The boys cross country team has consistently dominated in Utah and throughout the nation since their first state championship in 2009.

Since opening, several new additions and renovations have been built including the construction of a new wing of 27 new classrooms and complete administrative facilities.

A new main gym area was completed in the summer of 2014 and houses new training, locker, and weight rooms, in addition to dance, cheer, drill, and wrestling facilities.

[6] The percentage of students who met proficiency standards were as follows: Language Arts 92%, Mathematics 45.6%, and Science 74.9%, all above average for the state.

In 2014, the football team made it to the state championship game for the first time since 1962, where they lost to Bingham High School.

In 2018, the football team again played in the state championship game losing to Lone Peak High School.

[16] American Fork High's cheer squad took second place at the Cheerleading Nationals in Anaheim, California in 2008–09.

They competed at the United Spirit Association cheerleading nationals on March 26, 2011, and took second place.

In 2007 and 2014, they traveled to New York City as one of only 2 bands from Utah to ever participate in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

[18] At the 2009 Grand National Competition, the American Fork Marching Band was presented with the Esprit de Corps award.

In 2020, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the band participated in the V-USBands program, and won 1st place in Division 4 at the National Championships.

The band performed in the 2012 New Year's Day Rose Parade for the second time on January 2, 2012.

The American Fork High School Marching Band also performed at the Grand Nationals in Indianapolis in 2022, with The Wonderful World of Warhol, where they took 13th place.

[24] Recent performance titles include: 2024 - Spot On, 2023 - Visions of Red, 2022 - The Wonderful World of Warhol, 2021 - The Making of a Captain, 2020 - Starry, Starry Night, 2019 - The White Queen, 2018 - Another Viewpoint, 2017 - Dimensionality, 2016 - Beyond Limits, 2015 - Red Sky, 2014 - Bad Hair Day, 2013 - Fury, 2012 - Agency, 2011 - Shades of Conflict, 2010 - Pandemonium, 2009 - Greatest Generation, 2008 - The Island, 2007 - Pulse, 2006 - The Hyper Effect, and 2005 - Through The Eyes of a Child.