[2] Springs Valley Junior-Senior High School's athletic teams are nicknamed the "Blackhawks".

In the Blackhawks' first season of 1957-58 in basketball, they advanced to the final four of the Indiana state tournament losing to the eventual state champion, Fort Wayne South Side, 55-42.

The Junior High/High School band the "Blackhawk Brigade" was directed by Gilbert Aylsworth.

After the 1994 season, John retired and during the next seven years, the band had three different directors.

In 2001, Luke Aylsworth, John's son, took over as director for the band.