In 2008, Anacoco High School was among 39 Louisiana high schools recognized by U.S. News & World Report as the country's Best High Schools, receiving a bronze medal ranking.[3]
Ashley Antony played five basketball seasons (1994-99) at Anacoco. She played two seasons at Louisiana Tech before an ankle injury and subsequent surgery ended her basketball career.[5]
Katie Antony is the all-time leading scorer in high school girls' basketball history for 5-on-5 basketball (girls used to play 6-on-6) and the only high school girls' basketball player ever to score 6,000 points in a career.[5] Her 6,190 point total includes six seasons on the varsity at Anacoco. She was a five-time first-team all-state player in Louisiana and a four-time all-state Most Valuable Player. She played at Vanderbilt and later transferred to LSU. She made the McDonald's All-American Team and was the Gatorade State Player of the Year. Katie stopped playing basketball in college while at LSU to concentrate on her degree in medicine.[6]
In 2020, the Antony sisters were elected to the Louisiana High School Sports Hall of Fame.[5]
On January 22, 2024, a fire destroyed the school's softball locker room, wiping out the team's equipment a week before the season began. The Vernon Parish Fire District ruled that the facility was a total loss. Officials did not confirm the cause of the fire except to say that it was under investigation by the state Fire Marshal's office.[7]
