junior varsity
noun
: a team composed of members lacking the experience or qualification required for the varsity
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Saba, wiry and yet to fill out, is set for a big AAU season in the spring after limited minutes as a freshman on junior varsity.
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Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2025
Enter Price, who had been Barry’s junior varsity coach the past four years.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
With no junior varsity teams and wanting to maintain rosters, softball coaches in the Mission League are giving freshmen the chance to make an impact on varsity.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2025
Del Mar’s young squad picked up its second win of the season last Thursday against Yerba Buena, as freshman junior varsity call-up Estefany Guerra scored her first career varsity goal to give the Dons the win.
—Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2025
Enter Price, who had been Barry’s junior varsity coach the past four years.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
With no junior varsity teams and wanting to maintain rosters, softball coaches in the Mission League are giving freshmen the chance to make an impact on varsity.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2025
Del Mar’s young squad picked up its second win of the season last Thursday against Yerba Buena, as freshman junior varsity call-up Estefany Guerra scored her first career varsity goal to give the Dons the win.
—Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Junior varsity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junior%20varsity. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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