junior varsity
noun
: a team composed of members lacking the experience or qualification required for the varsity
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After playing nine games with the junior varsity team last season, Amoroso was brought up to varsity midseason.
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Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024
Ivey played on the junior varsity team as a sophomore.
—Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
Before taking over at De La Salle in 2015, Christmas was the junior varsity coach across the Bay at Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton.
—Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
The competition took place at the Walt Disney Resort in Orlando Feb. 9-12 and hosted more than 1,000 high school and junior varsity teams that competed in various divisions.
—Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2024
Holmes recalls Tyson having free time on a Saturday and driving up to Patterson Mill to support the junior varsity team.
—Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2024
George Santos was junior varsity compared to the regular swamp professionals: President Biden and several sitting members of Congress.
—Destiny Torres, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
After spending most of his sophomore season on the junior varsity team, Croell got the call in a Class 6A sectional opener against Merrillville in October 2021.
—Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
Those 55 high school wrestlers consist of the varsity and the junior varsity.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2024
Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024
Ivey played on the junior varsity team as a sophomore.
—Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
Before taking over at De La Salle in 2015, Christmas was the junior varsity coach across the Bay at Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton.
—Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
The competition took place at the Walt Disney Resort in Orlando Feb. 9-12 and hosted more than 1,000 high school and junior varsity teams that competed in various divisions.
—Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2024
Holmes recalls Tyson having free time on a Saturday and driving up to Patterson Mill to support the junior varsity team.
—Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2024
George Santos was junior varsity compared to the regular swamp professionals: President Biden and several sitting members of Congress.
—Destiny Torres, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
After spending most of his sophomore season on the junior varsity team, Croell got the call in a Class 6A sectional opener against Merrillville in October 2021.
—Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
Those 55 high school wrestlers consist of the varsity and the junior varsity.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2024
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