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Old Mon May 09, 2011, 12:30pm
JRutledge JRutledge is offline
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The only recognition the JVs get is a one line entry at the bottom of the boxscore. It'll say something like "JV: Washington won." I've never seen standings printed or statistics kept and at many schools, kids will be held out of a quarter or two so they can play some time in the varsity game (OTs do not affect this rule as OT is considered part of the 4th quarter for purposes of that rule).
They do not get that much mention here or the game. No one cares about those games but the participants and maybe their parents. Just a fact of the business.

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So why not end in a tie, then? It's not only the officials who think that way -- it's the coaches, players, administrators, game day staff, officials, security, custodians, etc.
I do agree with you there.

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