Sports
Duluth High School currently competes in Region 7-AAAAA and has since 2004. Duluth High School has two rivalries with Norcross High School and Peachtree Ridge High School. The Duluth-Norcross rivalry is one of the oldest in Gwinnett County.
The school has won three state titles in competition cheerleading (2004, 2005, 2007) and has been past state champions or finalists in softball (1999 champions), baseball (1951 champions, 1995 runner-up), football (1973, 1975, 1980 runner-up), boys' soccer (2003 runner-up), and boys' swimming (1998 and 1999 runner-up).
The CLAW Squad (Competition Cheerleaders) was named 2007 Team of the Year by the Georgia Cheerleading Coaches Association and 2007 National Team of the Year. They also won the 2007 Georgia High School Sports Association's CO-ED Cheerleading State title, for the third time in the past 5 years.
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