One of the first and main sports in Beckville was basketball begun in 1911. It continued to be the most popular sport in Beckville until 1931, and then football began to gain in popularity.

Beckville, like other rural schools, played basketball on an outdoor court for many years. The first time the Bearcats played in a gymnasium was at Gary when their gym was first completed. Construction began on a gymnasium for Beckville in August 1946.

In the year of 1962 the Sunset basketball team was the state runner up, and the next year they were the state champions. The players on the team in those two years were Jerry Rayson, Harvey Rayson, W.C. Gladney, Ray Allison, Otis Hicks, Laston Benton, Ralph Hicks, Benny Ray Pope, and Jake Johnson. In 1963 the teams that played Sunset at District that year were Center, Garrison, Concord, Minden, East Liberty, Teneha, Timpson, Joaquin, and Mount Enterprise. Out of all of these schools Sunset was the smallest. Mr. Roger Williams was the coach for Sunset.

Football in Beckville was started in 1931. Football kept on being played until World War II, and was discontinued in 1946. The first coach was R.C. Beauchamp. The new football stadium built in 1979–1980 was named for him. The dedication ceremony took place in the fall of 1981.

The first football game that Beckville played was against Carthage, which they lost by a score of 57 to 0. The last game that Beckville played that year was also against Carthage and Beckville lost by only 7 to 0. By the end of the year there were 18 boys officially on the team.

In the year of 1983 for the first time the Beckville Elementary had a track meet. Beckville Elementary has an annual track meet for grades 3-6 in May of every year. Every year the high school has several students who attend the state competition. The elementary school is building for a higher level of sportsmanship.

  The high school offered high school baseball for girls and a golf program for the first time in 1994. Girls now have an opportunity to participate in volleyball, basketball, softball, and track. The boys have a longer basketball season but do not have a volleyball team.