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Unless this student failed his 8th. Grade year, according to the KHSAA bylaws, he will not be eligible if he actually got held back in 8th. Grade.

Bylaw 4. Enrollment
Sec. 1) Maximum Number of Semesters
a) A student promoted from grade eight (8) to grade nine (9)
shall have four (4) consecutive calendar years of eligibility from
the date of first promotion by the school provided the student
is eligible according to this and all other Association bylaws.
The eligibility shall conclude with the completion of the spring
sports season following the fourth year. No additional eligibility
may be granted in a case where the grant would allow a student
to compete in all or part of the fifth competitive season in a
single sport following the initial promotion by the school from
grade eight (8).


Do parents have options relative to holding students back
in grade eight?
Kentucky Department of Education regulations place the
responsibility for promotion or retention of a student on school
personnel and not parents. Once “promoted” from the eighth
grade, a student’s four consecutive calendar years (8 semesters)
of athletic eligibility begins.
A student repeating the eighth grade may not represent a high
school team at any level. In addition, if parents make the choice
to retain a student in the eighth grade after the student has
been promoted by school personnel, then that student will lose
his or her senior year of eligibility.