However, this mainly happens in such sports as cross country, swimming, golf, gymnastics, tennis, volleyball, softball and baseball.

The Odessa Bronchos compete in the following sports: Cross country, volleyball, football, basketball, powerlifting, swimming, soccer, gymnastics, golf, tennis, track, softball, and baseball.

Odessa Blackshear - State Runners-up: Basketball - 1953(PVIL-3A), 1954(PVIL-3A), 1955(PVIL-3A) The AVID program at OHS is a college preparation course for students.

The Odessa High School band has the longest consecutive streak of first division rating in marching contests in the State of Texas, going back 82 years.

[citation needed] The OHS Band was started in 1932 under the direction of G. Ward Moody.

Odessa High's administration applied paint to the school auditorium's windows to counter the ghost story culture.

[11] In 2019, KOSA-TV said, "Many believe her ghost still haunts the halls of Odessa High School to this day.