VHSL Region D

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.

With the 2018 VHSL Realignment, former Group A Region D teams will be moved from their respective regions (1A West and 2A West, both of which drew from much larger geographical areas than the old Region D) into two new "Region Ds," Region 1D and Region 2D.

Members

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

School	Played SchoBowl?	Played other quizbowl?	Regional Championships	State Appearances
Castlewood	Yes	No		1 (2000)
Central (Wise)	Yes	No
Clintwood	Yes	No		1 (2001)
Council	Yes	No
Eastside	Yes	No
Gate City	Yes	Yes		1 (2006)
Grundy	Yes	No
Haysi	Yes	No		1 (2004)
Honaker	Yes	Yes (since 2008)	9 (2003, 04, 06, 07, 09, 2010, 11, 12, 13)	12 (1999, 2002, 03, 04, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13)
Hurley	Yes	Yes (2013 only)
John Battle	Yes	No
John Burton	Yes	Yes (2013 only)		1 (2012)
Lebanon	Yes	Yes (sporadically)		4 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013)
Lee (Jonesville)	Yes	No	1 (2008)	1 (2008)
Rye Cove	Yes	No		1 (2005)
Thomas Walker	Yes	No	3 (2000, 2001, 2002)	4 (1998, 2000, 2001, 2002)
Twin Springs	Yes	No		1 (2007)
Twin Valley	Yes	No
Union	Yes	No
Virginia (High School)	Yes	Yes (2013 only)

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	Honaker?
1999	St. Paul	Honaker	Castlewood
1998	St. Paul	Thomas Walker	?

Host Sites

Year	Location/Host
2013	Union High School
2012	Thomas Walker High School
2011	Lee County High School
2010	Honaker High School
2009	Twin Springs High School
2008	Lebanon High School
2007	Twin Valley High School
2006	JI Burton High School
2005	Thomas Walker High School
2004	Twin Valley High School
2003
2002	Twin Springs High School
2001
2000
1999
1998

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 (VA).

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.