sball32 Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:03 pm Post subject:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ManitouDan wrote:
maybe if the teams with Jr High programs start winning all the conference titles at the HS level that may change the minds of the "higher ups" . Other than ASA there is no other other place for 7-8th graders to play. And travel isn't for everyone. Hopefully this will catch on . MD
I'm going to have to stop you right there. Jr High (middle school) can play legally at the high school level. BUT, say they play both their 7th and 8th grade years, that leaves them with 2 years of High School Eligibility left. You only get four years of high school eligibility. So, it really wouldn't be logical to do that, ya think? Trimble, Federal Hocking, maybe Nelsonville and maybe a few others have a small league where they play around 10 games(middle school girls)
OHSAA Bylaw1-1-2 Students enrolled below the seventh grade are ineligible for participation in interscholastic
athletics. Students enrolled in grades 7 or 8 are ineligible for interscholastic competition on
the same squad with students in grade 9 or higher. Exception —A student who attains the
age of 15 prior to August 1 is eligible for interscholastic athletics only at the high school
level not to exceed eight semesters.
