Why this sounds like coming from 10&11 wm parents complaining? SHAME! WM is better than this. Playing WM JV does guarantee making Var Team.
Stop complaining and talk to wm coaches if you have any issues.
You are right WM parents do complain a lot. Just watch tape of WM and Chaminade game or talk to parents from SW game. My guess is it is the upperclassman or parents upset that there kids are not seeing playing time.
Ward Melville has one 9th grader and two 10th graders who see meaningful playing time. No different from recent years, they have been bringing up 9th and 10th graders for many years at Melville. The Senior Class has the most players who see significant playing time with 6 or 7. Junior Class is right there with with 5 -7. They have a bunch of 9th and 10th graders on the Varsity but they do not see a lot of game time.
Ok quick math from your numbers show around a roster of 17? The rest must be 7th and 8th graders then. I think the poster was referring to the sideline upperclass players not seeing the field. According to your stats at most 14 upperclassman play. How big is the roster? Their point exactly.
Unfortunately your not the only district that does that to juniors and seniors. Kids are brought up early, could it be because of politicking (unfortunately that is most often the case), unless they are an impact player. In WM case seems that 3 underclassman are legit if they have impact in game. Otherwise, kids don't develop from watching games and practices from the sidelines and have seen these early risers fall flat.
Have heard this happen in many districts in state and out of state and it is unfortunate. Best advice, tell upperclassman to hang in there, play hard in practice and hopefully will fairly get their turn.
