junior varsity
nounDefinition of junior varsity
: a team composed of members lacking the experience or qualification required for the varsity
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His school is cutting against the participation trend, though, with 95 kids on the varsity and junior varsity teams headed into Friday’s season opener. — John Keilman, chicagotribune.com, "Illinois high school football participation hits 26-year low, but some sports growing in popularity, including boys volleyball, girls wrestling, lacrosse," 30 Aug. 2019 Central Catholic had to call up five players from the junior varsity after a stunning 26-22 loss to Clovis West-Fresno, which scored the winning points on a touchdown pass with less than 10 seconds to go. — Mike Lefkow, The Mercury News, "Bay Area high school football: Games to watch this weekend," 30 Aug. 2019 Preview: Atascocita, Summer Creek expected to battle for District 22-6A crown Bush sparked the Bulldogs’ offense last season after being called up from junior varsity to start district play. — Marcus Gutierrez, Houston Chronicle, "Football Primer: Summer Creek seeks revenge in opener against 5-A power Shadow Creek," 28 Aug. 2019 Prep expects to have more size and strength this season with the newcomers from junior varsity. — Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, "Despite withering heat and humidity, local teams hit the pitch to prepare for a new season," 22 Aug. 2019 The entire secondary is up from the junior varsity. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "2019 Palomar League prep football preview," 17 Aug. 2019 Before his sophomore season at Boerne Champion High School, Allemand’s coach gave him the choice to be the star on junior varsity or ride the bench on varsity. — Alex Miller, ExpressNews.com, "Boerne native Blake Allemand continues major league quest with Missions," 6 July 2019 Larraz/Marvel The greatest trick Marvel pulled off was turning the X-Men into its junior varsity superhero team. — Alex Abad-santos, Vox, "House of X restores an air of myth and mystique to Marvel’s Merry Mutants ahead of their arrival in the MCU.," 2 Aug. 2019 As Lake Balboa Birmingham High began practice earlier this week, the junior varsity team that had about 60 freshmen try out last season was down to 45. — Eric Sondheimercolumnist, Los Angeles Times, "Column: Fewer California high school students are playing football," 1 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'junior varsity.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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