How do High School teams play 8th graders?

[1AfootballMan]

I’ve always wondered this and no one has ever explained it to me. I know it happens more in basketball, but it does in football also.

[rtl112]

37 minutes ago, 1AfootballMan said:

I’ve always wondered this and no one has ever explained it to me. I know it happens more in basketball, but it does in football also.

If the middle school and high school have the same principals then the middle school kid can play up to the high school level. In most cases, they are under the same roof.

[wildcat89]

It seems to happen more with very small schools or privates

[rtl112]

23 minutes ago, wildcat89 said:

It seems to happen more with very small schools or privates

It can be real beneficial to small schools especially if the kid is a  great athlete.  Most single A football teams have missing  pieces and if an eighth  grader can fill it then so be it.

[FBfan26]

If middle school and high school is on the same campus they can from what I understand.

[orngnblk]

1 hour ago, FBfan26 said:

If middle school and high school is on the same campus they can from what I understand.

I have always heard under the same roof but on the same campus may go as well.

[GBHSfan15]

Unless it has changed it has to be that the middle and High school are under the SAME roof. Not 2 separate buildings but same. So normally this will apply to those K-12 schools like Greenback and Coalfield.

[orngnblk]

47 minutes ago, GBHSfan15 said:

Unless it has changed it has to be that the middle and High school are under the SAME roof. Not 2 separate buildings but same. So normally this will apply to those K-12 schools like Greenback and Coalfield.

My understanding also.

[Southtowner]

In the same building under the same principal?

[Booger]

not thinkin so......if so then Booger nose sum law breakers

Booger just sayin 

[Southtowner]

 

                           Eighth Grade Participation

 

Section 8. An eighth grade student is eligible to participate for a member school if he/she is enrolled at the school. Students below the eighth grade are not eligible to practice or participate for a member school. Any student repeating the eighth grade shall not be eligible for high school participation during the year that the student is repeating the eighth grade. Participation as an eighth grader shall not reduce the number of semesters a student is allowed to participate after enrolling in the ninth grade. 

 

 

 

[FBfan26]

2 hours ago, orngnblk said:

I have always heard under the same roof but on the same campus may go as well.

Yea that's what I meant