junior varsity

noun

|Updated on: 12 Jul 2018

Definition of junior varsity

: a team composed of members lacking the experience or qualification required for the varsity

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Recent Examples of junior varsity from the Web

His junior varsity teams at Westfield posted winning seasons in three of his four years at the school, including a 19-7 campaign this past season.

— ted dunnam, Houston Chronicle, "Girls’ basketball: Hudson named head coach at Clear Brook," 3 July 2018
Elise currently holds a 4.68 GPA, volunteers at Baptist Hospital, a member of the junior varsity volleyball team, and speaks English, Spanish and Mandarin.

— adrianne richardson, miamiherald, "Two students win $1,000 Miami-Dade County Youth Fair service awards," 12 June 2018
After graduating from Northeastern in 1972 with an accounting degree, Mr. Soolman returned to Brookline High as the junior varsity baseball coach from 1987 to 1992.

— marvin pave, BostonGlobe.com, "Harvey Soolman, who devoted his life to baseball on the field and on the page, dies at 68," 4 June 2018
The program’s junior varsity coach is Dante Dixon, who is the cousin of Lee’s Summit native and former Missouri star Michael Dixon.

— alex schiffer, kansascity, "Mizzou recruiting: From hoops to football, on Parker Braun, Josh Christopher, Rocket Watts and more," 1 June 2018
On the other hand, Quintana has promising junior varsity players like Gabby Vasquez and Arleen Rodriguez that already have varsity experience.

— alvaro montaño, Houston Chronicle, "Northwest Houston area girl teams wrap up soccer season," 16 May 2018
Wilde Lake girls lacrosse coach Michael Rhodovi joined the program as the junior varsity coach in 2015, the same time most of his current seniors were freshmen.

— kyle stackpole, Howard County Times, "Wilde Lake girls lacrosse runs away from Oakland Mills on senior night," 27 Apr. 2018
Dunbar was initially removed from the Division II state tournament for not suspending a junior varsity player who had left the bench during a fight in January.

— scott springer, Cincinnati.com, "Dayton Dunbar made basketball tournament this year, out next year says OHSAA," 26 Apr. 2018
No varsity players were lost due to academic ineligibility, and only one junior varsity player failed to maintain grades that would have kept her eligible to play.

— joe naiman, Ramona Sentinel, "Bulldogs 5-5 in March girls lacrosse games," 2 Apr. 2018

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