 Roanoke Rapids High School competes in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association in the 2A class.They have football, baseball, softball, swimming, wrestling, volleyball, track and field, cross country, soccer, basketball, tennis, golf, and cheerleading programs.Houa Vue Moua

Houa Vue Moua, along with co-author Barbara J. Rolland, wrote the book, Trail Through The Mists, which tells the story of Moua's early life in Laos during the Secret War and her harrowing escape to Thailand during the subsequent Hmong diaspora.