The Waco Lions compete in these sports - [4] Volleyball, Cross Country, Football, Basketball, Powerlifting, Soccer, Golf, Tennis, Track, Softball & Baseball The Waco High Tigers saw much success under head coach Paul Tyson, hired in 1913, who was one of the best known and most successful high school football coaches in America.

[8] On two occasions Waco High scored more than 100 points, once in a playoff game versus Houston Davis.

In 1945, they shared the championship with Highland Park after the title game ended in a 7–7 tie, and won outright in 1948, when the Tigers beat Amarillo, 21–0.

The Lions beat Austin Crockett, Conroe McCullough (now The Woodlands), Richardson Berkner, and Dallas Carter in the previous four rounds.

The district contained fellow former 5A rival Copperas Cove, plus Brownwood, Killeen, and Waco-area schools University and Midway.

Waco High made another deep playoff run, defeating Corsicana, Dallas Hillcrest, Whitehouse, Brownwood, and Wolfforth Frenship to advance to the Class 4A Division II state championship game at the Alamodome in San Antonio.

In 2007, Waco High put together another undefeated district run for the 16-4A title, with its only loss in non-district to Euless Trinity.

Despite another losing record in 2010, the Lions returned to the playoffs, falling in the second round to eventual state champion Aledo.

In 2012, under new head coach Marty Herbst, a longtime assistant under Tusa, the Lions went three rounds deep in the playoffs, losing to Wolfforth Frenship.

Another loss to an eventual state champion, Denton Guyer, ended Waco High's 2013 season in the second round of the playoffs.