Middle School Team Qualification Details
Players trying out MUST attend 2 of the 3 tryouts in order to be eligible for consideration unless special exception is granted by the AYBL Board for circumstances such as injury, family emergency, or other special circumstances. Attending all 3 is encouraged, but not required.
As of the 2016-2017 season, there are some minor changes to the structure of the travel league. The affiliation with the middle schools remains unchanged, however the structure and how rosters are defined has been slightly altered. Please note that LCPS does not govern the middle school teams like they do with those that represent the high school.
To help drive higher level of play, PRCS is moving toward a Varsity, JV and 6th grade only model – similar to that of our area high school sports programs where the 6th grade team is similar to that of the freshman teams.
The intent is that the Varsity level team is the top players from each school competing against the top players from other area schools. The JV group would be similar in the face that it would be the remaining top players from that school and 6th grade is truly only a 6th grade team.
No player is eligible to play down a grade – meaning for an 8th grader they are NOT permitted to play JV, nor is a 7th grader permitted to play down to 6th grade.
Given the structure for the coming season, we have structured the tryouts to help foster the Varsity and JV style of the league.
The tryout schedule has been emailed to those players invited to tryout. These players qualified in the top 1/3 of the grade based on the data collected at evaluations. Any changes will be emailed out via our registration system.
Players trying out MUST attend 2 of the 3 tryouts in order to be eligible for consideration – attending all 3 is encouraged, but not required.