Between 1991 and 1995, the Pateros Billygoats played in the B-8 State Football Championship Game 4 times, achieving 1st place in 1995. During the same school year that Pateros became State Football Champions, the Boys Basketball team defeated St. George's High School 77–51, becoming BState Basketball Champions.
In 1978, Terry Ellis of Pateros High School won the high jump at Class A State Track meet with a mark of 7 feet, 2.25 inches. This remains a Washington State Meet track and field record in 2014.[2]