The AA Valley District is a district in
Region III of the
Virginia High School League. As the district's name implies, all the schools are located in the central part of the
Shenandoah Valley
The Shenandoah Valley () is a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. The valley is bounded to the east by the Blue Ridge Mountains, to the west by the eastern front of the Ridge- ...
of Virginia, along
Interstate 81. Most of the member schools are part of the
Harrisonburg and
Staunton areas.
Overview
In 2007, all of the Valley District member schools moved from
Region II to Region III due to the growth of Region II and the realignment of the
AA River Ridge District
The AA River Ridge District is a district in Region IV of the Virginia High School League. It is centered around the Roanoke Valley and New River Valley in Southwest Virginia.
History
The River Ridge District was formed for the 2003–2004 sch ...
from Region III to
Region IV. In addition, the district split into two separate districts after the regional shift. The Harrisonburg area schools (Broadway, Harrisonburg, Spotswood, and Turner Ashby) formed the
AA Massanutten District. The Staunton area schools (Fort Defiance, Lee, Rockbridge County, Stuarts Draft, and Waynesboro) formed the
AA Southern Valley District.
In 2010, the VHSL reestablished the Valley District, with a few modifications from the prior configuration. The Massanutten District teams would were joined by Fort Defiance, Robert E. Lee, and Waynesboro from the Southern Valley District. Rockbridge County returned to the
AA Blue Ridge District and Stuarts Draft moved down to the
A Shenandoah District {{Unreferenced, date=July 2009
The A Shenandoah District is a high school conference of the Virginia High School League which draws its members from the central part of the Shenandoah Valley, as the district name suggests. The schools in the Shenand ...
. The new Valley District became a member of Region III in the Fall of 2011.
Fort Defiance, Robert E. Lee, Spotswood, and Waynesboro are participants of VHSL Division 3, while Broadway, Harrisonburg, and Turner Ashby are participants of VHSL Division 4. The VHSL Divisional Alignments only are effective in Football, Boys Basketball, and Girls Basketball and the divisions are based upon school enrollment.
Recently, the VHSL released a new plan where Stuarts Draft High School would rejoin the Valley District in the start of the 2013 school year from the Group A Shenandoah District, giving the district 8 teams. The plan has not yet been approved, but likely will be.
[{{cite web, url=http://www.valleydistrictva.org/, work=Valley District Official Website, access-date=2011-08-01, title=Welcome to Valley District]
Member schools in 2007 before the split
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Broadway High School (Virginia),
Broadway, Virginia ''The Gobblers''
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Fort Defiance High School
Fort Defiance High School is a public school located in Fort Defiance, Virginia. It is often referred to by its initials, FDHS or Fort.
Academics
Fort Defiance was rated Fully Accredited by the Virginia Department of Education in the 2005-2006 an ...
,
Fort Defiance, Virginia
Fort Defiance is an unincorporated community in Augusta County, Virginia, United States. It is part of the Staunton– Waynesboro Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Augusta Stone Church was established in the area now known as Fort ...
''The Indians''
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Harrisonburg High School,
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Harrisonburg is an independent city in the Shenandoah Valley region of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. It is also the county seat of the surrounding Rockingham County, although the two are separate jurisdictions. At the 2 ...
''The Blue Streaks''
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Robert E. Lee High School (Staunton),
Staunton, Virginia
Staunton ( ) is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 25,750. In Virginia, independent cities a ...
''The Fighting Leemen''
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Rockbridge County High School
Rockbridge County High School is a secondary school in Lexington, Virginia.
History
Rockbridge County High School was built in 1992 to include all students in Rockbridge County and Lexington, Virginia in grades 9-12. This school consolidated ...
,
Lexington, Virginia
Lexington is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 7,320. It is the county seat of Rockbridge County, although the two are separate jurisdictions. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines ...
''The Wildcats''
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Spotswood High School,
Penn Laird, Virginia
Penn Laird is an unincorporated community in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States.
Geography
Penn Laird is located on U.S. Route 33 southeast of Harrisonburg.
History
Penn Laird has a post office with ZIP code 22846, which op ...
''The Trailblazers''
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Stuarts Draft High School
Stuarts Draft High School is in the community of Stuarts Draft in southeastern Augusta County, Virginia. The school opened in 1970 during a consolidation period for the county's public schools. Stuarts Draft High School originally served grade ...
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Stuarts Draft, Virginia
Stuarts Draft is a census-designated place (CDP) in Augusta County, Virginia, United States. It is part of the Staunton– Waynesboro Micropolitan Statistical Area and adjacent to the South River. Its population was 12,142 as of the 2020 cen ...
''The Cougars''
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Turner Ashby High School
Turner Ashby High School is located in Bridgewater, Virginia in the Rockingham County Public School district.
History
When Turner Ashby High School opened in the fall of 1956, it became the third consolidated high school in Rockingham County. Sc ...
,
Bridgewater, Virginia
Bridgewater is an incorporated town in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States. The population was 6,596 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Harrisonburg, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
William Magill first settled alo ...
''The Knights''
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Waynesboro High School
Waynesboro High School is a public high school in Waynesboro, Virginia, United States. Construction on the school began in 1936, funded by a Public Works Administration grant. Soon after it was completed in April 1938, there were 370 students and 1 ...
,
Waynesboro, Virginia ''The Little Giants''
Member schools as of 2017
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Broadway High School (Virginia),
Broadway, Virginia ''The Gobblers''
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Fort Defiance High School
Fort Defiance High School is a public school located in Fort Defiance, Virginia. It is often referred to by its initials, FDHS or Fort.
Academics
Fort Defiance was rated Fully Accredited by the Virginia Department of Education in the 2005-2006 an ...
,
Fort Defiance, Virginia
Fort Defiance is an unincorporated community in Augusta County, Virginia, United States. It is part of the Staunton– Waynesboro Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Augusta Stone Church was established in the area now known as Fort ...
''The Indians''
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Harrisonburg High School,
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Harrisonburg is an independent city in the Shenandoah Valley region of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. It is also the county seat of the surrounding Rockingham County, although the two are separate jurisdictions. At the 2 ...
''The Blue Streaks''
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Rockbridge County High School
Rockbridge County High School is a secondary school in Lexington, Virginia.
History
Rockbridge County High School was built in 1992 to include all students in Rockbridge County and Lexington, Virginia in grades 9-12. This school consolidated ...
,
Lexington, Virginia
Lexington is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 7,320. It is the county seat of Rockbridge County, although the two are separate jurisdictions. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines ...
''The Wildcats''
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Spotswood High School,
Penn Laird, Virginia
Penn Laird is an unincorporated community in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States.
Geography
Penn Laird is located on U.S. Route 33 southeast of Harrisonburg.
History
Penn Laird has a post office with ZIP code 22846, which op ...
''The Trailblazers''
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Turner Ashby High School
Turner Ashby High School is located in Bridgewater, Virginia in the Rockingham County Public School district.
History
When Turner Ashby High School opened in the fall of 1956, it became the third consolidated high school in Rockingham County. Sc ...
,
Bridgewater, Virginia
Bridgewater is an incorporated town in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States. The population was 6,596 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Harrisonburg, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
William Magill first settled alo ...
''The Knights''
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Waynesboro High School
Waynesboro High School is a public high school in Waynesboro, Virginia, United States. Construction on the school began in 1936, funded by a Public Works Administration grant. Soon after it was completed in April 1938, there were 370 students and 1 ...
,
Waynesboro, Virginia ''The Little Giants''
District Titles
*Golf
**2011-Spotswood Regular Season & Tournament Champs
**2012-Spotswood Regular Season & Tournament Champs
*Football
**2011-Broadway
**2012- Robert E. Lee & Fort Defiance Regular Season Co-Champs
*Boys Cross Country
**2011-Spotswood
**2012-Fort Defiance
*Girls Cross County
**2011-Fort Defiance
**2012-Turner Ashby
*Competition Cheerleading
**2018-Spotswood
**2011-Harrisonburg Regular Season Champs/Broadway Tournament Champs
**2012-Harrisonburg Regular Season & Tournament Champs
*Volleyball
**2011-Fort Defiance Regular Season & Tournament Champs
**2012-Turner Ashby Regular Season Champs/Fort Defiance Tournament Champs
*Boys Basketball
**2018-Spotswood
**2012-Robert E. Lee Regular Season Champs/Broadway Tournament Champs
**2013-Spotswood Regular Season & Tournament Champs
*Girls Basketball
**2018-Spotswood
**2012-Robert E. Lee Regular Season Champs/Spotswood Tournament Champs
**2013-Spotswood Regular Season & Tournament Champs
*Boys Swim & Dive
**2012-Turner Ashby
**2013-Turner Ashby
*Girls Swim & Dive
**2012-Spotswood
**2013-Spotswood
*Boys Indoor Track
**2012-Fort Defiance
**2013-Turner Ashby
*Girls Indoor Track
**2012-Harrisonburg
**2013-Harrisonburg
*Wrestling
**2012-Turner Ashby Regular Season & Tournament Champs
**2013-Harrisonburg Regular Season Champs/Turner Ashby Tournament Champs
*Baseball
**2012-Spotswood Regular Season Champs/Broadway Tournament Champs
**2013-Spotswood Regular Season & Tournament Champs
*Softball
**2012-Fort Defiance Regular Season & Tournament Champs
**2013-Fort Defiance Tournament Champs
*Boys Tennis
**2012-Harrisonburg Regular Season & Tournament Champs
**2013-Spotswood Regular Season & Tournament Champs
*Girls Tennis
**2012-Spotswood Regular Season & Tournament Champs
**2013-Broadway Regular Season & Tournament Champs
*Boys Soccer
**2012-Harrisonburg Regular Season Champs/Spotswood Tournament Champs
**2013-Turner Ashby Regular Season & Tournament Champs
*Girls Soccer
**2012-Spotswood Regular Season & Tournament Champs
**2013-Harrisonburg Regular Season Champs/Broadway Tournament Champs
*Boys Track & Field
**2012-Turner Ashby
**2013-Turner Ashby
*Girls Track & Field
**2012-Harrisonburg
**2013-Turner Ashby
Regional Titles & Runner-Ups
*2011-2012
**Spotswood Boys Golf—Region 3 Runner-Up
**Spotswood Boys Cross Country—Region 3 Runner-Up
**Broadway Football—Region 3 Division 4 Champions
**Turner Ashby Boys Swim & Dive—Region 3 Champions
**Spotswood Girls Swim & Dive—Region 3 Champions
**Robert E. Lee Girls Basketball- Region 3 Division 3 Champions
**Broadway Girls Basketball- Region 3 Division 4 Champions
**Spotswood Girls Tennis- Region 3 Runner-Up
**Harrisonburg Boys Tennis- Region 3 Runner-Up
**Spotswood Girls Soccer- Region 3 Runner-Up
**Broadway Softball- Region 3 Champions
*2012-2013
**Spotswood Boys Golf—Region 3 Champions
**Harrisonburg Cheerleading—Region 3 Champions
**Spotswood Girls Swim & Dive—Region 3 Champions
**Spotswood Boys Basketball—Region 3 Champions
**Fort Defiance Boys Basketball—Region 3 Runner-Up
**Spotswood Girls Basketball—Region 3 Champions
**Broadway Girls Tennis—Region 3 Runner-Up
**Spotswood Boys Tennis—Region 3 Runner-Up
*2018-2019
**Spotswood Girls Basketball-Region 3 Champions
**Competition Cheer-Region 3 Champions
State Championships & Runner-Ups
*2011-2012
**Robert E. Lee Girls Basketball Division 3 State Champions
**Broadway Softball AA State Runner-Up
**Spotswood Girls Tennis AA State Runner-Up
*2012-2013
**Spotswood Golf AA State Runner-Up
**Spotswood Girls Basketball Division 3 State Champions
**Spotswood Boys Basketball Division State Runner-Up
*2018-2019
**Spotswood Girls Basketball State Champions
References
Virginia High School League