With numbers in athletics dropping in several sports in several classes in both genders.
I know schools that used to have C, frosh, JV, Varsity that now barely have Varsity/JV. As I am umpiring baseball/softball, schools have 1-2 subs and no Jv teams. I heard a few schools had to cancel their seasons bc 1-2 quit, got hurt, or had grade issues. That means they start with oess than 12 in their program. And maybe this is not as big an issue as I have seen.
Will Indiana ever consider letting 8th graders play up, like they do in other states specifically Kentucky. I am not sure who else allows that. But each year there are rule changes, classification adjustments, many favoring the bigger schools, yet the smaller schools are having trouble fielding a varsity team in many situations and nothing is really even being discussed on kids playing as 8th graders.
I know schools that used to have C, frosh, JV, Varsity that now barely have Varsity/JV. As I am umpiring baseball/softball, schools have 1-2 subs and no Jv teams. I heard a few schools had to cancel their seasons bc 1-2 quit, got hurt, or had grade issues. That means they start with oess than 12 in their program. And maybe this is not as big an issue as I have seen.
Will Indiana ever consider letting 8th graders play up, like they do in other states specifically Kentucky. I am not sure who else allows that. But each year there are rule changes, classification adjustments, many favoring the bigger schools, yet the smaller schools are having trouble fielding a varsity team in many situations and nothing is really even being discussed on kids playing as 8th graders.
