow, CA, in the process defeating #9 in the South West Region (UT, CO, NV, AZ, NM) Rio Ricco. Flying under the regional and national radar for most of the season, the team then debuted in the regional rankings at #7. The team won regionals over five time defending state champion
Reno High School easily, winning with a final margin of 26 to 72. The next week the team again overwhelmed the rest of Nevada in the 4A state championships winning 82 to 39. Nine points off the state record of 30 set by Reno. At the Southwest Regional Championships hosted by
Nike, the team took third. Defeating #6 in the nation and
Colorado 5A Champions
Wheat Ridge High School and #18
Timpview High School. They were 19 points short of defeating #3 in the nation
Albuquerque Academy and #8
Los Alamos High School, both of
New Mexico. The team received an invite to the
Nike Team National Championships, which took place December 1 in
Portland, Oregon. They were 1 of 18 teams to be invited, with the top 4 being selected. On November 23 the team cracked the Super Harrier 25, debuting at #20 in the nation. They would sadly be passed over for a berth to Nike Team Nationals. Nike would instead select Rogers, of
Arkansas, the class 7A champions who won their state meet with a score of 16 points, but still outside of the top 25. After Nike Team Nationals which Galena was excluded from, Galena moved up to #16, ahead of Rogers and every bubble team taken before them. Academy and Los Alamos would finish the season #2 and #3 in the nation respectively. The No. 16 rank is the best finish by Galena High School and by any Nevada team in cross country history.
Football Galena's football program was notorious for their terrible record for nearly the first decade of the school's existence. The Grizzlies were a regular favorite for other schools to play at their homecoming games because it usually meant an easy victory for the home team, since then the team has gone on be one of the better high schools in the valley, winning a league championship. In 2006, under Steve Struzyk as head coach, the Grizzlies lost in the NIAA State Championship game to Las Vegas High School, 33–6. Struzyk retired in 2018 and was replaced by Hank Roberts. Roberts led the Grizzlies to a rough 2–8 season, with a playoff appearance, but Roberts was fired in the following offseason, sparking some controversy in the media, as the firing was done privately, with little reason given. The Grizzlies announced Aaron Cook would take over the program in the 2019 season, his first head coaching job. == Notable alumni ==