Marching band and color guard
Marching band
November 2010 The Williams Field Black Hawk Regiment marching band took 1st place in the ABODA State Marching Band Division III Championships. They were also awarded music and visual performance captions. [3] [4]
In 2012, The Williams Field Black Hawk Regiment took 3rd place in the 2012 ABODA State Marching Band Championships. They also received First place in every percussion and color guard/auxiliary caption over the course of the season.
November 16, 2013, The Williams Field Black Hawk Regiment took 1st place in the ABODA State Marching Band Division III Championships, and were awarded the General Effect, Percussion, Auxiliary, and Visual Performance Captions. [5]
Fall 2014 Williams Field Black Hawk Regiment entered ABODA Division II.
November 12, 2016, The Williams Field Black Hawk Regiment took 1st place in the ABODA State Marching Band Division II Championships. They were also awarded Percussion, Auxiliary, General Effect, and Music Captions. [6]
Fall 2017, The Williams Field Black Hawk Regiment entered ABODA Division I.
Winter Guard
The Williams Field Winter Guard, a color guard in their first winter season after the opening of the school in 2007, won first place in the Scholastic Regional A division in 2008, at the Winter Guard Arizona (WGAZ) Championships, held in Phoenix, Arizona.
In 2012, the Winter Guard took first place again in Scholastic Regional A at the 2012 WGAZ Championships.
In 2014, the Winter Guard took first place in Scholastic AA Local at the 2014 WGAZ Championships scoring 76.22. [7]
In 2015, the Winter Guard took third place in Scholastic A National at the 2015 WGAZ Championships
Winter drumline
In 2011, the Williams Field Drumline (known at the time as the Williams Field Percussion Project), took home first place in an independent division
In 2012, the Williams Field Drumline took 3rd place in the 2012 WGAZ State Championship.
In 2013, the Williams Field Drumline took 5th place in the 2013 WGAZ State Championship.
In 2014, the Williams Field Drumline took 2nd place in the 2014 WGAZ State Championship scoring 89.60. [7]
In 2015, the Williams Field Drumline took 3rd place in the 2015 WGAZ State Championship.
In 2010, the varsity football team finished runner-up in the 4A Division II state championship, losing in a major upset to 13th-seed Thunderbird High School. [8]
In 2014, Williams Field finished runner-up once again, yet this time losing in the Division III state championship to 1st-seed Saguaro High School. [9]
In 2016, Williams Field had an undefeated season, going 14-0—claiming the 5A state championship trophy, winning 14–6 against 5th-seed Centennial (Peoria). [10]
In 2019, Williams Field finished the season 12-2 claiming the 5A state championship trophy yet once again. This time defeating city rival Campo Verde 19–0 with the game being played at Sun Devil Stadium. [11]
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