[2] The Sherman Bearcats compete in cross country, volleyball, football, basketball, powerlifting, swimming, Soccer, golf, track, tennis, softball and baseball.

Each year, the schools play for "The Battle of the Ax" in which an engraved axe is awarded to the winner.

[7] In November 2023, the Sherman Independent School District affected a production of Oklahoma!

at the school when its principal told parents that it would cast only students “born as females in female roles and students born as males in male roles,” stating publicly that it took issue with the profane and sexual content in the musical.

Before the vote, 65 people spoke, and The New York Times reported that "only a handful voiced support for the district’s restrictions."