Its sports teams participate in the Northwest Conference and Putnam County League.

Columbus Grove's main rival is the Bluffton Pirates, though the Pandora-Gilboa Rockets and Ada Bulldogs are also considered rivals.

The 2003 Columbus Grove Bulldog American football team won the school's first and only state title in football, having gone 15 wins and 0 losses, including its 28–26 win in Canton Stadium over the Marion Local Flyers.

[4] The Columbus Grove 2003 men's track and field team has a similar honor, having won the state championship in spring 2003.

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