junior varsity

Example Sentences

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The priority is getting on scouts’ radar as quickly as possible—and a season or two on junior varsity is unacceptable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

He was a junior varsity player focused on basketball.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

Eventually, Little would play in junior varsity football games as a punter, before jumping up to varsity level.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

As a high-schooler in North Carolina, he’d been stuck on junior varsity for two years, which he later called “the best thing that could have happened.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

Until you graduate and junior varsity becomes varsity, and they win, and you’re outta here.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti