APS:no cut high school sports

[Anonymous]

Which sports are no cut or not overly competitive to join? I have a rising 9th grader who would like to participate in some type of HS sport but more for fun and social reasons. She is a reasonable tennis player and swimmer but definitely not varsity level. Are there intramural teams for tennis or swimming? If not, how competitive are the JV teams? She will be at Yorktown if that makes a difference. I understand cross country/track is no cut but she isn't really interested in either of those. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

How about crew? It’s a serious sport with a big time commitment, but I don’t believe there are cuts. Or ultimate frisbee. I’d look into both sports.

[Anonymous]

Swim is generally no cut but if you're at Yorktown it's pretty competitive. There is no JV or intermural team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How about crew? It’s a serious sport with a big time commitment, but I don’t believe there are cuts. Or ultimate frisbee. I’d look into both sports.

Crew does cut depending on how many students participate in winter training. But all can do the training.

[Anonymous]

Track

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Ultimate frisbee

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Ultimate

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Anonymous wrote:Which sports are no cut or not overly competitive to join? I have a rising 9th grader who would like to participate in some type of HS sport but more for fun and social reasons. She is a reasonable tennis player and swimmer but definitely not varsity level. Are there intramural teams for tennis or swimming? If not, how competitive are the JV teams? She will be at Yorktown if that makes a difference. I understand cross country/track is no cut but she isn't really interested in either of those. Thanks.

It definitely makes a difference. Yorktown is far more competitive than W-L (don't know about Wakefield). For example, crew is a cut sport at YHS and not at W-L.

[Anonymous]

Which girls sports play in the fall?

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Anonymous wrote:Which girls sports play in the fall?

Ultimate Frisbee might be year round, or there are at least fall activities. Golf is another fall sport that is generally no cut.

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Anonymous wrote:Which sports are no cut or not overly competitive to join? I have a rising 9th grader who would like to participate in some type of HS sport but more for fun and social reasons. She is a reasonable tennis player and swimmer but definitely not varsity level. Are there intramural teams for tennis or swimming? If not, how competitive are the JV teams? She will be at Yorktown if that makes a difference. I understand cross country/track is no cut but she isn't really interested in either of those. Thanks.

It definitely makes a difference. Yorktown is far more competitive than W-L (don't know about Wakefield). For example, crew is a cut sport at YHS and not at W-L.

What do you mean by competitive? If you mean less students trying out and fewer or no cuts, then yes, it may be easier to make a team at W-L and Wakefield. However I'd say Yorktown and W-L's girls teams are just about on par competetively. W-L's girl's Varsity 8 crew team placed second at Nationals and won States two years ago, for example. The varsity boats from both schools are on par competitively. Other sports are similarly competitive. While Wakefield is in a weaker athletic conference, and does not often play W-L and Yorktown, the Wakefield gymnastics team won their district competition two years ago. So I'd say there are strong girls' teams at all three high schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Which sports are no cut or not overly competitive to join? I have a rising 9th grader who would like to participate in some type of HS sport but more for fun and social reasons. She is a reasonable tennis player and swimmer but definitely not varsity level. Are there intramural teams for tennis or swimming? If not, how competitive are the JV teams? She will be at Yorktown if that makes a difference. I understand cross country/track is no cut but she isn't really interested in either of those. Thanks.

It definitely makes a difference. Yorktown is far more competitive than W-L (don't know about Wakefield). For example, crew is a cut sport at YHS and not at W-L.

What do you mean by competitive? If you mean less students trying out and fewer or no cuts, then yes, it may be easier to make a team at W-L and Wakefield. However I'd say Yorktown and W-L's girls teams are just about on par competetively. W-L's girl's Varsity 8 crew team placed second at Nationals and won States two years ago, for example. The varsity boats from both schools are on par competitively. Other sports are similarly competitive. While Wakefield is in a weaker athletic conference, and does not often play W-L and Yorktown, the Wakefield gymnastics team won their district competition two years ago. So I'd say there are strong girls' teams at all three high schools.

And W-L wom this year. Yorktown will never win.

[Anonymous]

Swim, track (indoor and outdoor) & cross country are no cut

[Anonymous]

You might also consider field hockey - I know WL used to do mini camps in the summer to expose new kids to the sport since there aren’t many opportunities around here for field hockey. I think most of the kids learn around 8th or 9th grade so still time to learn. I think they even have freshman and JV teams as well as varsity. Two of our neighbors gave it a go as rising 9th graders and one of them has really excelled.

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Anonymous wrote:Which sports are no cut or not overly competitive to join? I have a rising 9th grader who would like to participate in some type of HS sport but more for fun and social reasons. She is a reasonable tennis player and swimmer but definitely not varsity level. Are there intramural teams for tennis or swimming? If not, how competitive are the JV teams? She will be at Yorktown if that makes a difference. I understand cross country/track is no cut but she isn't really interested in either of those. Thanks.

It definitely makes a difference. Yorktown is far more competitive than W-L (don't know about Wakefield). For example, crew is a cut sport at YHS and not at W-L.

What do you mean by competitive? If you mean less students trying out and fewer or no cuts, then yes, it may be easier to make a team at W-L and Wakefield. However I'd say Yorktown and W-L's girls teams are just about on par competetively. W-L's girl's Varsity 8 crew team placed second at Nationals and won States two years ago, for example. The varsity boats from both schools are on par competitively. Other sports are similarly competitive. While Wakefield is in a weaker athletic conference, and does not often play W-L and Yorktown, the Wakefield gymnastics team won their district competition two years ago. So I'd say there are strong girls' teams at all three high schools.

I meant the first part -- YHS is more competitive for the student trying out for the team. I think it's because YHS is more cliquey.