I just hope any team that is fortunate to pull up a 7/8/9 grader to varsity, that the player is celebrated regardless if a Contributor or a Producer. There will always be nah sayers, but in the end I am sure the boy or girl can play and will learn a ton whether they make mistakes just like the Jr's and Sr's or not.
Can speak to this as a couple of 8th graders were pulled up in big district in Suffolk county. Girls were not major contributors, saw no growth between their 8th and 9th grade years and in fact went from good amount of playing time in 8th to little time in 9th. Girls should never had been brought up, huge mistake and bad coaching decision! Could not compete on the skill level or physically with girls ahead of them. Unless they are a phenom, leave them down.
