AA Region IV
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AA Region IV is one of the four AA regions in the Virginia High School League
. It is made up of three districts: the AA Piedmont District
, the AA River Ridge District
, and the AA Southwest District
.
The members of Region IV are located in Southwest Virginia
. It is the smallest region in terms of membership in AA due to many of its members losing membership and dropping into Group A. Gate City High School
, Lebanon High School
, John S. Battle High School
, Radford High School
, Giles High School, and George Wythe High School are some of the schools that have dropped in classification since the 1980s. In Henry County, Virginia
, Laurel Park High School and Fieldale-Collinsville High School closed after the 2001-2002 school year, with their student populations consolidated into Magna Vista and Bassett High Schools. Some schools, such as Graham High School have Group A sized student bodies but currently choose to play in Group AA. In addition, Lee High School is over 90 minutes from their closest Group AA opponent, leading to travel difficulties. Because of this, for the 2007-2009 playing cycle, there has been a considerable shifting among AA districts to different regions, including the moving of the AA River Ridge District
into Region IV from Region III
, and the declaration of a travel hardship for Lee, allowing them to play in Group A. Virginia High School will also drop to Group A. The AA Highlands District
was disbanded in 2007 when former members dropped to Group A and the remaining Group AA schools moved into the Southwest District.
AA River Ridge District
AA Southwest District
Virginia High School League
The Virginia High School League is the arbiter of interscholastic competition among public high schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Unlike similar organizations in many other states, private or religious schools are prohibited from joining. Non-public schools belong to other organizations,...
. It is made up of three districts: the AA Piedmont District
AA Piedmont District
The AA Piedmont District is a high school conference of the Virginia High School League that includes schools from Southwest and Southside Virginia mostly in the Martinsville and the Danville areas. The schools of the Piedmont District compete in AA Region IV with the schools in the AA River Ridge...
, the AA River Ridge District
AA River Ridge District
The AA River Ridge District is a district in Region IV of the Virginia High School League which was formed for the 2003-2004 school year out of the AA Blue Ridge District in Region III. In the 2002-2003 school year, the student body of Group AAA Cave Spring High School in Roanoke County was split...
, and the AA Southwest District
AA Southwest District
The AA Southwest District is a high school conference of the Virginia High School League that includes schools from southwestern Virginia, United States. The schools of the Southwest District compete in AA Region IV with the schools in the AA Piedmont District and the AA River Ridge District...
.
The members of Region IV are located in Southwest Virginia
Southwest Virginia
Southwest Virginia, often abbreviated as SWVA, is a mountainous region of Virginia in the westernmost part of the commonwealth. Southwest Virginia has been defined alternatively as all Virginia counties on the Appalachian Plateau, all Virginia counties west of the Eastern Continental Divide, or...
. It is the smallest region in terms of membership in AA due to many of its members losing membership and dropping into Group A. Gate City High School
Gate City High School
Gate City High School is a public high school in Gate City, Virginia. The school was built in 1956. The school employs 185 teachers and the student to teacher ratio is 21:1. The school recently received attention when David Taylor, a local resident, contacted the Virginia ACLU about a prayer that...
, Lebanon High School
Lebanon High School (Virginia)
Lebanon High School is a high school located in Lebanon, Virginia. The school offers Dual Enrollment courses and Career/Technical courses in addition to other academic courses.-Extracurricular activities:...
, John S. Battle High School
John S. Battle High School
John S. Battle High School is a high school located in the Southwest portion of Virginia in Washington County. The school was named after the Governor John S. Battle. It was built in 1959. There have been many additions. The Mason building is in the Northwest quadrant of the school. In the 1970s,...
, Radford High School
Radford, Virginia
Radford is a city in Virginia, United States. The population was 16,408 in 2010. For statistical purposes, the Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Radford with neighboring Montgomery County, including the towns of Blacksburg and Christiansburg, calling the combination the...
, Giles High School, and George Wythe High School are some of the schools that have dropped in classification since the 1980s. In Henry County, Virginia
Henry County, Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 57,930 people, 23,910 households, and 16,952 families residing in the county. The population density was 152 people per square mile . There were 25,921 housing units at an average density of 68 per square mile...
, Laurel Park High School and Fieldale-Collinsville High School closed after the 2001-2002 school year, with their student populations consolidated into Magna Vista and Bassett High Schools. Some schools, such as Graham High School have Group A sized student bodies but currently choose to play in Group AA. In addition, Lee High School is over 90 minutes from their closest Group AA opponent, leading to travel difficulties. Because of this, for the 2007-2009 playing cycle, there has been a considerable shifting among AA districts to different regions, including the moving of the AA River Ridge District
AA River Ridge District
The AA River Ridge District is a district in Region IV of the Virginia High School League which was formed for the 2003-2004 school year out of the AA Blue Ridge District in Region III. In the 2002-2003 school year, the student body of Group AAA Cave Spring High School in Roanoke County was split...
into Region IV from Region III
AA Region III
Region III is one of the four AA regions in the Virginia High School League. It is made up of three districts: the AA Blue Ridge District, the AA Seminole District, and the AA Valley District...
, and the declaration of a travel hardship for Lee, allowing them to play in Group A. Virginia High School will also drop to Group A. The AA Highlands District
AA Highlands District
The AA Highlands District was a high school conference of the Virginia High School League that included schools from Southwest Virginia, mostly in the Bristol and Kingsport areas. The schools of the Highlands District competed in AA Region IV with the schools in the AA Piedmont District and the AA...
was disbanded in 2007 when former members dropped to Group A and the remaining Group AA schools moved into the Southwest District.
- Region IV will lose two more members after the 2010-2011 school year when Graham and Grundy drop down to Group A. This will leave the region with only 16 teams. The Piedmont and Southwest Districts will only have 5 members, while the River Ridge District will be home to the 6 currently in it.
Member schools
AA Piedmont DistrictAA Piedmont District
The AA Piedmont District is a high school conference of the Virginia High School League that includes schools from Southwest and Southside Virginia mostly in the Martinsville and the Danville areas. The schools of the Piedmont District compete in AA Region IV with the schools in the AA River Ridge...
- Bassett High SchoolBassett High SchoolBassett High School is a comprehensive public high school in Bassett, Virginia, USA. The school currently enrolls about 1,300 students in grades 9-12...
of Bassett, Virginia - Magna Vista High School of Ridgeway, Virginia
- Martinsville High SchoolMartinsville High School (Martinsville, Virginia)Martinsville High School is a public secondary school located in Martinsville, Virginia, and is the only high school in the Martinsville public school system. As of 2007, its Boys Basketball Team has won 13 State Championships. It offers such programs as the International Baccalaureate,...
of Martinsville, VirginiaMartinsville, VirginiaMartinsville is an independent city which is surrounded by Henry County, Virginia, United States. The population was 13,821 in 2010. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Martinsville with Henry County for statistical purposes... - Patrick County High SchoolPatrick County High SchoolPatrick County High School is a comprehensive public high school in Stuart, Virginia, USA. The school currently enrolls over 1,000 students in grades 8–12. It is the only public high school operated by the...
of Stuart, Virginia - Tunstall High SchoolTunstall High SchoolTunstall Sr. High School is a high school located in Dry Fork, Virginia. About 800 students go to the school each year. The school has two levels and was recently renovated over the past several years. Tunstall High School was named for a long time legislator and lawyer, Whitmell P. Tunstall...
of Dry Fork, Virginia
AA River Ridge District
AA River Ridge District
The AA River Ridge District is a district in Region IV of the Virginia High School League which was formed for the 2003-2004 school year out of the AA Blue Ridge District in Region III. In the 2002-2003 school year, the student body of Group AAA Cave Spring High School in Roanoke County was split...
- Blacksburg High SchoolBlacksburg High SchoolBlacksburg High School is a high school in the Montgomery County public school division. The school serves the town of Blacksburg, Virginia and surrounding areas of the county.-History:...
of Blacksburg, VirginiaBlacksburg, VirginiaBlacksburg is an incorporated town located in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States, with a population of 42,620 at the 2010 census. Blacksburg, Christiansburg, and Radford are the three principal jurisdictions of the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford Metropolitan Statistical Area which... - Cave Spring High School of Roanoke, Virginia
- Christiansburg High SchoolChristiansburg High SchoolChristiansburg High School is located at 100 Independence Blvd. in Christiansburg, Virginia in the County of Montgomery and is located just minutes from Virginia Tech and Radford University. The school opened in 1906 and had its first graduating class of three students in 1909...
of Christiansburg, VirginiaChristiansburg, VirginiaChristiansburg is a town in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States. The population was 21,041 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Montgomery County... - Hidden Valley High SchoolHidden Valley High School (Roanoke, Virginia)Hidden Valley High School is a public high school in Roanoke County, Virginia. It is one of the five high schools in the Roanoke County Public Schools system. Hidden Valley High School is one of the two high schools, along with Cave Spring High School, that serve southwest Roanoke...
of Roanoke, Virginia - Pulaski County High SchoolPulaski County High School (Virginia)Pulaski County High School is located at 5414 Cougar Trail Road in Dublin, Virginia about 45 miles southwest of Roanoke, Virginia. It is the sole public high school in Pulaski County, Virginia.-History:...
of Dublin, Virginia - Salem High SchoolSalem High School (Salem, Virginia)Salem High School is a public high school in Salem, Virginia. It is the sole high school for the .-History:Salem High School was opened for the 1977-1978 school year by . The student bodies of Andrew Lewis High School in Salem and Glenvar High School in western Roanoke County were consolidated...
of Salem, VirginiaSalem, VirginiaSalem is an independent city in Virginia, USA, bordered by the city of Roanoke to the east but otherwise adjacent to Roanoke County. It is part of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 24,802 according to 2010 U.S. Census...
AA Southwest District
AA Southwest District
The AA Southwest District is a high school conference of the Virginia High School League that includes schools from southwestern Virginia, United States. The schools of the Southwest District compete in AA Region IV with the schools in the AA Piedmont District and the AA River Ridge District...
- Abingdon High School of Abingdon, Virginia
- Carroll County High SchoolCarroll County High School (Hillsville, Virginia)Carroll County High School is located in Carroll County, Virginia, just outside the Hillsville town limits. Carroll County High School is a three-year, public, comprehensive high school with a full range of curriculum offerings in academic and vocational subjects...
of Hillsville, Virginia - Graham High SchoolGraham High School (Bluefield, Virginia)Graham High School is a public high school located in Bluefield, Virginia across the state line from Bluefield, West Virginia in Tazewell County, Virginia, as a part of Tazewell County Public Schools....
of Bluefield, Virginia - Grundy Senior High SchoolGrundy Senior High SchoolGrundy Senior High School is a public high school located east of Grundy, Virginia on Slate Creek in Buchanan County, Virginia. It is part of the Buchanan County Public Schools system. The school is renowned for its wrestling program, which has won many state championships and has been ranked...
of Grundy, Virginia - Marion Senior High SchoolMarion Senior High School (Virginia)Marion Senior High School is a public high school located in Marion, Virginia. It is part of the Smyth County Public Schools and its athletics compete in the AA Southwest District in Region IV....
of Marion, Virginia - Richlands High SchoolRichlands High School (Virginia)Richlands High School is located in Richlands, Virginia in Tazewell County. Athletic teams compete in the Virginia High School League's AA Southwest District in Region IV.-Academics:...
of Richlands, Virginia - Tazewell High SchoolTazewell High SchoolTazewell High School is a public secondary school in Tazewell, Virginia, United States. It is part of Tazewell County Public Schools and is located on 627 Fincastle Road...
of Tazewell, Virginia