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27-549: The Dulles District schools compete in the 4A West Region with the schools from Conference 21A, Conference 22, Conference 23, and Conference 24. The Dulles District was created in 2001 from all six Loudoun County high schools that were in the AA Northwestern District , which were Broad Run High School , Loudoun County High School , Loudoun Valley High School , Park View High School , Potomac Falls High School , and Stone Bridge High School . The Dulles District's name

54-718: A football powerhouse, with Park View, the AA Division 4 runner up in 1999 and 2000 leading the way. Former Park View coach and teacher Mickey Thompson went to Stone Bridge to start up the new program there, and the Bulldogs were also expected to be another strong contender for the AA title. Both schools were very competitive in the district's initial years, but Park View's program steadily declined as players who first had Thompson at Park View graduated, and Stone Bridge moved to AAA after winning two AA Region II Division 4 titles. Loudoun Valley also made

81-449: A playoff appearance in 2003 but is also in AAA. This trend has reversed this year, however, with three of the districts teams making playoff appearances (Briar Woods, Broad Run, and Park View). Broad Run has won the last two VHSL AA Division 4 state championships, in 2008 and 2009. In recent years, Briar Woods has emerged as a football powerhouse as they defeated Broad Run twice in 2010 en route to

108-556: A state championship and lost once (to Broad Run) en route to a second state championship in 2011. The Falcons began the 2012 season with an early away victory at Broad Run and capped a perfect 15–0 season, rolling over Lynchburg Heritage 52–0 in the championship game to garner a third consecutive title. Dulles District schools have been among the strongest in Virginia in softball, girls soccer, volleyball, and girls basketball, with multiple members earning AA tournament berths and AA titles since

135-549: Is a high school conference in the state of Virginia that includes Frederick County and Warren County . The Northwestern District member schools compete in Region II with the schools from the AA Dulles District , AA Jefferson District , and AA Evergreen District . The Northwestern District was not originally known for being strong in football , yet the 2005 season brought about the dominance of Sherando and Liberty and

162-579: Is derived from the district's proximity to Washington Dulles International Airport , which is located in eastern Loudoun County. Loudoun County's growth has been a factor in creating the Dulles District as more high schools in the county were being built during the 2000s, including four new members in the district since its founding in 2001. In 2002, Heritage High School opened; in 2003, Dominion High School opened; in 2005, Briar Woods High School and Freedom High School opened. In 2005, Loudoun Valley

189-480: The 2010 census , the eight counties of the eastern panhandle had a combined population of 261,041, giving the region 11.75% of West Virginia's population. Berkeley County is the panhandle's most populous county, with a census 104,169 residents (2010). Berkeley also includes the panhandle's largest city, Martinsburg , with a 2010 census population of 17,227. The eastern panhandle is West Virginia's fastest-growing region in terms of population and housing. In July 2005,

216-658: The AAA Cedar Run District . John Champe High School joined the AA Dulles District when the school opened in 2012 and Independence High School and Lightridge High School joined the Dulles district when the schools opened in 2019 and 2020. In the 2013–2014 school year, the Dulles District will be split as a result of the overall VHSL realignment. Current and former member schools in the 5A classification, Briar Woods, Broad Run, Freedom, Potomac Falls and Tuscarora will form

243-749: The Shenandoah Valley . West Virginia is the only U.S. state with two panhandles. Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, and Morgan Counties were part of the Unionist state of West Virginia created in 1863. Shortly after West Virginia gained statehood, Mineral and Grant Counties were created from Hampshire and Hardy in 1866. The eastern panhandle includes West Virginia's oldest chartered towns (1762) of Romney and Shepherdstown . The panhandle also includes West Virginia's two oldest counties: Hampshire (1753) and Berkeley (1772). West Virginia's historically most famous towns, Harpers Ferry and Charles Town , are at

270-502: The United States Census Bureau released a list of the top 100 counties according to housing growth. Berkeley County grew 3.95 percent, from 36,365 housing units in 2003 to 37,802 units in 2004. That growth rate was 86th in the nation among the 3,143 United States counties. Jefferson County was not far behind at 88th in the nation. It grew 3.94 percent from 19,381 housing units in 2003 to 20,144 units in 2004. The majority of

297-493: The Dulles District in the 2009–2010 season. In 2009, Heritage was moved to the AAA Cedar Run District and the AAA Northwest Region due to their increasing enrollment. Woodgrove High School of Purcellville and Tuscarora High School of Leesburg joined the district when they opened in 2010. Loudoun Valley and Heritage returned to AA in 2011 because of the new school openings. In 2011, Broad Run and Freedom moved up to

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324-609: The Northwestern District, keeping it with county rival Skyline. Eastern Panhandle The eastern panhandle is one of the two panhandles in the U.S. state of West Virginia ; the other is the northern panhandle . It is a small stretch of territory in the northeast of the state, bordering Maryland and Virginia . Some sources and regional associations only identify the eastern panhandle as being composed of Morgan , Berkeley , and Jefferson Counties . Berkeley and Jefferson Counties are geographically located in

351-457: The Northwestern District. Former members Liberty and Fauquier will be AA size again due to Kettle Run's opening, which has led to discussion on whether the district will be a ten-team entity after losing Central to Group A, or if it will split into two five-team districts. Such a split would likely see the three Frederick County schools join with Handley and one of the Warren County schools, while

378-605: The Potomac River. The region is separated from the remainder of the state by the Allegheny Front , which separates the Mississippi watershed from that of Chesapeake Bay . The counties in the eastern panhandle are: A short stretch of West Virginia Route 9 west of Berkeley Springs provides the only road connection between Berkeley Springs and points east to the rest of state without having to cross state lines. According to

405-494: The area. The Northwestern District has faced a great deal of change throughout its history. Due to the high rate of growth in Northern Virginia and the northern Shenandoah Valley, many former members have moved up to Group AAA for periods of time, such as James Wood and Sherando. The Northwestern District also experienced a large increase in membership of Loudoun County schools in the late 1990s and early 2000s which prompted

432-653: The creation of an all-Loudoun County Dulles District in 2001. In 2007, Liberty High School moved to the AAA Cedar Run District of the AAA Northwest Region , and Warren County High School split in half to form Skyline High School. 2008 will see the addition of the Kettle Run High School Cougars in Fauquier County. The Cougars will compete in the Northwestern District as a full member in all sports but football, where they will play an independent varsity schedule for 2008. 2009 could bring even more change to

459-472: The district's founding. Boys and Girls lacrosse was offered as a varsity sport for the first time in Loudoun County high schools in 2002, and girls' field hockey may be added as well within a few years. The biggest strength of the Dulles District as a league is not its sports however, but it is because seven out of the ten Loudoun schools routinely play each other in all sports, making the AA Dulles District

486-569: The eastern end of the eastern panhandle. Harpers Ferry is the easternmost town in West Virginia. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad , now CSX , runs through the panhandle. Until 1861 Harpers Ferry was the site of a U.S. armory (weapons factory), briefly captured by John Brown during his famous raid . The strategic nature of the area influenced its inclusion in West Virginia by the Union Congress. There has been talk about certain counties in

513-634: The eastern panhandle rejoining Virginia, due primarily to poor economic conditions and perceived neglect from the state government. In 2011, West Virginia state delegate Larry Kump sponsored legislation to allow Morgan, Berkeley, and Jefferson Counties to rejoin Virginia by popular vote. The bill did not pass. The eastern panhandle includes both West Virginia's highest and lowest elevations above sea level: Spruce Knob , 4,863 feet (1,482 m), in Pendleton and Harpers Ferry , 240 feet (73 m), in Jefferson on

540-406: The eastern panhandle's growing residential developments are located outside city and town boundaries and are not included in the city or town's official population. NOTE: This list does not include the unincorporated census-designated places of Inwood (pop. 2,954) and Fort Ashby (pop. 1,380). The U.S. Census Bureau does not release estimates for CDPs. The population figures listed are from

567-464: The emergence of James Wood, Millbrook, and Brentsville as solid football teams. In 2007 Sherando reached the state finals. In basketball , the 2005 Millbrook squad finished second in the region and fell in the state quarterfinals, one year after a last place finish in the district in their inaugural year. In 2008 the Millbrook squad won the state finals bringing the first state championship in basketball to

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594-617: The immediate Washington area. Dulles District members schedule non-district members primarily against schools in the AA Northwestern District and they also regularly play some high schools in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, including Jefferson , Hampshire , and Musselman . Fall Sports Regular Season Champions Winter Sports Regular Season Champions Spring Sports Regular Season Champions AA Northwestern District The AA Northwestern District

621-459: The mainstay of Loudoun County athletics. In addition, the Dulles District is the only AA (and non-AAA) district with all of its members in Northern Virginia. This has also allowed more exposure on Loudoun County high school sports in the Washington area, because many Northwestern District members are located in the northern Shenandoah Valley and do not receive much exposure due to their distance from

648-585: The new AA Evergreen District . Despite the proximity of both Culpeper and Eastern View High Schools to the Northeastern District members other than Warren County (Culpeper is now in the AAA Cedar Run District with Liberty and Fauquier, and will also drop to AA), the two Culpeper schools will compete in Region I. Had those schools been part of the plan, Warren County would almost certainly have moved to

675-458: The new Potomac District . Stone Bridge will remain in the Liberty District. Schools in the 4A and 3A classification, Champe, Dominion, Heritage, Loudoun County, Loudoun Valley, Park View, Riverside , and Woodgrove will remain in the Dulles District. In the postseason, schools will compete only against members of the same group classification. In 2001, the Dulles District was expected to be

702-502: The three Fauquier County schools joined with the other Warren school and Brentsville. As of January 23, the VHSL still plans for the Northwestern District to include all ten teams. The district was granted an appeal to the VHSL to split into two districts for 2009. The plan would be for Millbrook, Sherando, James Wood, Handley and Skyline to keep the Northwestern District name, and Brentsvile, Warren County, Fauquier, Liberty and Kettle Run to form

729-724: Was moved to the AAA National District and Stone Bridge moved to the AAA Liberty District because their enrollments were considerably above the AA/AAA enrollment cutoffs. In 2007, George Mason High School in Falls Church, Virginia became the first non-Loudoun County school to enter the Dulles District, though only as a part-time member for lacrosse only, as their district, the A Bull Run District did not hold enough members to sponsor it. Mason's swim team will also be competing in

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