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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So much of this is dependent on your school...I  can only share my experiences that probably not worth much but here goes...

Growing up, I was at a HS that was really small - only about 100 kids per graduating class.  No, it wasn't private.  It was just one of those silly Pennsylvania things were there are a ton of schools because of the whacked system there.  And, we bordered the city of Pittsburgh and were surrounded by much larger districts.

Anybody and everybody could participate in pretty much whatever sport they wanted because there just weren't enough kids.  I joined the swim team my junior and senior years and lettered and was the team captain my senior year.

Now here in Central VA, [b]my kids HS class is around 500 kids[/b] and it's not so easy to make a team.  Even if you make the team, you may not see much playing time.  My son played club soccer and played a ton at the club, but barely got on the field at his HS team.  Some of it was coach politics, but it's not easy regardless.

Good luck![/quote]

That's much smaller than most of the local public high schools so actually much easier to make a team at your kid's school.[/quote]

STFU Jan.  500 kids per grade is big anywhere.  But please do tell us how your snowflake would have made the team if he was ONLY competing against 249 kids rather than 299 kids…[/quote]

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