How to Use junior varsity in a Sentence

junior varsity

noun

• Spears was on the junior varsity team and was called up during the week.
  — Elliott Lapin, Houston Chronicle, 19 Oct. 2020
• 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
• That boy or girl who would just barely make their high school team, and sit on the bench, or the junior varsity.
  — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 16 Oct. 2020
• The following year, a St. Henry junior varsity team will take the field for the first time.
  — Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 11 Nov. 2022
• The girl served as the main kicker for the junior varsity team and played for the varsity team, but got less reps there.
  — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Sep. 2020
• Casey spent the first three years of high school on the frosh-soph and junior varsity squads, twice serving as captain.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2021
• 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
• Many other players didn’t even get to touch a junior varsity field and must make the jump.
  — Kyle J. Andrews, baltimoresun.com, 16 Mar. 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
• From junior varsity pitcher, to IU walk-on, to the 88-mph sinker-baller who stole a pro pitching coach’s heart.
  — Jon Blau, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Sep. 2020
• And then Brooklyn — on the second night of a back-to-back — brought only its junior varsity team.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Mar. 2021
• Balsz and Lavin played junior varsity in 2020 while Humphry was on the freshman team.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2022
• After just one practice, Stove was moved from the freshman team to the junior varsity team.
  — Giana Han, al, 14 Nov. 2020
• Meet results show Trout, a junior this year, ran for the junior varsity last fall.
  — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Aug. 2020
• Maston has been at the school since the seventh grade and played on the junior varsity team the past two years before making the jump to the varsity.
  — Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Apr. 2021
• There was nothing wrong with Bob Gallo, the current coach who had hired Koury to lead the junior varsity squad.
  — Mitch Stephens, SFChronicle.com, 6 Oct. 2020
• 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
• Jones ran for over 1,000 yards as a freshman on junior varsity.
  — Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
• 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
• With slipping grades and attendance, the 16-year-old who had played junior varsity basketball his sophomore year did not make the team as a junior.
  — Emily Palmer, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
• The punter on junior varsity was junior Alessandro Garrett.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024