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Originally Posted by BillyMac
It looks like JRutledge attended a junior school with grades similar to what I attended back in the 1960's, and used to teach at, and coach at, up until about twenty years ago. Junior high was grade seven, eight and nine.
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OK, but this is not about what I attended over 20 years ago. The current school system calls the school that has 7th graders a Junior High.
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Originally Posted by BillyMac
Back then it was very difficult for a seventh grader to make a junior high team with eighth, and ninth, graders trying out. If there was a seventh grader on my junior high school team, and I don't recall more than one, or two, he was probably a very talented seventh grader.
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I cannot speak for you. But most 7th graders are not competing against 9th graders in my experience. When I was that age there was a 7th grade team and an 8th grade team. Ninth graders were Freshman and had their own team at the separate high school building.
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Originally Posted by BillyMac
Now, here in Connecticut, all ninth graders are in high school settings, no more junior high schools, instead we have middle schools of sixth, seventh, and eighth graders.
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I attended Richardson Junior High as a 9th grader for a semester in the Dallas, Texas area and it was next door to Richardson Senior High which held 10th-12th graders. Not sure if that is still the case, but the 9th graders player on our own age group. We did not compete with lower levels in any sport as I remember it.
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Originally Posted by BillyMac
These are the seventh graders that I was talking about, some of them playing organized, competitive, basketball for the first time, and often being confused about some of the simplest rules, especially in the first weeks of the season.
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I am starting to understand why we have so many D1 and pro players that come from this state if that is the case. When I started officiating in 1996, 5th and 6th grade basketball was common for school programs. And that does not include the travel or rec. leagues kids might have played in before.
Peace