How to Use junior varsity in a Sentence

junior varsity

noun
  • Several area programs have been forced to cancel freshman and junior varsity games or run them with just one umpire.
    Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Multiple games have been canceled this season at the freshman and junior varsity levels because of a lack of umpires.
    Mike Hutton, chicagotribune.com, 14 May 2021
  • Scott began his career on the junior varsity team as a freshman but finished the season on varsity and started for the rest of his career.
    oregonlive, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Levy was booted from the junior varsity cheer squad and, after appealing to school authorities, her parents sued the district in federal court.
    John Fritze, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Her first race was a junior varsity meet at the Prince George’s County Invitational, and the course had a steep hill.
    Jacob Calvin Meyer, baltimoresun.com, 11 June 2021
  • After helping lead the Park Vista junior varsity baseball team last season, the six players reached the varsity level.
    Alex Kushel, sun-sentinel.com, 5 May 2021
  • Rockwall also had to deal with a deluge of injuries early on and had to call up girls from the junior varsity just to be able to compete in scrimmages before the regular season began.
    Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 3 June 2021
  • As a freshman, Zach played for the O'Connor junior varsity and varsity basketball teams as well as its volleyball team.
    Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 13 May 2021
  • After demoting three players to junior varsity, Welsh said he was told future decisions such as those would first have to go through the athletic director.
    J.c. Carnahan, orlandosentinel.com, 12 May 2021
  • Cameron would continue coaching junior varsity for current Moeller coach Tim Held until just recently.
    Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 28 May 2021
  • Baiting the Clippers into taking more of these looks appeared to be a decent strategy when L.A. was missing more open shots than a junior varsity team.
    Shane Young, Forbes, 7 June 2021
  • Heath coach Greg Harvey had the utmost confidence in a player who is in his first season of varsity baseball after playing on the junior varsity last season.
    Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 12 June 2021
  • Last year, Seibel was the starter on the Eagles’ junior varsity.
    Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The goal will be to have 40 players, 15 for the varsity and the rest for junior varsity.
    Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Out went the varsity and in went the junior varsity for Mariemont with the running clock.
    Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 27 May 2022
  • The following year, a St. Henry junior varsity team will take the field for the first time.
    Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 11 Nov. 2022
  • So many players want to be part of the program that the private school plans to also field a junior varsity team in the fall.
    Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Pos and Uribe were the goalkeepers for the junior varsity team.
    Gregg Voss, chicagotribune.com, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Peck said Martinez led the junior varsity team to an 8-1 record last year.
    Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Carver will now try to field a junior varsity team to keep the program alive.
    BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2021
  • One of the players on his first team at Orleans has a son, Nate Brown, who is a freshman on the junior varsity team.
    The Indianapolis Star, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Hunter, the junior varsity coach, brings a firsthand perspective to the game.
    Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Balsz and Lavin played junior varsity in 2020 while Humphry was on the freshman team.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Those 55 high school wrestlers consist of the varsity and the junior varsity.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2024
  • In Carr’s three years, the Patterson gym was packed, with fans needing to arrive well before the start of the junior varsity games to get a seat.
    Glenn Graham, baltimoresun.com, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Now both programs are on the rise, with full junior varsity rosters too.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Lemon has been the head junior varsity coach and an assistant coach on varsity for the past four years.
    oregonlive, 3 June 2022
  • Others don’t have enough players to have junior varsity teams — at least to start the season.
    Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2021
  • Coach Dunn was there, who has been my junior varsity coach forever, has been with the program for 17 years.
    Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2024
  • In addition to working in IT, Norton was also a junior varsity volleyball coach at Monarch.
    Jimena Tavel, Miami Herald, 18 June 2024

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