In 1972, York Castle High School was the winner of Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC, now TVJ) Schools Challenge Quiz competition in Jamaica. Team members were Omar Brown (captain), James Walsh, Lorence Brown and Lawrence Alexander. The team was coached by Ms Jackie Vernon (now Mrs. Jackie Bertram). York Castle High School holds the following records in the Schools Challenge Quiz competition:

• The first Coet school to win Schools Challenge Quiz.
• The first rural area school to win quiz.
• The only school in St. Ann to win quiz.