[devil58]

It is unusual that several middle schoolers would be better than the high school girls but any given year you will have some who are and others who are close.
At the high school level it is about winning and developing talent. If an 8th grader gives you the best opportunity to win games you are going to play the 8th grader. The reality that "my little girl" is not very good or not as good as I think they are is a hard pill for many parents to swallow. In competitive games the best players play, period. For the ones who come to practice everyday you try to get them in during the non-competitive games. It isn't rec league where everybody gets to play. Coaches generally have no dogs in the fight so they will play the best players. If that is the middle schooler or high schooler they don't care because it is their job to put the best players on the floor. Cavemaster hit the nail on the head. Life is not fair and we are not all entitled just because we are in high school and come to practice everyday.