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Varsity and Junior Varsity Teams
A school can have as many teams as they wish participating in regional tournaments (1 Varsity Team and the rest Junior Varsity teams). However, some tournaments may be limited due to the number of schools participating. Please see our policy on team size to understand rules and restrictions on "how many" and "who" may be on a team. Only your "Varsity team" eligible to qualify your school for the State Tournament (for Divisions B and C). The Junior Varsity team(s) will compete in the same rooms/areas with the Varsity team in the events but will be required to be distinguished and separated from the Varsity team. Varsity teams compete against other Varsity teams and Junior Varsity teams compete against other Junior Varsity teams.
Junior Varsity team members MAY NOT switch to the Varsity team and compete in events with them during the regional tournament. This applies to all events, walk-ins as well. Varsity and Junior Varsity teams from the same school are to compete as though they were from two different schools. No collaboration of any kind is allowed between the Varsity and Junior Varsity teams from one school.
Following the Regional Tournament, coaches will be provided with spreadsheets to show how Junior Varsity teams placed in each event compared to the Varsity teams in order to use this information to determine who goes on from a school to the State Tournament. In many cases, the Junior Varsity teams score and place better than the Varsity teams.
Divison B and C teams that represent a school at the State Tournament can be any students the coach and team decide. It could even be someone who did not compete at the Regional Tournament. The only thing the regional tournament does is to qualify the school to send a team to the State Tournament. The only requirement is that all students on a team be members of that school’s student body as defined by the administration of the school.
Individual students whose teams do not qualify for the State Tournament could qualify as indiduals under our First Place Overall Winner Program.
NOTE: Division A does not have a State Tournament so all information related to the State Tournament can be ignored by Division A coaches, parents, and participants.
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