Sports
- East vs. West Rivalry – IHS football beat the Eastridge football team several times in a row, but the 9 year streak came to an end when the Eastridge Lancers defeated IHS 48-10 in week 2 of the 2008 Section V football season. This is one of the most heated rivalries in Monroe County.
- Irondequoit High School Football – The football team has won back-to-back Section V Div. III titles in 2006 and 2007 and again in 2010.
- Irondequoit Lacrosse – The IHS lacrosse program has won 33 league titles and 16 Section V championships since 1957, most recently in '10 and '11 where they reached the New York State Semi-Finals. The program is the subject of a documentary, titled "Irondequoit: Lacrosse Town, USA".
- The Irondequoit girls volleyball program has won 2 Class A finals in a row. They were state champions in 2008.
- Eastridge Lancer boys volleyball won Sectional Championship.
- The Irondequoit Eagles Boys varsity soccer team reached its first Section V championship in 2009 and won in 2010.
- The Iron Lancers won the Rookie All-star award at the RIT regional in 2010 and went on to compete in the finals in Atlanta, Georgia.
- The East Irondequoit Cheerleaders won a Grand National Championship in 2008 in Ocean City's Reach The Beach National tournament.
- The East Irondequoit Cheerleaders also won the county title in 2010. Also in 2010 the cheerleaders won another National Title in Disney's ESPN sports complex.
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He at length our good will sever.”
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