Hedgesville High School began as a one-room log schoolhouse in 1866.

[1] In 2004, U.S. President George W. Bush visited the school.

The boys' basketball team won the 2012 AAA West Virginia State Championship.

On October 22, 2011, the band scored an 88.0 at their Chapter 13/WV State Championship competition at Lewis County High School.

At the Atlantic Coast Championship tournament on October 30, 2011, the band scored an 86.55.