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Other schools do this.... there is one 7th grader and several 8th graders on another local varsity squad! Pikeville cheers their junior high squad during varsity games because they are good enough to be competitive with high school squads. Why does anyone have a problem with this? As far as I know, at Pikeville, if you have the talent to run with the big dogs, they let you.... no matter what age you are!

I agree.
I stated this in another thread too.
As far as I know, this has NOTHING TO DO WITH HOUSING! (but that is an amusing tact to take... and one that I am certain many other schools would appreciate if true!)
I also know Pikeville has a wonderful program and it's working for them!

You're right, there is another school in the 15th, who cheers 7th & 8th graders on their Varsity with older girls (10th-12th graders)
(this is also a good topic for another thread....)
These 7th and 8th graders should be cheering with their fellow classmates on that MS squad... and building for the future... where they could be working to have another squad within that school, who could cheer girls varsity and relieve the burden.