Need some help - Here's what I don't get - If the kid is 16 in the spring of 8th grade that means they will be 17 as a Freshman, 18 as a soph, and 19 as a Jr and ineligible to participate as a senior b/c age rules. Why would anyone want to do that? I believe the MIAA/WCAC/IAC and public school rules state “A student who has attained his/her 19th birthday before August 31 of a given academic year is not eligible to participate.” How do they get around this?