In high school sports, aren't Seniors required to be on Varsity instead of Junior Varsity?
922154
Well, I'm not sure how things work down in Texas but here in Wisconsin...you have to be talented enough to play at the Varsity level.  When I was in High School, I played football and Baseball, started at both on the Varsity level both senior and junior year.  The baseball team actually made cuts...as in if you weren't good enough to play...even at the JV level...you weren't going to play at all.\nBut my football team was a little different... there wasn't any cuts but if you weren't good enough to play Friday nights, then you had a chance to play Saturday mornings on the JV team.    Regardless of what year in school you were.  So, maybe your school has some sort of policy regarding the "no cut policy".  You know they way things are in today's world...and how much things have to be changed in order to make everyone happy...and not leave anyone out....I think she should just be Happy that she gets to play!
955454
You should be able to, but here are the official Boy's High School rules:\nhttp://www.uslacrosse.org/the_sport/boys_rules.phtml\n\nCheck out section #2, about equipment.
53858
if it's high school wrestling you're talking about it is because they are cowards....WRESTLING IS THE ONLY SPORT THAT REQUIRES YOU TO HAVE 2 BALLS TO PARTICIPATE IN..
1064202
I dont agree with kids leaving early but the scholarships are specifically for sports and the coaches know that if its a good player they probably wont stay for all four years so I dont think that the player should be held responsible for repaying them.  I do think that all sports should use the same rule baseball does in which once you are in college you cant leave until after your junior year.
191129
I know exactly what you are saying. It's always been this way. I think in many areas such as the area I live in, it's because of pride in the sports. It starts as early as youth football or little league and continues through high school. I've even seen parents from the same youth team fight until the police showed up. Seems for our high school having the "best" team is how our small area made it's mark. So, grades were pushed back as "not as important".
609743
Play everything, because high school and Jr. High are fun like that.  I ended up playing running back and free saftey but on JV and C team I played D-line, tightend, reciever, QB get a feel for it all that way if you want/have to play a different position at the college level it's not that brand new to you. I was a lil guy in Jr high and high school 5'7 155 after I got to college I grew but do it all man. Don't limit yourself to just one sport do swimming, tennis, hoops all that skill pays off in the long run, And youre 12 what else do you have to do.
580501
Because they are still in high school.\nremember???
632632
Yes-they have to work just as hard if not harder then other high school athletes. Especially in competitive cheerleading.
78061
Depending on where you live most high school wreslting teams are pretty easy to get on. Wrestling is determined by a point system. For instance if you have an escape or a reversal etc you get points. Every year ESPN show the collegiate national championships. They are coming up March 11th and 13th. In my high school we had wreslting as a gym class. It was awesome and most of the people on the wrestling team got on right there. Just go to the front office and ask who the wrestling coach is, then go speak with them. It doesn't matter that you don't have any experience. Wrestling is an awesome sport and one of the oldest. Lot of history and it is so much more fun than football.
128340
In my school, boys were required to play baseball at school until the fifth grade.  Here, we divided teams by grade to encourage teamwork amongst the teams to "fight for their own grade" and give the game some ownership.  It's been working well this way for about fifteen years.
139424
Athletics provide an outlet for America's Youth.  As I've always said, "Kids do stupid things when they're bored."  Athletics provides young people something to do, so they don't get in trouble and is especially important this day in age when most children are growing up in families where their parents are working jobs when they come home from school.  As mentioned, athletics does teach teamwork and discipline.  What has hurt athletics is that it has become less about the game and more about an investment.  If a young high school basketball player is great, he is looked at as an investment because he may have the potential to make millions in the NBA.  \nAlso young people are put under a tremendous amount of pressure because the potential to make millions of dollars.  The game is no longer played for fun, but is an opportunity to secure one's future.
467714
A child can participant for five years on a varsity team.  I suggest you check out www.varsity.com  I find it to be a very informative site when my girls started cheering, and still do.
849529
In high school DE is fine.  But if you only have average speed, you won't play in college.
992767
It's not an organized sport in the high schools.  Why waste your time with rugby when you can get a scholarship and if good enough make millions with football, basketball, or baseball which do have programs in the high schools.
689870
No they shouldn't be allowed to play.  By allowing them to play the school, and their parents are telling them that knowledge isn't as important as winning a game.  Although many young people look to sports as a way to physically better themselves or even as a route to college they should not forego bettering themselves academically for the sake of playing.
196049
ESPN has suddenly started showing more stories relating to high school sports because they want to capitalize on the athletes who are as talented as Kobe and Lebron were when they weren't from high school to the pros.  Hence the primary focus is on high school basketball because the NFL restricts high school athletes from entering into the draft.
258419
Generally speaking, no. Wrestling is a secondary sport in terms of media coverage and school support in most places, with basketball getting the lion's share of coverage and support. Still, there are exceptions in locales where there is a perennial state or national power in the sport.