activities Athletics Hamilton is an Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) member school offering boys and girls sports complying with Title IX. Student athletes can participate in varsity, junior varsity, and freshmen only teams as well as individual sports under the AIA's 6A Conference. Hamilton Athletics consist of these sports: Badminton (Girls) Baseball Basketball (Boys and Girls) Cheer (Girls and Coed) Cross Country (Boys and Girls)† Flag football Football Golf (Boys and Girls)† Hockey Competitive Lacrosse (Boys and Girls) Pomline Soccer (Boys and Girls) Softball Swim and Dive (Boys and Girls)† Tennis (Boys and Girls)† Track and field (Boys and Girls)† Volleyball (Boys and Girls) Wrestling (Boys and Girls) † denotes individual and team sports Baseball Since Hamilton started play the team has amassed 7 Arizona State Championships in its first 20 years placing the school third behind St. David (12) and Scottsdale Chaparral (10) since 1985. In 2020, the team climbed from a preseason ranking of #4 to #1 in the nation by MaxPreps' Xcellent 25 poll with an 8–0 record prior to the closing of all public schools indefinitely because of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The program has produced many collegiate and professional players, most notably the MLB's 2019 National League Most Valuable Player Cody Bellinger. Basketball The varsity girls basketball team has won Arizona's 6A State Championships in the 2015–16 and 2018–19 seasons. Flag Football Starting in the 2022–23 season, the AIA officially introduced girls flag football for member schools to complete. Hamilton Athletics was amongst the first schools to adopt the newly approved sport. Football The large number of players participating in the football program during their freshmen year has resulted in Hamilton fielding two freshmen-only teams playing exclusively inside Arizona's 6A conference against other freshmen only teams. History John Wrenn was the first employee hired from Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Flossmoor, Illinois and began building a strong staff for the program. Hamilton began competing in 1998 in the 5A conference as a freelance team and despite their 7–2 record, there were not able to compete in the state championship playoffs.The AIA placed Hamilton into the Fiesta Region the following year where the team earned most of their region titles. The program gain more attention when Terrell Suggs, a future Arizona State University and NFL player, transferred from Chandler High School setting school and state records at the running back and defensive end positions. Local media acknowledged his success