is there an overall rule with Middle Schoolers playing on Varsity? or is it district to district. Are most 8th grade travel kids playing on varsity in suffolk and nassau?
NYS has a waiver that must be completed in order for middle school aged kids to play Hs sports (jv or varsity) you must prove physical maturity and ability In addition each district has there own way of thinking No not all 8 th graders are pulled up.
Only exceptional 8th graders are pulled up. Not only do they have to pass a maturity test, in many districts they also need to guaranteed minimum 50% playing time. This means they need to be as good or better than current starters. Not easy to do in a good district.
Not in some schools. Parents play the game the right way with the coach and kids that weren't even impact players in middle school and play on low level club teams are being pulled up.
a lot of it has to do with exactly that.
In Sayville, the coach brought up six 8th graders last year because they played on the assistant coach's YJ team. There was clearly an arrangement between the asst. coach and the parents that if they came to his team then he would bring them up. Now the assistant coach is gone and the varsity team is stuck with the girls. FYI; Last year their JV team beat their Varsity team in a scrimmage because the head coach overlooked a lot of talented girls. There will be some very unhappy parents when their kids lose their spots to the girls who should have been brought up last year. Talk about a disaster.
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