AA Region III

Region III is one of the four AA regions in the Virginia High School League. It is made up of three districts: the AA Blue Ridge District, the AA Seminole District, and the AA Valley District. Currently, the region consists largely of schools around the Shenandoah Valley, Roanoke and Lynchburg.

In 2007, the River Ridge District was placed into Region IV, which is the smallest region because many of its member schools in Southwest Virginia have lost enrollment and dropped into Group A. In exchange, the former AA Valley District broke up into two districts and was moved to Region III from Region II.

In 2011, the AA Massanutten District was disbanded, with all four members joining the former AA Southern Valley District teams (minus two) to form the newly renamed AA Valley District. Those two teams were Rockbridge County High School, who moved back to the AA Blue Ridge District, and Stuarts Draft High School, who moved down to the Shenandoah District in Group A Region B.

Member schools

AA Blue Ridge District Alleghany High School of Covington, Virginia William Byrd High School of Vinton, Virginia Lord Botetourt High School of Daleville, Virginia Northside High School of Roanoke, Virginia Rockbridge County High School of Lexington, Virginia Staunton River High School of Moneta, Virginia

AA Valley District Broadway High School of Broadway, Virginia Fort Defiance High School of Fort Defiance, Virginia Harrisonburg High School of Harrisonburg, Virginia Robert E. Lee High School of Staunton, Virginia Spotswood High School of Penn Laird, Virginia Turner Ashby High School of Bridgewater, Virginia Waynesboro High School of Waynesboro, Virginia

AA Seminole District Amherst County High School of Amherst, Virginia Brookville High School of Lynchburg, Virginia E.C. Glass High School of Lynchburg, Virginia Heritage High School of Lynchburg, Virginia Jefferson Forest High School of Forest, Virginia Liberty High School of Bedford, Virginia Rustburg High School of Rustburg, Virginia