After being members of the Group A Lonesome Pine District, the Group AA Southwest District, the Group AA Highlands District and the Group A, Division 2 Clinch Mountain District for the past 60 years, Gate City High School is now apart of the new Mountain District in the VHSL Class 2 classification in the new A-6A classification system. As a member of the VHSL Class 2, the Blue Devils are a member of the Mountain District made of seven schools with great rivalries: Gate City, Union, Central Wise, John Battle, Abingdon, Ridgeview and Lee High. The 6 Class 2 schools that make up the new Mountain District (created in 2017-18) are members of the VHSL Region 2D along with Southwest District rivals: Graham, Richlands, Tazewell, Virginia High, Marion and Lebanon.
Even though the Blue Devils have entered a brand new VHSL classification level, the school has not lost any of its long standing athletic traditions or great respect as an athletic power. For more than 15 years, the school has consistently been one of the Top 5 athletic programs in the state for overall athletic success as determined by the Wachovia Cup.... always finishing competitively close to perennial Wachovia Cup champions Brentsville District High School (2002 - 2003), Clarke County High School (2005 - 2007) and Radford High School (2004, 2008). A very outstanding achievement for this small rural Southwest Virginia school whose enrollment numbers range between 500 - 750 consistently.
After enjoying a very successful inaugural run and performance as a member of the Group A Lonesome Pine District from 2001-2006 and then the newly formed Clinch Mountain District in the VHSL Group A, Division II level in 2007-2013 as well as the Clinch Mountain Conference from 2013-2017, Gate City High School is now enjoying its current membership in the newly formed Class 2D Mountain District.... enjoying new clashes and establishing new rivalries with members of the newly created REGION D for GROUP AA for 2017-2018.
With the start of the 2017-2018 academic year, the VHSL will be splitting up its two region format into a four region format. Because of this new format for our regions, our travel distances for postseason tournaments WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED which should make the attendance rise for our new region tournaments and give our student-athletes the great atmosphere of Southwest Virginia athletics that they deserve.
The NEW VHSL Class 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D Regions will be as follows:
GROUP 2A EAST GROUP 2A WEST
Region A Region B Region C Region D
Amelia Buffalo Gap Appomattox Central-Wise - MOUNTAIN 7 DISTRICT
Arcadia Central – Woodstock Buckingham Co. Gate City - MOUNTAIN 7 DISTRICT
Bluestone Clarke County Chatham Graham - SOUTHWEST DISTRICT
Bruton East Rockingham Dan River John Battle - MOUNTAIN 7 DISTRICT
Brunswick Geroge Mason Floyd County Lebanon - SOUTHWEST DISTRICT
Goochland Luray Fort Chiswell Lee - MOUNTAIN 7 DISTRICT
Greensville Madison County Giles Marion - SOUTHWEST DISTRICT
King William Page County Glenvar Richlands - SOUTHWEST DISTRICT
Nandua Robert E. Lee - Staunton Gretna Ridgeview - MOUNTAIN 7 DISTRICT
Nottoway Strasburg James River – Buchanan Tazewell - SOUTHWEST DISTRICT
Poquoson Stuarts Draft Martinsville Union - MOUNTAIN 7 DISTRICT
Prince Edward Wilson Memorial Nelson County Virginia High - SOUTHWEST DISTRICT
Randolph� Henry Radford
Walker, Maggie Gov.
John Marshall (2019-20)
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2017 - 2019 VHSL DISTRICTS FOR GROUP 2A TEAMS (GROUP 2A TEAMS WILL HAVE NO CLASSIFICATION MEMBERSHIP LISTING AFTER THEM)
GROUP 1A MEMBERS
GROUP 2A
GROUP 3A MEMBERS
GROUP 4A MEMBERS
GROUP 5A MEMBERS
GROUP 6A MEMBERS
SOUTHWEST DISTRICT MOUNTAIN DISTRICT THREE RIVERS DISTRICT MOUNTAIN EMPIRE DISTRICT
GRAHAM ABINGDON - GROUP 3A MEMBER ALLEGHANY - GROUP 3A MEMBER AUBURN - GROUP 1A MEMBER
LEBANON CENTRAL-WISE CARROLL COUNTY - GROUP 4A MEMBER BLAND - GROUP 1A MEMBER
MARION GATE CITY FLOYD COUNTY FORT CHISWELL
RICHLANDS JOHN BATTLE GILES GALAX - GROUP 1A MEMBER
TAZEWELL LEE GLENVAR GRAYSON COUNTY
VIRGINIA HIGH RIDGEVIEW JAMES RIVER RURAL RETREAT - GROUP 1A MEMBER
UNION RADFORD GEORGE WYTHE - GROUP 1A MEMBER
BULL RUN DISTRICT DOGWOOD DISTRICT JAMES RIVER DISTRICT SHENANDOAH DISTRICT
CENTRAL (WOODSTOCK) ALTAVISTA - GROUP 1A MEMBER AMELIA BUFFALO GAP
CLARKE COUNTY APPOMATTOX BLUESTONE EAST ROCKINGHAM
GEORGE MASON CHATHAM BUCKINGHAM LURAY
MADISON COUNTY DAN RIVER CENTRAL (LUNENBURG) - GROUP 1A MEMBER PAGE COUNTY
RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY - GROUP 1A MEMBER GALILEO MAGNET - GROUP 1A MEMBER CUMBERLAND - GROUP 1A MEMBER RIVERHEADS - GROUP 1A MEMBER
STRASBURG GRETNA GOOCHLAND ROBERT E. LEE - STAUNTON
NELSON COUNTY NOTTOWAY STONEWALL JACKSON - GROUP 1A MEMBER
WILLIAM CAMPBELL PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY STUARTS DRAFT
RANDOLPH-HENRY WILSON MEMORIAL
EASTERN SHORE DISTRICT TIDEWATER DISTRICT TRI-RIVERS DISTRICT PIEDMONT DISTRICT
ARCADIA CARVER COLLEGE & CAREER - GROUP 1A MEMBER APPO. REG. GOV. SCH. - GROUP 1A MEMBER BASSETT - GROUP 4A MEMBER
CHINCOTEAGUE - GROUP 1A MEMBER CHARLES CITY - GROUP 1A MEMBER BRUNSWICK FRANKLIN COUNTY - GROUP 6A MEMBER
NANDUA KING & QUEEN - GROUP 1A MEMBER FRANKLIN - GROUP 1A MEMBER GEORGE WASHINGTON - GROUP 4A MEMBER
NORTHAMPTON - GROUP 1A MEMBER KING WILLIAM GREENSVILLE HALIFAX COUNTY - GROUP 5A MEMBER
MATHEWS - GROUP 1A MEMBER PARK VIEW (SOUTH HILL) - GROUP 3A MEMBER MAGNA VISTA - GROUP 3A MEMBER
MIDDLESEX - GROUP 1A MEMBER SOUTHAMPTON - GROUP 3A MEMBER MARTINSVILLE
WEST POINT - GROUP 1A MEMBER SURRY COUNTY - GROUP 1A MEMBER PATRICK COUNTY - GROUP 3A MEMBER
SUSSEX CENTRAL - GROUP 1A MEMBER TUNSTALL - GROUP 3A MEMBER
WIINDSOR - GROUP 1A MEMBER
BAY RIVERS DISTRICT
BRUTON
GRAFTON - GROUP 4A MEMBER
JAMESTOWN - GROUP 4A MEMBER
LAFAYETTE - GROUP 4A MEMBER
NEW KENT - GROUP 3A MEMBER
POQUOSON
SMITHFIELD - GROUP 4A MEMBER
TABB - GROUP 3A MEMBER
WARHILL - GROUP 4A MEMBER
YORK - GROUP 3A MEMBER
