Eligibility Question

[CoachBarb]

I am the Head Coach of a Middle School Softball team in PA. It is a small private school. Here is my question. The school can only support a Varsity HS team and a Middle School team.

Can I move (without jeapordizing the player's eligibility) the Middle School team to become the JV team for HS? The problem is if a player does not make Varsity, she cannot play for an entire season. I know we may take our lumps, but in the long run, we would become stronger and truly support the future of the Varsity team.

Now if this can be done, can an 8th grader play "X" number of innings at the Varsity level and not jeapordize her playing time on Varsity when she is in High School.

The school the I coach at is a small Christian school and the enrollment cannot support 3 teams. This truly make sense, the eliminating the Middle School team and build for the future.

PLEASE HELP!!

Thanks


Barbara