My daughter goes to a school where only juniors and seniors play varsity and the occasional sophomore gets called up only if there is a positional need. So, they will never win a championship because they don't always have their best players on varsity, but you know that going in and shouldn't complain about it. Personally I like it. Its not all about winning. And...they have numerous college commits on their team, so its clearly not always about playing varsity as a 9th grader.