A picture of the 1914 Concord High School graduating class of 29 students may be found in the 1988 book, The Heritage of Cabarrus County.

The Board of Education immediately received a gift of the old Lutheran church property on East Corban Street.

This school was to be "a showcase of education for the city," located on Beech and Cedar Streets just north of downtown.

The ornate, three-story brick building was completed in 1924, including a large auditorium, and adjoining playing fields.

The nickname, unique to North Carolina high schools, was a tribute to longtime principal and CCS superintendent Dr. A.S. Webb.

The nickname stuck—it was first found in print for the 1927 season, and Concord High athletic teams have been the "Spiders" ever since.

Webb Field was renovated and "rededicated" for the season football opener in September 1935 against Charlotte Central, which Concord won in a 49–12 rout.

Webb Field is now on the National Register of Historic Places study list[citation needed]).

Concord High competed in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) from 1915 to 1929, and won a state football title in 1929, defeating Oxford 13–6 in one of the first 10 football games ever to be played at New Kenan Memorial Stadium at UNC-Chapel Hill.

However, shortly after winning the 1929 state football title, Concord High became a charter member of the new Western North Carolina High School Activities Association (WNCHSAA) and participated in this sports association fforthe next 47 seasons (1930–1976), when the WNCHSAA merged with the NCHSAA.

Concord won many WNCHSAA titles during the 47 seasons in this association, including the WNCHSAA football title in 1935 with an impressive 9–1–1 campaign during which the Spiders scored over 41 points on several occasions, and allowed 4 points per game, losing only 12–6 at S.C. state champion Gaffney.

Concord won the WCNHSAA again 12 years later in 1947, as star George "Ick" Alley and teammates were victorious in the postseason Harvest Bowl title game over Shelby 13-6.

The Western North Carolina High School Activities Association contained up to 42 schools, mainly from the mid-sized cities of the Piedmont and Blue Ridge foothills— from the mountains to the Winston-Salem area, and especially along the US 29 (now I-85) corridor between Kings Mountain and High Point, and continuing west along US 74 to Rutherfordton.

Many of these schools continue to feature strong sports programs to this day, having won a large number of state titles since rejoining the NCHSAA.

Concord's football team is notable throughout North Carolina due to two recent state titles (2004 and 2006) and to its role as oone-halfof the state's longest-running high school football rivalry with A. L. Brown High School in neighboring Kannapolis.

Since 1950, the victor of the game has been awarded a mounted Southern Railway train bell that is painted in the colors of both high schools.

In 2006–07, the Concord's men's basketball team rolled through the season and made its second straight return to the state 3A championship game, making this back-to-back years for the Spiders.