VHSL Region D

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Prior to the 2014 VHSL Realignment, VHSL Region D was a VHSL region in class A, consisting of schools with less than 700 students lying in the Southwest Virginia panhandle. It contained the Black Diamond District, Clinch Mountain District, Cumberland District, and Lonesome Pine District. Like all VHSL regions, it sent two teams to the VHSL Scholastic Bowl state championship tournament for the sixteen-year duration of the original Scholastic Bowl tournament structure.

Members

In its final year of existence, Region D contained the following schools:

School Participated in Scholastic Bowl? Participated in other quizbowl? Regional championships State tournament appearances
Castlewood 1 (2000)
Central (Wise)
Clintwood 1 (2001)
Council
Eastside
Gate City 1 (2006)
Grundy
Haysi 1 (2004)
Honaker 9 (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) 12 (1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Hurley
John Battle
John Burton 1 (2012)
Lebanon 4 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013)
Lee (Jonesville) 1 (2008) 1 (2008)
Rye Cove 1 (2005)
Thomas Walker 3 (2000, 2001, 2002) 4 (1998, 2000, 2001, 2002)
Twin Springs 1 (2007)
Twin Valley
Union
Virginia (High School)

Region D Champions

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place
2013 Honaker Lebanon John I. Burton
2012 Honaker John I. Burton Lebanon
2011 Honaker Lebanon Gate City
2010 Honaker Lebanon Twin Valley
2009 Honaker Lebanon Lee County
2008 Lee County Honaker Hurley
2007 Honaker Twin Springs Hurley
2006 Honaker Gate City ?
2005 J. J. Kelly Rye Cove ?
2004 Honaker Haysi Twin Springs
2003 Honaker J.J. Kelly ?
2002 Thomas Walker Honaker Haysi
2001 Thomas Walker Clintwood ?
2000 Thomas Walker Castlewood ?
1999 St. Paul Honaker ?
1998 St. Paul Thomas Walker ?

State tournament placement

Teams from Region D finished second in the Class A state tournament in 2010 (Honaker), 2012 (Honaker), and 2013 (Honaker).

In 2008, Lee County finished third in the Class A state tournament, notably defeating George Mason High School and Rappahannock County before falling to eventual runner-up West Point.

Notes

Lee County of Jonesville, VA was allowed to play down from Class AA starting in 2008; prior to their move into Class A, they had not won a single academic competition in over a decade.

J.J. Kelly, Clintwood, Haysi, and St. Paul would eventually consolidate into larger schools which became part of VHSL's new group 2A. JJ Kelly consolidated with Pound High School, who had previously never played Scholastic Bowl, to form Central (Wise), who would later go on to win the 2016 VHSL 2A State Championship. Clintwood and Haysi consolidated after the 2015 season to form one singular high school for all of Dickenson County, Ridgeview. St. Paul ceased to play Scholastic Bowl some time around the early 2000's, returning to the game upon their consolidation with Coeburn to form Eastside in 2011-12.