VHSL Region A
Prior to the 2014 VHSL Realignment, VHSL Region A was a VHSL region in class A, consisting of schools with less than 700 students lying in the generally more eastern parts of the Commonwealth. It contained the Eastern Shore District, Northern Neck District, Tidewater District, and Tri-Rivers 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 A contained the following schools:
| School | Participated in Scholastic Bowl? | Participated in other quizbowl? | Regional championships | State tournament appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appomattox Regional Governor's School | ||||
| Arcadia (VA) | ||||
| Essex (VA) | ||||
| Charles City | ||||
| Chincoteague | 1 (2001) | |||
| Colonial Beach | ||||
| Franklin | ||||
| King and Queen | 1 (2008) | |||
| King William | 1 (2006) | 1 (2006) | ||
| Lancaster | ||||
| Mathews | 1 (2012) | 5 (2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) | ||
| Middlesex | 3 (1998, 2000, 2003) | 3 (1998, 2000, 2003) | ||
| Nandua | 4 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013) | 5 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) | ||
| Northampton | ||||
| Northumberland | ||||
| Petersburg | ||||
| Rappahannock* | 1 (2001) | 2 (1999, 2001) | ||
| Surry | ||||
| Sussex | ||||
| Washington & Lee | 1 (2006) | |||
| West Point | 3 (1999, 2007, 2008) | 6 (1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2009) | ||
| Windsor | 2 (2004, 2005) |
State tournament placement
Teams from Region A won the Class A state tournament in 2005 (James Monroe).
Teams from Region A finished second in the Class A state tournament in 1998 (Middlesex), 1999 (West Point), 2000 (Middlesex), 2003 (Middlesex), 2008 (West Point), and 2011 (Nandua).
Notes
Region A was won by James Monroe in 2004 and 2005, and additionally represented by them at the state tournament in 2002 and 2003, prior to that school moving up to class AA and joining VHSL Region I.
*In Warsaw, VA; not to be confused with Rapphannock County, a different class-A school, from Washington, VA, which played in Region B.