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South Carolina High School League

Organization that rules and regulates school athletics in the state of South Carolina

Field	Value
name	South Carolina High School League
size	250px
map	Map of USA highlighting South Carolina.png
msize	250px
abbreviation	SCHSL
formation	1913
type	Volunteer; NPO
status	Association
purpose	Athletic/Educational
headquarters	121 Westpark Blvd.
Columbia, SC 29210
region_served	South Carolina
membership	420 schools
leader_title	President
leader_name	Jason Warren
affiliations	National Federation of State High School Associations
num_staff	12
website	schsl.org

Columbia, SC 29210 The South Carolina High School League (SCHSL) is the organization that rules and regulates school athletics in the U.S. state of South Carolina. Based out of Columbia, the SCHSL serves over 330,000 students at 220 high schools and 200 junior high schools.

History

In 1913, the Inter-High School Athletic and Oratorical Association was founded by delegates from various high schools and the University of South Carolina. By 1920, the organization had expanded its membership and activities to the point where reorganization was necessary. In 1921, a new constitution was adopted and the name was officially changed to the South Carolina High School League. The SCHSL experienced a boom in membership from 1921–1930, going from 30 schools to 121 schools. The constitution was rewritten in 1933 and again 1948 to accommodate further growth. The SCHSL joined the National Federation of State High School Associations in 1948. Ever since 1954, the SCHSL has had 100% of the public schools in the state as members. In 1970 the South Carolina Secondary School Activities Association merged with the league.

Competition

SCHSL sanctions competition in the following sports: baseball, basketball, competitive cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track & field, volleyball, and wrestling.

Classifications

The SCHSL operates five classes of competition, dependent on the size of a school's student enrollment:

AAAAA (5A)
AAAA (4A)
AAA (3A)
AA (2A)
A (1A)

Class 5A was formed in the 2016–2017 school year and is the largest classification in the SCHSL. Realignment for SCHSL member schools occurs every two years.

Member Schools

Listed below are the member schools of the SCHSL, grouped by their classification and region for the 2024–2026 period:

AAAAA (5A)

Region 1	Region 2	Region 3	Region 4	Region 5	Region 6	Region 7	Region 8
Easley	Boiling Springs	Catawba Ridge	Chapin	Blythewood	Carolina Forest	Berkeley	Ashley Ridge
Greenville	Dorman	Clover	Dutch Fork	Lugoff-Elgin	Conway	Cane Bay	Fort Dorchester
Greenwood	Eastside	Fort Mill	Irmo	Ridge View	Myrtle Beach	Goose Creek	James Island
Hillcrest	Gaffney	Indian Land	Lexington	Spring Valley	North Myrtle Beach	Lucy Beckham	R. B. Stall
J. L. Mann	Byrnes	Nation Ford	River Bluff	Sumter	Socastee	Stratford	Summerville
Mauldin	Riverside	Northwestern	White Knoll	Westwood	St. James	Wando	West Ashley
T. L. Hanna	Spartanburg	Rock Hill		West Florence
Woodmont	Wade Hampton

AAAA (4A)

Region 1	Region 2	Region 3	Region 4	Region 5	Region 6
Emerald	Berea	A. C. Flora	Aiken	Crestwood	Beaufort
Fountain Inn	Blue Ridge	Camden	Airport	Darlington	Bishop England
Laurens	Daniel	Dreher	Brookland-Cayce	Hartsville	Bluffton
Southside	Greer	Lancaster	Gilbert	Lakewood	Colleton County
Westside	Pickens	Richland Northeast	Gray Collegiate	Lower Richland	Hilton Head Island
Wren	Seneca	South Pointe	Midland Valley	South Florence	May River
	Travelers Rest	York	North Augusta	Wilson
			South Aiken

AAA (3A)

Region 1	Region 2	Region 3	Region 4	Region 5	Region 6
Belton-Honea Path	Carolina	Broome	Fox Creek	Aynor	Battery Creek
Crescent	Christ Church	Chapman	Keenan	Dillon	Hanahan
Pendleton	Palmetto	Greer MC	Newberry	Georgetown	North Charleston
Walhalla	Powdersville	Mountain View	Silver Bluff	Loris	Oceanside Collegiate
West-Oak	Southside Christian	Union County	Swansea	Marlboro County	Orangeburg-Wilkinson
	St. Joseph's	Woodruff		Waccamaw

AA (2A)

Region 1	Region 2	Region 3	Region 4	Region 5	Region 6	Region 7
Blacksburg	American Leadership	Chester	Andrew Jackson	Barnwell	Academic Magnet	Atlantic Collegiate
Brashier MC	Batesburg-Leesville	Clinton	Buford	Bridges Preparatory	Andrews	East Clarendon
Chesnee	Ninety Six	Columbia	Central	Edisto	Burke	Kingstree
Greenville Tech	Pelion	Eau Claire	Cheraw	Hampton County	Phillip Simmons	Lake City
High Point	Saluda	Fairfield Central	Chesterfield	Lake Marion	Timberland	Manning
Landrum	Strom Thurmond	Mid-Carolina	North Central	Whale Branch	Woodland	Marion
Liberty			York Preparatory			Mullins
Clinton (football only)

A (1A)

Region 1	Region 2	Region 3	Region 4	Region 5	Region 6
Abbeville	C. A. Johnson	Blackville-Hilda	Allendale-Fairfax	Baptist Hill	Carvers Bay
Calhoun Falls	Governor's School	Calhoun County	Bamberg-Ehrhardt	Bethune-Bowman	Green Sea Floyds
Dixie	Great Falls	Hunter-Kinard-Tyler	Denmark-Olar	Branchville	Hannah Pamplico
Green Upstate	Lamar	Horse Creek	Hardeeville	Charleston Charter M&S	Hemingway
McCormick	Lee Central	North	Polaris Tech	Cross	Johnsonville
SC School for Deaf & Blind	Lewisville	Ridge Spring-Monetta	Ridgeland	Lowcountry Leadership	Lakeview
Thornwell	McBee	Wagener-Salley	Royal Live Oaks	Military Magnet	Latta
Ware Shoals	Midlands STEM	Williston-Elko		Palmetto Scholar's
Whitmire	Riverwalk			Scott's Branch
				St. John's

References

[https://schsl.org/archives/7959 2022-23 Introduction]. ''South Carolina High School League''. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
"Region Placement for 2024-2026".

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