Victor Valley High School fields several teams in the Desert Sky League, including football, basketball, baseball, softball, wrestling, soccer (men's and women's), volleyball, swimming, tennis, track & field, cross country, and golf. Fencing is a competitive team, but not a member of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF). Several league championships have been won over the years in the Golden League, San Andreas League, and the Desert Sky League. In 1987, the wrestling team was the California State Champions. The school has won ten California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section (CIF-SS) Championships. The first in 1981 was won by the women's C\cross country team in the CIF-SS 2A Division, the next eight were won by the wrestling team, and recently the Boys Basketball Team won the 8A title in 2026. Though not a sanctioned CIF sport, the fencing team has won the California High School Championships numerous times, including six straight wins from 2006-2012. In 1987 the football team played in the CIF-SS Finals, the basketball team played in the CIF-SS Semi-Finals, the track and field team took third in the CIF-SS 2A Division and had the Champion in the 110 high meter and 300 meter intermediate hurdles, the tennis team won the San Andreas league title, and the wrestling team won the CIF State Title.
Baseball Since 1988, twelve former Jackrabbits were drafted in the MLB Amateur Entry Draft.
Basketball Under Hall of Fame Coach Ollie Butler, the basketball program won 13 league titles and 605 games. From 1974 to 1983, the Jackrabbits won ten consecutive league titles between the Golden League and San Andreas League. At the time, it was the third longest streak in CIF-SS history and currently ranks ninth. In 1977 and 1978, the Jackrabbits made back-to-back appearances in the CIF-SS 2-A Basketball Championships, losing both times to
Channel Islands High School. In 1987, the Jackrabbits played in the CIF-SS 2-A Basketball Semi-Finals, where they lost to eventual winner
Woodbridge High School. The 2026, boys basketball team won the CIF 8A Championship. Three players were drafted to professional basketball. The first was
Greg Hyder, the all-time leading scorer for
Eastern New Mexico University and a third-round selection by the Cincinnati Royals of the NBA in the
1970 NBA draft. Greg would play one year in the NBA. Greg's younger brother, Jerry, who played alongside Greg at Eastern New Mexico University where they won the 1969 NAIA Basketball Championships, was selected in the 14th round by the Denver Rockets in the 1971 ABA Draft. The 1977 CIF-SS 2A Player of the Year, Tony Anderson, was selected in the seventh round by the
New Jersey Nets in the
1982 NBA draft, after playing for
UCLA. Neither Jerry Hyder nor Tony Anderson played professional basketball in the United States. The school's all-time leading scorer also played under Butler, Clyde "Scooty" Rivers (1978–1982), who went to play at the
University of Utah. Coach Butler was elected into the SCIBA Hall of Fame in 1999 and the floor in the Keith Gunn Gymnasium is named in his honor. The Jackrabbits played in their third CIF-SS Basketball Championship in the 1-AA large school division losing to Long Beach Jordan High School, 54-38, in 1996. The 2026 Jackrabbits won the school's first CIF basketball championship defeating South El Monte High School, 78-47.
Football The Jackrabbits compete annually against
Apple Valley High School in the "Bell Game" and against
Barstow High School in the "
Axe Game". The Bell game has been played since 1969. Apple Valley leads the overall series 33-15. The "Axe" game has been played since 1932 and is the longest high school rivalry game in the High Desert of Southern California. Barstow High School leads the series 51-44-4. The Jackrabbits have played in two CIF-SS Championships. The first was in 1966 against
Lawndale High School, which they lost 19-7. The second was in 1987 against
Arroyo High School, where the Jackrabbits lost 7-3 in overtime. In 1983, the Jackrabbits placed third in the CIF-SS Championships. In 1986, they placed second, and in 1987, placed third. Despite finishing third that year, the Jackrabbits won the school's only California State Title, anchored by two-time Olympian and Pride World Champion,
Dan Henderson. In 1990, the wrestling team won the CIF-SS 3-A Championship and finished fourth in the State Championships. Long-time head coach Sam Gollmyer retired and was inducted into the California Wrestling Hall of Fame. The team won the CIF-SS Coastal Division Championship and CIF-SS Division 4 Team Dual-Meet Championship in 2012. In all, the Jackrabbits have won eight various CIF-SS titles. For individual titles, the Jackrabbits have 15 wrestlers with a CIF-SS title, eight with a CIF Masters title, and three with a CIF State title. ==Notable alumni==