VHSL Region 1D

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VHSL Region 1D will be part of VHSL's Class 1 (formerly known as 1A), consisting of schools with less than 475 students lying in the Southwest Virginia panhandle. It contains the Black Diamond District, Cumberland District, and the Hogoheegee District. With 15 member schools, it is the 2nd-largest Region in Class 1.

Region 1D (along with Region 2D) is essentially a bifurcated half of the former VHSL Region D, which from 1998-2013 included schools that are now classified in VHSL's class 1 and 2 (under the combined "Group A" name, and known as 1A and 2A respectively from 2014-2017). However, a noted change is the entry of the Hogoheegee District (or 'Hogo'), which was formerly a part of Region C. This change came partly because so many of the former Region D's member schools became 2A under the 2014 VHSL Realignment; in addition, Southwest Virginia as a whole has been undergoing a number of school consolidations in the last decade, resulting in fewer and fewer small schools that would fall under 1A.

In 2018, Grundy entered 1A from 2A with the creation of Region 1D due to a drop in enrollment, winning the first Region 1D Tournament. From 2014-2017, they remained a member of the Black Diamond District, but district matches did not factor into Regional qualification.

Honaker is the only team in 1D to have appeared at the Regional level every year since Scholastic Bowl's creation in 1998; they are also the only team from 1D to have won a state runner-up or championship (of which they've done both 3 times each); the only other teams in 1D to make a state tournament appearance this decade are J.I. Burton (Norton, VA), Grundy (as a member of 2A), and Chilhowie, who have each appeared at the state level once.

Member Schools

Hogoheegee District

School Conference (2014-17) Region Appearances Region Titles Region Runner-Ups State Appearances State Runner-Ups State Titles
Northwood Conference 47 2014 thru 2017 None None None None None
Patrick Henry (Glade Spring) Conf. 46 (2014-15); Conf. 47 (2016-17) 2014, 2018 None None None None None
Holston Conference 47 2006 None 2006 (Region C) 2006 None None
Chilhowie Conference 46 2013, 2015, 2018 None 2013 (Region C) 2013 None None

Black Diamond District

School Conference (2014-17) Region Appearances Region Titles Region Runner-Ups State Appearances State Runner-Ups State Titles
Honaker Conference 47 1998 thru 2018 03, 04, 06, 07, 09-14, 16, 17 99, 02, 08, 18 99, 02-04, 06-14, 16, 17 2010, 2012, 2013 2014, 2016, 2017
Grundy Conference 39 (2A) 2012-2018 (2A from 14-17) 2018 2015 (2A) 2015 (2A) None None
Hurley Conference 47 2007, 2008 None None None None None
Twin Valley Conference 47 2009, 2010 None None None None None
Council Conference 47 None None None None None None

Cumberland District

School Conference (2014-17) Region Appearances Region Titles Region Runner-Ups State Appearances State Runner-Ups State Titles
J.I. Burton Conference 48 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 None 2012 2012 None None
Castlewood Conference 48 1999, 2000, 2017, 2018 None 2000 2000 None None
Eastside Conference 48 1998-99 (as St. Paul); 2016-2018 1998, 1999 (St. Paul) None 1998, 1999 (St. Paul) None None
Rye Cove Conference 48 2005, 2007 None 2005 2005 None None
Thomas Walker Conference 48 1998, 2000-2002, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 2000, 2001, 2002 1998 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 None None
Twin Springs Conference 48 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 None 2007 2007 None None

Region D Champions

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place 4th Place
2018 Grundy Honaker Patrick Henry Castlewood

Host Sites

Year Location/Host
2018 Holston