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Ohhh Dakota
How could you disparage out JV teams! I'm going to sic my granddaughter on you!
In other words, 16-17 year olds. I know JV is bottom of the barrel for you Fed types, but 16-17 is pretty high up the ladder in JO summer ball.
Actually Freshman ball is usually the bottom. Any high quality freshmen are probably going to move up to JV or even varsity, leaving a poorer team behind. Really, though, it depends on the program. I called a freshman tournament last spring and the play was excellent. And I've called JV games where either team would easily defeat many varsity teams. My granddaughter, a sophomore JV player, is probably good enough to play for many area school varsity teams. But she is behind a Senior returning All-Conference player. So rather than bench time on the varsity, she is getting lots of game experience at the JV level.
No one should ever compare H.S. ball with summer JO teams. A H.S. team may have one or two outstanding players, a few good ones, and the rest fill out the squad. A JO team is going to recruit the top players from several high schools. A better comparison would occur if we had an All-Conference JV team - which I would take on, and could probably defeat most 16U JO teams.
WMB
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