AA Southwest District
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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
. A high school is classified as being in Group AA if the student enrollment ranges from 700 to 1500 students The AA Highlands District
dissolved in 2007, with Abingdon and Marion joining the 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,...
that includes schools from southwestern Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The schools of the Southwest District compete in AA Region IV
AA Region IV
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....
with the schools in 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...
and 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...
. A high school is classified as being in Group AA if the student enrollment ranges from 700 to 1500 students 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...
dissolved in 2007, with Abingdon and Marion joining the Southwest District.
Member schools
- Abingdon Falcons of Abingdon, VA
- Carroll County Cavaliers of Hillsville, VA
- Graham G-Men of Bluefield, VA
- Grundy Golden Wave of Grundy, VA
- Marion Scarlet Hurricane of Marion, VA
- Richlands Blue Tornadoes of Richlands, VA
- Tazewell Bulldogs of Tazewell, VA
- In the 2011-12 school year Graham High School and Grundy High School will drop down to A. One will play in the Black Diamond District in Region D and the other will play in the Mountain Empire District in Region C. This will leave The SWD with only 5 schools, like the Piedmont District