Improvements continued at intervals with a cafeteria, auditorium, and gymnasium being added in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Galax defeated Riverheads High School by a score of 7–6 by stopping a two-point conversion on the last play of the game.
[4] Lawrence Parsons was named the 2012 Group A Division 1 boys basketball player of the year by the Virginia High School Coaches Association.
The association also named Galax's Verl Brown the 2012 Group A Division 1 coach of the year for the second consecutive season.
[6] Sam Bryant was individual medalist at the 2005 state tournament, winning by 6 shots after firing a 142 at Shenandoah Valley Golf Club in Front Royal.
[7] John Bryant won the individual championship at the rain shortened 2012 VHSL state tournament held at Lonesome Pine Country Club in Big Stone Gap after firing a 3 under par 104 to give him a 7-shot victory.
[8] Galax won the VHSL Group A state championship in boys tennis in 2000, defeating George Mason by a score of 5–4.