junior varsity
noun
: a team composed of members lacking the experience or qualification required for the varsity
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No one can offer better insight into the impact Morningside had on their life than Jim Harrick, who won an NCAA basketball title coaching UCLA in 1995 and got his start at Morningside as a junior varsity coach in 1964.
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Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2025
Girls still train and compete with their respective boys teams during the regular season, competing on the varsity or junior varsity.
—Tom Schardin, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
After Blane got some time as a central defender on the junior varsity team in 2023, the coaches approached him to succeed standout goalkeeper Spencer Schaberg.
—Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
And don’t forget about sophomore shortstop Julius Monroe-Truitt, who was a star of the Patriots’ outstanding junior varsity team.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2025
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Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2025
Girls still train and compete with their respective boys teams during the regular season, competing on the varsity or junior varsity.
—Tom Schardin, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
After Blane got some time as a central defender on the junior varsity team in 2023, the coaches approached him to succeed standout goalkeeper Spencer Schaberg.
—Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
And don’t forget about sophomore shortstop Julius Monroe-Truitt, who was a star of the Patriots’ outstanding junior varsity team.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Junior varsity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junior%20varsity. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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