AA River Ridge District

The AA River Ridge District is a district in Region IV of the Virginia High School League which was formed for the 2003-2004 school year out of the AA Blue Ridge District in Region III. In the 2002-2003 school year, the student body of Group AAA Cave Spring High School in Roanoke County was split into two Group AA sized schools with the opening of Hidden Valley High School. These two new schools gave the Blue Ridge District eleven members that year except in football, where Cave Spring remained in AAA and Hidden Valley played a partial schedule. It was necessary to separate the district for the 2003-2004 school year when both schools would join for football.

The assignment of schools to the two districts was not without controversy. The Roanoke County school board wanted all of its schools to be in the Blue Ridge. However, other schools objected because this alignment would have created a competitive imbalance in football with the prospective River Ridge District having several powerhouse teams and the Blue Ridge District having traditionally weaker teams. Eventually, a compromise sent the two southwest Roanoke County schools to the River Ridge and football power William Fleming High School of Roanoke, Virginia to the Blue Ridge.

In the 2007-2008 school year, the River Ridge District was placed into Region IV because many of the former Group AA member schools in the region lost enrollment and dropped into Group A.

2010-2011 District Champions

• Football- Christiansburg (also:Region IV Champions)
• Girls Basketball- Reg. Season: Pulaski, Tournament: Pulaski
• Boys Basketball- Reg. Season: Christiansburg, Tournament: Christiansburg
• Volleyball- Cave Spring (Hidden Valley Region IV champion)
• Golf- Hidden Valley (Blacksburg won Region IV and Blacksburg's Mondy won individual state title)
• Boys Cross Country- Blacksburg (also Region IV champions)
• Girls Cross Country- Hidden Valley (also Region IV champions)
• Scholastic Bowl-Cave Spring (also Region IV champion; Christiansburg state AA champion)
• Boys Tennis- Salem
• Girls Tennis- Hidden Valley
• Baseball- Salem (Cave Spring Region IV champion)
• Softball- Salem (Cave Spring Region IV champion)
• Boys Soccer- Blacksburg (also Region IV champion)
• Girls Soccer- Blacksburg (also Region IV champion)
• Girls Outdoor Track- Pulaski (also Region IV champion)

2009-2010 District Champions

• Football- Salem (Cave Spring made AA Div. 3 State Semis, Christiansburg made AA Div. 4 State Semis)
• Golf- Cave Spring
• Volleyball- Reg. Season: Cave Spring, Tournament: Cave Spring
• Boys Cross Country- Blacksburg
• Girls Cross County- Blacksburg (Region IV and AA state Champions)
• Boys Basketball- Reg. Season: Salem, Tournament: Cave Spring (eventual AA State Champs)
• Girls Basketball- Reg. Season: Salem, Tournament: Salem
• Scholastic Bowl: Blacksburg (also declared Region IV Champion, and won the AA State Championship)
• Boys Indoor Track- Blacksburg (also won Region IV, Christiansburg beat BHS by one point to win the AA state title)
• Girls Indoor Track- Blacksburg (also won Region IV and AA state)
• Wrestling- Christiansburg (eventual AA State Champions)
• Forensics- Salem
• Baseball- Cave Spring
• Softball- Salem
• Boys Soccer- Christiansburg
• Girls Soccer- Salem
• Boys Outdoor Track- Blacksburg (Region IV champions)
• Girls Outdoor Track- Blacksburg (Pulaski Co. won Region IV, Blacksburg won State)
• Boys Tennis- Salem
• Girls Tennis- Hidden Valley

Member schools

• Blacksburg Bruins of Blacksburg         
• Cave Spring Knights of Cave Spring         
• Christiansburg Blue Demons of Christiansburg         
• Hidden Valley Titans of Cave Spring         
• Pulaski County Cougars of Dublin         
• Salem Spartans of Salem