How to Use junior varsity in a Sentence

junior varsity

noun
  • Hatch played on the junior varsity team as a freshman.
    — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The junior varsity game was played with a running clock.
    — Bernie Wilson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Randall showed up as a 6-foot freshman and played junior varsity.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
  • There are a couple of the junior varsity players who could fit in later in the season.
    — Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Wyett, who split time with the varsity and junior varsity last season, was thrown into the fire.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Ryan, a junior in his first year on varsity, was the top player on the junior varsity team last season.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Opportunities were few and far between, even mixed in with a stint on the junior varsity.
    — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Because there are two softball fields at Lewis-Young Park, the junior varsity team can also play games there.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Pettit said it’s hoped that if there is enough money left, the junior varsity baseball and softball fields would also get new turf, backstops and fencing.
    — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The investigation began the same day that the school canceled a junior varsity football game.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Bentonville won the junior varsity game 44-32.
    — Arkansas Online, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Garcia played striker or winger, said Denzel Coipel, who coached Garcia last year on the junior varsity team.
    — Sue Ambrose, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • This season’s eight seniors include four who played junior varsity as juniors but developed enough at that level to be promoted.
    — Tris Wykes, Twin Cities, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The Jarrards have been thinking ahead since Teddy was in eighth grade, starting in high school for the first time as a member of the junior varsity team.
    — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • The 6-foot-1 guard is a first-year starter for the Wildcats after playing on the freshman and junior varsity teams in his first two seasons.
    — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Her older brother, Aiden, is a junior on South Elgin’s junior varsity baseball team.
    — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Cameron and Rivera attended Brother Rice in Chicago during the last school year and played on the junior varsity team.
    — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Last spring, Wood suggested in jest that FCS football is the junior varsity of major college sports.
    — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The district’s plan would be to have a single program for all middle-schoolers hosted at one of the district’s middle schools, with varsity and junior varsity options.
    — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Rodriguez said junior varsity coach Emily Ellison convinced her to get on the court for a shootaround in late September.
    — Bobby Narang, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Conte eventually agreed, becoming the goalie last season for the junior varsity as a sophomore and then taking over the starting role this spring on the varsity.
    — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
  • After playing on the junior varsity team as a freshman, Matusak missed his sophomore season with a contusion on a vertebra in his lower back.
    — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Even though Centennial had only six players available much of the season, Cole created a junior varsity team, so help is on the way if the team gets a playoff spot.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • Mater Dei defeated Santa Margarita in the junior varsity final.
    — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Even after that breakout sophomore season on the gridiron, Vrabel played junior varsity basketball, which impressed Lupica.
    — Chad Graff, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Ladra has also developed into a significantly more prominent player for the Cherokees after spending much of his time on the junior varsity team last season.
    — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Such connections were worth it as a junior varsity coach at his Carson High School alma mater in Southern California.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2025

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