What States???

[Coachw01]

In MI they can't play up except for two circumstances.
1. If the student will be 19 before Sept 1 of their senior year then they may play as a freshman when they are an 8th grader so they will get in their four years of high school sports

2. Unless the rule has changed the state allowed 8th graders to play on a high school team if the total enrollment of the high school was less than 100 students. Again, this may have changed but I know at one time it was allowed by the MHSAA.

**on a side note, right now homeschooled students may not participate with the schools athletic teams in their district and the transfer rules can be pretty tough and are getting tougher. Good or bad, Michigan is pretty strict on a lot of these things.

 

[Easton33]

Hmm, everything I've seen says they can't in OH with an exception for 15yo's.

1-1-2 Students enrolled below the seventh grade are ineligible for participation in interscholastic athletics. Students enrolled in grades 7 or 8 are ineligible for interscholastic competition on the same squad with students in grade 9 or higher.
Exception: A student who attains the age of 15 prior to August 1 is eligible for interscholastic athletics only at the high school level not to exceed eight semesters.

What that exception is for is to allow them 4 years of HS. The student will be 19 before their senior year making them ineligible. So they did make an exception on the grade but they still only get 4 years.

 

[SoCal_Dad]

What that exception is for is to allow them 4 years of HS. The student will be 19 before their senior year making them ineligible. So they did make an exception on the grade but they still only get 4 years.

Yes, I agree.

I was surprised by YOCOACH's post because it seemed contrary to my understanding that they couldn't. While doublechecking it, I discovered the age exception. I also ran across a couple of other instances in OHSAA's manuals that didn't mention the exception.

 

[YOCOACH]

Yes, I agree.

I was surprised by YOCOACH's post because it seemed contrary to my understanding that they couldn't. While doublechecking it, I discovered the age exception. I also ran across a couple of other instances in OHSAA's manuals that didn't mention the exception.

DW teaches in an inner city school system and we will see their softball team usually have 2-3 eighth graders on it since they wouldn't be able to play Senior year after being held back a grade at some point. That's the only reason I knew

 

[coach james]

Indiana public HS school athletics is 9 - 12 only.

 

[starsnuffer]

I have never heard of it in California, however, it's a huge state and there are a lot of very very rural areas so it would not surprise me if this existed.

-W

 

[00fpdaddy]

In NY, if your good enough 7th and 8th graders are allowed to play Varsity/JV. In NY, its called "Selection-Classification Program by the board of education. They have to pass a NYS Physical and Maturation test admistered by the school physcian. There are schools that wont let middle school players play no matter how good they are. http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/pe/documents/scrivised2005.pdf

My dd's school is not one of them.

 

[p_funk]

They are not allowed to in WV.

 

[smddad]

Just ran into a parent of DD's former teammate today at the field. His DD is playing HS ball as an 8th grader. They are in a bigger school than what the rule says you are allowed, but she got a waiver to play. They have 9 girls right now. The 10th should be back from a concussion this week. She is aso their #1 pitcher. Without her eligibility, the team would not have been able to continue. He also said she will remain eligible for all 5 years.

 

[GOINGDEEP]

Just ran into a parent of DD's former teammate today at the field. His DD is playing HS ball as an 8th grader. They are in a bigger school than what the rule says you are allowed, but she got a waiver to play. They have 9 girls right now. The 10th should be back from a concussion this week. She is aso their #1 pitcher. Without her eligibility, the team would not have been able to continue. He also said she will remain eligible for all 5 years.

Some states will allow a "hardship". Qualifying isn't easy, there are usually hoops to jump thru. But I have known a couple in other sports who got it granted.