junior varsity
noun
: a team composed of members lacking the experience or qualification required for the varsity
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The investigation began the same day that the school canceled a junior varsity football game.
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Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Quinn even stayed on campus for a fifth year and, at the request of Parker and assistant Ben Smith, coached the Terriers’ junior varsity team.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Campbellsville University canceled its women's junior varsity and varsity volleyball games against Lindsey Wilson University on Thursday as the search for Peyton continued, according to a post on the school's Facebook page.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Labrador-Sierra had been a member of the junior varsity soccer and swim teams, according to school officials.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Quinn even stayed on campus for a fifth year and, at the request of Parker and assistant Ben Smith, coached the Terriers’ junior varsity team.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Campbellsville University canceled its women's junior varsity and varsity volleyball games against Lindsey Wilson University on Thursday as the search for Peyton continued, according to a post on the school's Facebook page.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Labrador-Sierra had been a member of the junior varsity soccer and swim teams, according to school officials.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Junior varsity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junior%20varsity. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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