junior varsity
noun
: a team composed of members lacking the experience or qualification required for the varsity
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The entire Rio Rancho junior varsity baseball team was suspended in the midst of the probe.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Andrea McCoy, who coaches the junior varsity team, is happy to see her three sons playing on the same team.
—Dave Melton, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
Each team can send 30 players to the classic, so Frank is taking the 18-member varsity team and 12 members of the junior varsity team.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
Miner was a junior varsity player until joining the varsity team last season.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Andrea McCoy, who coaches the junior varsity team, is happy to see her three sons playing on the same team.
—Dave Melton, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
Each team can send 30 players to the classic, so Frank is taking the 18-member varsity team and 12 members of the junior varsity team.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
Miner was a junior varsity player until joining the varsity team last season.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
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“Junior varsity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junior%20varsity. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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