These parents challenged the mascot by stating its common use as a symbol of evil as well as noting the racial connotations.

In a letter to Nebo School District, the president of the Navajo Nation stated that "the use of the term 'Red Devils' lends or conveys the immediate opinion of assertion of offensive racial commentary.

Springville High School has posted regional championships in tennis, cross country, soccer, golf, volleyball, swimming, football and basketball.The Red Devil swim team won back-to-back boys' 4A state championships in 2008[6] and 2009.

[7] The championships of 2008 and 2009 mark the first time a boys' team of any sport at SHS has won back-to-back titles.

In 2020, the boys' basketball team won the 5A state,[9] Coach Snell's second title in four years.