AAA Northern Region
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The AAA Northern Region is one of the four AAA regions in the Virginia High School League
Virginia High School League
The Virginia High School League is the arbiter of interscholastic competition among public high schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Unlike similar organizations in many other states, private or religious schools are prohibited from joining. Non-public schools belong to other organizations,...

. It is made up of four districts: the AAA Concorde District
AAA Concorde District
The AAA Concorde District is a high school conference in the state of Virginia that includes public schools exclusively from Fairfax County. AAA is the largest enrollment class and also typically the most competitive level in Virginia high school sports....

, the AAA Liberty District
AAA Liberty District
The AAA Liberty District is a high school conference in the state of Virginia that includes schools from Northern Virginia. AAA is the largest enrollment class of the Virginia High School League and also typically the most competitive level in Virginia high school sports.The Liberty District...

, the AAA National District
AAA National District
The AAA National District is a high school conference in the state of Virginia that includes schools from eastern Fairfax County and all of the public high schools in Arlington County....

, and the AAA Patriot District
AAA Patriot District
The AAA Patriot District is a high school conference in the state of Virginia that includes schools from eastern Fairfax County and Alexandria City. AAA is the largest enrollment class and also typically the most competitive level in Virginia high school sports...

. Group AAA is the largest enrollment class for VHSL schools, and typically AAA is the most competitive level as well.

The Northern Region comprises most of the public schools in Northern Virginia
Northern Virginia
Northern Virginia consists of several counties and independent cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia, in a widespread region generally radiating southerly and westward from Washington, D.C...

, including all the public high schools in Fairfax County, Arlington County, Alexandria City
Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2009, the city had a total population of 139,966. Located along the Western bank of the Potomac River, Alexandria is approximately six miles south of downtown Washington, D.C.Like the rest of northern Virginia, as well as...

, and one high school in Loudoun County. The region is also the smallest geographically of all the A, AA, and AAA VHSL regions, where boundaries have remained within the outer limits of Fairfax County for most of its history.

Past Northern Region districts

In 1965, the then nineteen schools in the Northern Reigon which competed at the AAA varsity level were first organized into three districts based primarily on geographic location. The Northern Region was originally made up of three districts. They were the AAA Northern District, the AAA Alexandria District, and the AAA Potomac District. The Alexandria District had its name changed to the Gunston District within a few years. The Northern Region had these districts until 1976, when a fourth district, the Great Falls, was added. These districts served the region until the 1993-1994 school year.

Current district names

The four current district names (Concorde, Liberty, National, Patriot) were adopted in the 1993-1994 school based on which division (5 or 6) of football they played in. The Concorde and Patriot Districts held Division 6 schools which are larger AAA schools; the Liberty and National Districts held only Division 5 schools which are smaller AAA schools.

Attempted realignment of 2005

The Northern Region realigned its districts again in 2005 to equalize opportunities, in particular for football, for both the Division 6 and the Division 5 members due to membership changes and enrollment shifts since 1993. Again, the Liberty and National districts were to hold Division 5 schools and the Concorde and Patriot districts to hold Division 6. The alignment failed, however, due to South County Secondary School's opening, which turned Hayfield into a Division 5 school in the Patriot District.

The reconfigured Northern Region did not considerably change the membership of most of its districts, but some school rivalries were broken up by the district changes, including inter-region rivalries. These include Fairfax
Fairfax High School (Fairfax, Virginia)
Fairfax High School is a public high school in Fairfax, Virginia. The school is owned by the City of Fairfax, but is operated by Fairfax County Public Schools, as part of a contractual agreement....

/Woodson
Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School
Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School, commonly known as W.T. Woodson High School, is a high school located in Fairfax County, Virginia, in the east end of the city of Fairfax, opposite the shopping center on Main Street....

, Lake Braddock
Lake Braddock Secondary School
Lake Braddock Secondary School is a combined junior-high and high school in Burke, Virginia, United States, administered by Fairfax County Public Schools . It is one of four secondary schools in Fairfax County; the other three are Hayfield, Robinson, and South County.Opened in 1973, Lake Braddock...

/Robinson
Robinson Secondary School
James W. Robinson, Jr. Secondary School, known as Robinson Secondary School, opened in 1971, is a public school in the Commonwealth of Virginia....

, Stone Bridge
Stone Bridge High School
Stone Bridge High School is a public secondary school in Ashburn, a community in Loudoun County, Virginia.The school is part of Loudoun County Public Schools and is located on 43100 Hay Road...

/Broad Run
Broad Run High School
Broad Run High School is a public secondary school in Ashburn, an unincorporated area in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States, and is part of the Loudoun County Public Schools system ....

, and Loudoun Valley
Loudoun Valley High School
Loudoun Valley High School is a public secondary school in Purcellville, Virginia. The school is part of Loudoun County Public Schools and is located at 340 North Maple Avenue in the Town of Purcellville...

/Loudoun County
Loudoun County High School
Loudoun County High School is a public secondary school in Leesburg, Virginia. It is located on 415 Dry Mill Road SW in the Town of Leesburg and is part of Loudoun County Public Schools. It currently serves students who live in western and southern Leesburg, Middleburg, and Lucketts.-History:The...

.
2005

In 2003, Loudoun Valley and Stone Bridge, members of the AA Dulles District
AA Dulles District
The AA Dulles District is a high school conference in the state of Virginia that includes schools from Northern Virginia, with all of its full time members from Loudoun County...

, were moved to the AAA Northern Region for the 2005-2007 playing cycle due to enrollment increases in the schools. The Northern Region originally tried to keep both schools away from the region, but the VHSL forced them to accept the two Loudoun County schools anyway. Loudoun schools Broad Run, Park View, and Potomac Falls were Northern Region members before, but they joined before a 2001 VHSL provision was passed which would allow schools to play down a class due to transportation hardships, which both the Loudoun schools and the Northern Region used as a reason to keep its geography within Fairfax County, but this plan failed because the VHSL did not believe either school's location warranted such a request. Thus, Loudoun Valley and Stone Bridge were forced to join the Northern Region, with Valley receiving an exemption to become a playoff only member of the National District and Stone Bridge joining the Liberty in all sports. However, Loudoun Valley's time in the region was short lived, as they were moved to the AAA Cedar Run District
AAA Cedar Run District
The AAA Cedar Run District is a high school conference in the state of Virginia that includes schools stretching from Manassas to Ashburn. AAA is the largest enrollment class of the Virginia High School League and also typically the most competitive level in Virginia high school sports.The Cedar...

 of the AAA Northwest Region for the 2007-2009 cycle.
2009

In 2007, Stone Bridge was provisionally placed to move to the Cedar Run District for the 2009-2011 cycle with Loudoun Valley along with Heritage of Leesburg
Heritage High School (Leesburg, Virginia)
Heritage High School is a public secondary school located in Leesburg, Virginia, and is part of Loudoun County Public Schools. The principal is Margaret Huckaby...

, because the district would lose three members due to a decline in enrollment, as well as to keep the balance of regions as equal as possible. However, all three Loudoun schools appealed the redistricting, with Loudoun Valley and Heritage requesting to move into the Northern Region, and Stone Bridge requesting to remain in it. The VHSL decided to reject Loudoun Valley's and Heritage's appeals, but allowed Stone Bridge to remain in the Northern Region.

Alexandria City schools

Francis C. Hammond High School and George Washington High School were members of the Northern Region until 1971, when they consolidated into the newer T. C. Williams High School
T. C. Williams High School
T. C. Williams High School is a public high school in Alexandria, Virginia, named after former superintendent Thomas Chambliss Williams of Alexandria City Public Schools who served from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s...

, as was portrayed in the 2000 movie Remember the Titans
Remember the Titans
Remember the Titans is a 2000 American sports film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Boaz Yakin. Inspired by real events, the plot was conceived from a screenplay written by Gregory Allen Howard. The film starts as a new coach of the Titans, a football team previously coached by the...

. The city of Alexandria
Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2009, the city had a total population of 139,966. Located along the Western bank of the Potomac River, Alexandria is approximately six miles south of downtown Washington, D.C.Like the rest of northern Virginia, as well as...

 has had just one senior high school for its students ever since. After the consolidation, Hammond and GW were reconfigured to hold the city's 9th and 10th graders, with the 11th and 12th graders attending T.C. In the 1980s Hammond and GW were reassigned as middle schools.

Fairfax County schools

Fort Hunt High School and Groveton High School were both members of the Northern Region in the 1970s and the 1980s until they consolidated to form West Potomac High School
West Potomac High School
West Potomac High School is a public high school in Fairfax County, Virginia. It is located on 6500 Quander Road and is part of Fairfax County Public Schools.-History:...

 in 1985. West Potomac uses the former Groveton High's facilities. Fort Hunt High School's facilities are now being used as the site of Carl Sandburg Middle School
Carl Sandburg Middle School
Carl Sandburg Middle School is located south of Alexandria, Virginia, USA and is part of the Fairfax County Public Schools school district. The school serves 7th and 8th graders.-History:...

.

Thomas Jefferson High School of Alexandria was also a longtime member of the Northern Region until 1985 when it phased in the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology is a Virginia state-chartered magnet school located within Fairfax County, Virginia, United States...

 program. Though TJHSST and TJHS used the same building and have the same mascot (Colonials), they are still considered to be separate schools. Students at Thomas Jefferson High School were also eventually moved to nearby Annandale High School
Annandale High School
Annandale High School is an International Baccalaureate high school in Annandale, Virginia, United States. It is part of the Fairfax County Public Schools system....

 in 1987.

Loudoun County schools

From 1996-1999, Broad Run High School
Broad Run High School
Broad Run High School is a public secondary school in Ashburn, an unincorporated area in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States, and is part of the Loudoun County Public Schools system ....

of Ashburn and Park View High School
Park View High School (Sterling, Virginia)
For schools of a similar name, see Park View School .Park View High School is a public secondary school in Sterling, an unincorporated area in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States...

 of Sterling were admitted to the Northern Region in the Liberty District. Potomac Falls High School
Potomac Falls High School
Potomac Falls High School is a public secondary school in Sterling, Virginia unincorporated area in Loudoun County, Virginia. The school is part of the Loudoun County Public Schools system and is located on 46400 Algonkian Parkway...

of Sterling opened in 1997 and was also a member of the Northern Region as a member of the Concorde District from 1997 until 1999. In 1999, all three schools dropped back to Group AA and returned to the Northwestern District because their enrollment numbers dropped significantly due to Potomac Falls' opening.

From 2005-2007, Loudoun Valley High School
Loudoun Valley High School
Loudoun Valley High School is a public secondary school in Purcellville, Virginia. The school is part of Loudoun County Public Schools and is located at 340 North Maple Avenue in the Town of Purcellville...

of Purcellville, entered the Northern Region as a full member for football and as a playoff only member for other sports in the National District. The school's distance caused travel concerns among Loudoun Valley and other district members. Loudoun Valley moved to the AAA Cedar Run District
AAA Cedar Run District
The AAA Cedar Run District is a high school conference in the state of Virginia that includes schools stretching from Manassas to Ashburn. AAA is the largest enrollment class of the Virginia High School League and also typically the most competitive level in Virginia high school sports.The Cedar...

 of the Northwest Region after its two year stint.

Region champions

Fall '11 Sports Champions
  • Cheerleading:
  • Boys Cross Country:
  • Girls Cross County: West Potomac
  • Field Hockey: South County
  • Golf: Madison
  • Division 5 Football: South County
  • Division 6 Football: Centreville
  • Volleyball:


Winter '10-11 Sports Champions
  • Boys Basketball: TC Williams
  • Girls Basketball: West Springfield
  • Girls Gymnastics:
  • Boys Swimming: Langley
  • Girls Swimming: Langley
  • Boys Indoor Track:
  • Girls Indoor Track:
  • Wrestling: Robinson High School


Spring '11 Sports Champions
  • Baseball: South County
  • Boys Lacrosse: Chantilly
  • Girls Lacrosse: Madison
  • Boys Soccer: Lake Braddock
  • Girls Soccer: Stone Bridge
  • Softball: Westfield
  • Boys Tennis: Thomas Jefferson
  • Girls Tennis: McLean
  • Boys Track: Annandale
  • Girls Track: South County

AAA championships won by Northern Region schools in 2008-2010

  • Cheerleading: Stone Bridge
  • Cheerleading: Fairfax
  • Boys Cross Country: Oakton
  • Boys Swim and Dive: Robinson
  • Girls Swim and Dive: Robinson
  • Girls Swim and Dive: Fairfax
  • Softball: McLean
  • Boys Lacrosse: Langley (thrice)

Wachovia Cup

The Wachovia Cup is given to the top school in AAA (as well as AA and A) to schools who consistently win championships in a wide variety of activities. Points are awarded to schools who win state championships, runner ups, etc., and are tallied up at the end of the year.

Athletics

Frank W. Cox High School
Frank W. Cox High School
Frank W. Cox High School is a secondary school located in the Great Neck subdivision of Virginia Beach, Virginia. It was founded in 1961 as the Northeast Junior High School, but upon opening, it was named after a former superintendent of Virginia Beach City Public Schools, Frank Woodard Cox, who...

 of Virginia Beach and the AAA Eastern Region
AAA Eastern Region
The Eastern Region is one of the four AAA regions in the Virginia High School League. It is made up of four districts: the AAA Beach District, the AAA Eastern District, the AAA Peninsula District, and the AAA Southeastern District...

 won the Wachovia Cup for athletics for Group AAA in the 2006-2007 school year.

Here are the Northern Region members that finished in the top 10 in the 2006-2007 school year for athletics:
  • 2nd Place: Robinson
  • 4th Place: Oakton
  • 7th Place: Westfield
  • 8th Place: Lake Braddock
  • 9th Place (tie): Chantilly
  • 9th Place: Jefferson
  • 9th Place: Woodson

Academics

The Wachovia Cup for Academics is given based on the same criteria as the Athletics Cup, except that points are based on academic activities sponsored by the VHSL. In the 2006-2007, Westfield won the AAA Academic Cup. The Northern Region dominated the Academic Cup standings, with two of the top five schools being Northern Region members, six of the top 10 finishers being members, and fourteen of the top 25 being Northern Region members.

Here are the Northern Region members that finished in the top 10 in the 2006-2007 school year for academic activities:
  • AAA Champion: Westfield
  • 3rd Place: Chantilly
  • 7th Place: West Springfield
  • 8th Place: Hayfield
  • 9th Place: Yorktown
  • 10 Place: Annandale

Member schools

AAA Concorde District
AAA Concorde District
The AAA Concorde District is a high school conference in the state of Virginia that includes public schools exclusively from Fairfax County. AAA is the largest enrollment class and also typically the most competitive level in Virginia high school sports....

  • Centreville High School of Clifton, Virginia
  • Chantilly High School
    Chantilly High School
    Chantilly High School is a high school located in the Chantilly CDP in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It is part of the Fairfax County Public Schools system.-Overview:...

     of Chantilly, Virginia
  • Herndon High School of Herndon, Virginia
  • Oakton High School
    Oakton High School
    Oakton High School is a public high school in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, in proximity to the town of Vienna, in the United States. It is part of Fairfax County Public Schools....

     of Oakton, Virginia
  • Robinson Secondary School
    Robinson Secondary School
    James W. Robinson, Jr. Secondary School, known as Robinson Secondary School, opened in 1971, is a public school in the Commonwealth of Virginia....

     of Fairfax, Virginia
  • Westfield High School
    Westfield High School (Fairfax County, Virginia)
    Westfield High School is a public high school in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, west of the Chantilly CDP.It is a part of Fairfax County Public Schools , serving students from the communities including Chantilly and Centreville as well as areas with Herndon addresses in...

     of Chantilly, Virginia


AAA Liberty District
AAA Liberty District
The AAA Liberty District is a high school conference in the state of Virginia that includes schools from Northern Virginia. AAA is the largest enrollment class of the Virginia High School League and also typically the most competitive level in Virginia high school sports.The Liberty District...

  • Fairfax High School
    Fairfax High School (Fairfax, Virginia)
    Fairfax High School is a public high school in Fairfax, Virginia. The school is owned by the City of Fairfax, but is operated by Fairfax County Public Schools, as part of a contractual agreement....

     of Fairfax, Virginia
  • Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
    Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
    Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology is a Virginia state-chartered magnet school located within Fairfax County, Virginia, United States...

     of Alexandria, Virginia
  • Langley High School of McLean, Virginia
  • James Madison High School
    James Madison High School (Fairfax County, Virginia)
    James Madison High School is a high school located in an unincorporated area of Fairfax County, Virginia, adjacent to the town limits of Vienna, and is part of Fairfax County Public Schools. Oakton High School is James Madison High School's main rival, although other rivals include Langley High...

     of Vienna, Virginia
  • George C. Marshall High School
    George C. Marshall High School
    George C. Marshall High School is a public school in Idylwood, unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, and part of Fairfax County Public Schools . Newsweek ranked Marshall 159th on its 2009 list of the top U.S. high schools.-Name:...

     of Falls Church, Virginia
  • McLean High School
    McLean High School
    McLean High School is a public secondary school located in McLean, Virginia. It is located on 1633 Davidson Road and is part of Fairfax County Public Schools....

     of McLean, Virginia
  • South Lakes High School
    South Lakes High School
    South Lakes High School is the primary high school for the community of Reston in Fairfax County, Virginia. The school, part of Fairfax County Public Schools, had 1,860 students in the 2009-2010 school year....

     of Reston, Virginia
  • Stone Bridge High School
    Stone Bridge High School
    Stone Bridge High School is a public secondary school in Ashburn, a community in Loudoun County, Virginia.The school is part of Loudoun County Public Schools and is located on 43100 Hay Road...

     of Ashburn, Virginia


AAA National District
AAA National District
The AAA National District is a high school conference in the state of Virginia that includes schools from eastern Fairfax County and all of the public high schools in Arlington County....

  • Thomas A. Edison High School
    Thomas A. Edison High School (Fairfax County, Virginia)
    Thomas A. Edison High School is a high school in Rose Hill, Fairfax County, Virginia, administered by Fairfax County Public Schools.In the 1990s, the school's debate and forensics teams gained widespread recognition. The Policy Debate Team won the Harvard Tournament , the Glenbrooks , and two...

     of Alexandria, Virginia
  • Falls Church High School
    Falls Church High School
    Falls Church High School is a high school located in West Falls Church , unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia. While the school has a Falls Church, Virginia mailing address, the school is not located in the city of Falls Church and does not serve the City of Falls Church, which is served by...

     of Falls Church, Virginia
  • Hayfield Secondary School
    Hayfield Secondary School
    Hayfield Secondary School is the oldest secondary school in the Fairfax County Public Schools system of Virginia. It opened its doors in 1968 and graduated its first seniors in 1971.-History:...

     of Alexandria, Virginia
  • Mount Vernon High School of Alexandria, Virginia
  • J.E.B. Stuart High School
    J.E.B. Stuart High School
    J.E.B. Stuart High School is a high school in Fairfax County, Virginia named after the famous Confederate cavalry leader J. E. B. Stuart. The school is part of the Fairfax County Public Schools district...

     of Falls Church, Virginia
  • Wakefield High School
    Wakefield High School (Arlington County, Virginia)
    Wakefield High School is one of three public high schools located in Arlington, Virginia, and is just one block away from Alexandria. There are 140 teachers and 1364 students as of March 2008. It is a fully accredited high school based on Virginia's Standards of Learning examinations...

     of Arlington, Virginia
  • Washington-Lee High School
    Washington-Lee High School
    Washington-Lee High School is one of three traditional public high schools in the Arlington Public Schools district in Arlington, Virginia, covering grades 9-12. As of 2009-2010, the school had over 1,800 students and 120 teachers...

     of Arlington, Virginia
  • Yorktown High School of Arlington, Virginia


AAA Patriot District
AAA Patriot District
The AAA Patriot District is a high school conference in the state of Virginia that includes schools from eastern Fairfax County and Alexandria City. AAA is the largest enrollment class and also typically the most competitive level in Virginia high school sports...

  • Annandale High School
    Annandale High School
    Annandale High School is an International Baccalaureate high school in Annandale, Virginia, United States. It is part of the Fairfax County Public Schools system....

     of Annandale, Virginia
  • Lake Braddock Secondary School
    Lake Braddock Secondary School
    Lake Braddock Secondary School is a combined junior-high and high school in Burke, Virginia, United States, administered by Fairfax County Public Schools . It is one of four secondary schools in Fairfax County; the other three are Hayfield, Robinson, and South County.Opened in 1973, Lake Braddock...

     of Burke, Virginia
  • Robert E. Lee High School
    Robert E. Lee High School (Fairfax County, Virginia)
    Robert E. Lee High School is a high school in the Fairfax County Public Schools system. Its mascot is the Lancer. The school is located in Springfield in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia. It is named after Robert E. Lee, the general of the Confederate troops in the American Civil War...

     of Springfield, Virginia
  • South County Secondary School
    South County Secondary School
    South County Secondary School is a secondary school in Lorton, unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, part of the Fairfax County Public Schools system, opened in September 2005...

     of Lorton, Virginia
  • West Potomac High School
    West Potomac High School
    West Potomac High School is a public high school in Fairfax County, Virginia. It is located on 6500 Quander Road and is part of Fairfax County Public Schools.-History:...

     of Alexandria, Virginia
  • West Springfield High School of Springfield, Virginia
  • T. C. Williams High School
    T. C. Williams High School
    T. C. Williams High School is a public high school in Alexandria, Virginia, named after former superintendent Thomas Chambliss Williams of Alexandria City Public Schools who served from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s...

     of Alexandria, Virginia
  • W.T. Woodson High School
    Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School
    Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School, commonly known as W.T. Woodson High School, is a high school located in Fairfax County, Virginia, in the east end of the city of Fairfax, opposite the shopping center on Main Street....

    of Fairfax, Virginia


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