junior varsity
noun
: a team composed of members lacking the experience or qualification required for the varsity
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Now, five of the players off that team and one who jumped right to the junior varsity form the core of a Titans team that heading into last weekend had won five straight games after starting the season 2-2 in Madison High’s Regional Rumble Tournament.
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Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2025
The Dukes played their first game on October 7, 1972, losing 6-0 to the junior varsity from West Virginia’s Shepherd College.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
The athletic league splits kids into varsity and junior varsity volleyball teams that compete for a chance at a championship game.
—Jeff A. Chamer
december 4, Charlotte Observer, 4 Dec. 2025
Bentonville won the junior varsity game 44-32.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Nov. 2025
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Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2025
The Dukes played their first game on October 7, 1972, losing 6-0 to the junior varsity from West Virginia’s Shepherd College.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
The athletic league splits kids into varsity and junior varsity volleyball teams that compete for a chance at a championship game.
—Jeff A. Chamer
december 4, Charlotte Observer, 4 Dec. 2025
Bentonville won the junior varsity game 44-32.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Nov. 2025
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“Junior varsity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junior%20varsity. Accessed 26 Dec. 2025.
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