[2] The history of Rice Lake High School can be traced back to 1882.

[4] Rice Lake High School competes in the Big Rivers Conference for athletics.

It has teams for football, cross country, golf, swimming, tennis, volleyball, gymnastics, wrestling, basketball, hockey, baseball, softball, track and field, and soccer.

[5] Rice Lake High School sports teams were originally in the Heart of the North Conference in 1929.

In 1986, football entered the Big Rivers Conference, along with hockey in 1988.