Just an FYI, in the Smithtown School District the AD has a strict, very strict rule. No athlete can be moved up one level as an 8th grader. You can only go up 2 levels and you have to play 75% of the game. In my humble opinion......ridiculous rule needs to be changed and updated. If a coach and parent agree that the 8th graders talent is good enough for JV or Varsity so be it. It is done all over the island and state. This would help build the program and athletes to feed the system.So you will not see any Team Smithtown, Turtles 91 or Express, True B, Gladiators, Jesters or whatever be moved up to JV and rarely to Varsity(exception:James Pannell -UVA)