Athletic teams compete in the Virginia High School League's Class 1 Black Diamond District in Region 1D.

Since the creation of VHSL's Scholastic Bowl program, Honaker High's Academic Team has been a dominating force in Virginia's far western counties, winning 4 state championships, including back-to-back state titles in 2016 and 2017—a first in HHS and Russell County history for any VHSL-sanctioned team sport or activity.

The Scholastic Bowl team won the Black Diamond District regular season and/or tournament seventeen consecutive times from 1998 to 2014.

In 2011, Honaker won the Single-A Division II State Championship over J.J. Kelly High School by a score of 16-9.

[2] In 2014, the Honaker Girl's Varsity Basketball team finished the season as VHSL Class 1 State Runner-up with a 60-34 loss to Chilhowie.

Miller would later win the 2004 John Mackey Award as the best TE in the nation while playing for the Virginia Cavaliers, followed by being drafted 30th overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers and immediately promoted to their starting position.

Two years earlier, the Tiger fastpitch finished runner-up in the championship game to William Monroe High School, 17-2.