Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 06:19     Subject: St James Academy
Anonymous wrote:NYC is not "locally".



People move. A lot.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 06:02     Subject: St James Academy
NYC is not "locally".

Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 04:06     Subject: St James Academy
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Anonymous wrote:I've never heard of a 16 year old senior, that's very odd to me. Kids turn 17 as juniors.

Regardless, its within the VHSL rules to reclass up until the age cutoff so anyone can choose to do it, if they want to.


I turned 17 in October my senior year.

I turned 17 November 17th of my senior year and still played D1 football.

I can understand if a kid has a Nov, Dec, October birthday making them 17 their senior year reclassing for sports, but I think it’s f’d up that kids beyond that have to just to compete. However, we’ve gotten to that point.


Whatever circumstances put you at turning 17, instead of 18, your senior year are a thing of the past. The vast majority of kids turn 18 sometime between the summer before and the summer after their senior year, making someone who turns 19 during that time period a year older, but very rarely two years older. Don’t mistake your very rare situation as the norm; it’s the exception.


It’s so easy to tell you lead a privileged life…

There are plenty of kids in this exact situation, just not in wealthy districts/private schools. An extra year of preschool isn’t something everyone can easily afford. Many lower income families are eager to get their kids as soon as possible.


Locally, the cutoff is Sept 30. So no matter how desperately poor, almost everyone who starts school on time is going to be 17 as seniors.


NYC public schools have 12/31 cutoff.

So a kid who starts school in NYC on time with a 12/31 birthday that decides to play football and never reclasses to gain an athletic advantage will be playing against your 19 year olds

Yeah that kid will be 16, playing against 19 year old men.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2026 20:11     Subject: St James Academy
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Anonymous wrote:I've never heard of a 16 year old senior, that's very odd to me. Kids turn 17 as juniors.

Regardless, its within the VHSL rules to reclass up until the age cutoff so anyone can choose to do it, if they want to.


I turned 17 in October my senior year.

I turned 17 November 17th of my senior year and still played D1 football.

I can understand if a kid has a Nov, Dec, October birthday making them 17 their senior year reclassing for sports, but I think it’s f’d up that kids beyond that have to just to compete. However, we’ve gotten to that point.


Whatever circumstances put you at turning 17, instead of 18, your senior year are a thing of the past. The vast majority of kids turn 18 sometime between the summer before and the summer after their senior year, making someone who turns 19 during that time period a year older, but very rarely two years older. Don’t mistake your very rare situation as the norm; it’s the exception.


It’s so easy to tell you lead a privileged life…

There are plenty of kids in this exact situation, just not in wealthy districts/private schools. An extra year of preschool isn’t something everyone can easily afford. Many lower income families are eager to get their kids as soon as possible.


Locally, the cutoff is Sept 30. So no matter how desperately poor, almost everyone who starts school on time is going to be 17 as seniors.


NYC public schools have 12/31 cutoff.

So a kid who starts school in NYC on time with a 12/31 birthday that decides to play football and never reclasses to gain an athletic advantage will be playing against your 19 year olds
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2026 15:48     Subject: St James Academy
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Anonymous wrote:I've never heard of a 16 year old senior, that's very odd to me. Kids turn 17 as juniors.

Regardless, its within the VHSL rules to reclass up until the age cutoff so anyone can choose to do it, if they want to.


I turned 17 in October my senior year.

I turned 17 November 17th of my senior year and still played D1 football.

I can understand if a kid has a Nov, Dec, October birthday making them 17 their senior year reclassing for sports, but I think it’s f’d up that kids beyond that have to just to compete. However, we’ve gotten to that point.


Whatever circumstances put you at turning 17, instead of 18, your senior year are a thing of the past. The vast majority of kids turn 18 sometime between the summer before and the summer after their senior year, making someone who turns 19 during that time period a year older, but very rarely two years older. Don’t mistake your very rare situation as the norm; it’s the exception.


It’s so easy to tell you lead a privileged life…

There are plenty of kids in this exact situation, just not in wealthy districts/private schools. An extra year of preschool isn’t something everyone can easily afford. Many lower income families are eager to get their kids as soon as possible.


Locally, the cutoff is Sept 30. So no matter how desperately poor, almost everyone who starts school on time is going to be 17 as seniors.


NYC public schools have 12/31 cutoff.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2026 15:13     Subject: St James Academy
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Anonymous wrote:I've never heard of a 16 year old senior, that's very odd to me. Kids turn 17 as juniors.

Regardless, its within the VHSL rules to reclass up until the age cutoff so anyone can choose to do it, if they want to.


I turned 17 in October my senior year.

I turned 17 November 17th of my senior year and still played D1 football.

I can understand if a kid has a Nov, Dec, October birthday making them 17 their senior year reclassing for sports, but I think it’s f’d up that kids beyond that have to just to compete. However, we’ve gotten to that point.


Whatever circumstances put you at turning 17, instead of 18, your senior year are a thing of the past. The vast majority of kids turn 18 sometime between the summer before and the summer after their senior year, making someone who turns 19 during that time period a year older, but very rarely two years older. Don’t mistake your very rare situation as the norm; it’s the exception.


It’s so easy to tell you lead a privileged life…

There are plenty of kids in this exact situation, just not in wealthy districts/private schools. An extra year of preschool isn’t something everyone can easily afford. Many lower income families are eager to get their kids as soon as possible.


Locally, the cutoff is Sept 30. So no matter how desperately poor, almost everyone who starts school on time is going to be 17 as seniors.


But not EVERYONE. And some states run calendar year.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2026 14:17     Subject: St James Academy
Or 18, obviously.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2026 14:16     Subject: St James Academy
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Anonymous wrote:I've never heard of a 16 year old senior, that's very odd to me. Kids turn 17 as juniors.

Regardless, its within the VHSL rules to reclass up until the age cutoff so anyone can choose to do it, if they want to.


I turned 17 in October my senior year.

I turned 17 November 17th of my senior year and still played D1 football.

I can understand if a kid has a Nov, Dec, October birthday making them 17 their senior year reclassing for sports, but I think it’s f’d up that kids beyond that have to just to compete. However, we’ve gotten to that point.


Whatever circumstances put you at turning 17, instead of 18, your senior year are a thing of the past. The vast majority of kids turn 18 sometime between the summer before and the summer after their senior year, making someone who turns 19 during that time period a year older, but very rarely two years older. Don’t mistake your very rare situation as the norm; it’s the exception.


It’s so easy to tell you lead a privileged life…

There are plenty of kids in this exact situation, just not in wealthy districts/private schools. An extra year of preschool isn’t something everyone can easily afford. Many lower income families are eager to get their kids as soon as possible.


Locally, the cutoff is Sept 30. So no matter how desperately poor, almost everyone who starts school on time is going to be 17 as seniors.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2026 14:14     Subject: St James Academy
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Anonymous wrote:I've never heard of a 16 year old senior, that's very odd to me. Kids turn 17 as juniors.

Regardless, its within the VHSL rules to reclass up until the age cutoff so anyone can choose to do it, if they want to.


I turned 17 in October my senior year.

I turned 17 November 17th of my senior year and still played D1 football.

I can understand if a kid has a Nov, Dec, October birthday making them 17 their senior year reclassing for sports, but I think it’s f’d up that kids beyond that have to just to compete. However, we’ve gotten to that point.


Whatever circumstances put you at turning 17, instead of 18, your senior year are a thing of the past. The vast majority of kids turn 18 sometime between the summer before and the summer after their senior year, making someone who turns 19 during that time period a year older, but very rarely two years older. Don’t mistake your very rare situation as the norm; it’s the exception.


It’s so easy to tell you lead a privileged life…

There are plenty of kids in this exact situation, just not in wealthy districts/private schools. An extra year of preschool isn’t something everyone can easily afford. Many lower income families are eager to get their kids as soon as possible.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2026 12:49     Subject: St James Academy
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Anonymous wrote:I've never heard of a 16 year old senior, that's very odd to me. Kids turn 17 as juniors.

Regardless, its within the VHSL rules to reclass up until the age cutoff so anyone can choose to do it, if they want to.


Within the VHSL rules, yes, but makes no sense to reclass while in a public high school. You can only play sports for 4 years (8 consecutive semesters) regardless how many academic years you spend in school.

Reclassing only makes sense in elementary/middle and/or after the senior year combined with transferring to a private school.

Even if a kid plays their freshman year at a VHSL school, reclasses and transfers to a private school, replays freshman year, then transfers back to a VHSL school, they can only then play their sophomore and junior years because their 8 consecutive semester clock started their true freshman year.


Back in the early 2000s Amobi Okoye made headlines as a 16 year old freshman DT at the University of Louisville because when his family moved here from Nigeria, he tested into 9th grade as a 12 year old. He played 4 years and ended up a 1st round pick in 2007 while still just 19 years old. One of the craziest stories I can remember.

A more recent story was Austin Simmons who graduated HS as a sophomore in 2023 in order to play college sports at Ole Miss although I believe he was old for his grade at the time. He is now at Missouri.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 14:17     Subject: St James Academy
Anonymous wrote:I've never heard of a 16 year old senior, that's very odd to me. Kids turn 17 as juniors.

Regardless, its within the VHSL rules to reclass up until the age cutoff so anyone can choose to do it, if they want to.


Within the VHSL rules, yes, but makes no sense to reclass while in a public high school. You can only play sports for 4 years (8 consecutive semesters) regardless how many academic years you spend in school.

Reclassing only makes sense in elementary/middle and/or after the senior year combined with transferring to a private school.

Even if a kid plays their freshman year at a VHSL school, reclasses and transfers to a private school, replays freshman year, then transfers back to a VHSL school, they can only then play their sophomore and junior years because their 8 consecutive semester clock started their true freshman year.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 11:25     Subject: St James Academy
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Anonymous wrote:I've never heard of a 16 year old senior, that's very odd to me. Kids turn 17 as juniors.

Regardless, its within the VHSL rules to reclass up until the age cutoff so anyone can choose to do it, if they want to.


I turned 17 in October my senior year.

I turned 17 November 17th of my senior year and still played D1 football.

I can understand if a kid has a Nov, Dec, October birthday making them 17 their senior year reclassing for sports, but I think it’s f’d up that kids beyond that have to just to compete. However, we’ve gotten to that point.


Whatever circumstances put you at turning 17, instead of 18, your senior year are a thing of the past. The vast majority of kids turn 18 sometime between the summer before and the summer after their senior year, making someone who turns 19 during that time period a year older, but very rarely two years older. Don’t mistake your very rare situation as the norm; it’s the exception.


"Don’t mistake your very rare situation as the norm; it’s the exception" can be said about 99% of the posts/opinions on this thread.


Sort of...but PP is empirically correct. 90% of all HS Seniors turn 18 between August before senior year and June of senior year.

There is one poster that is very caught up in trying to claim a 19 year old double-reclassed, when in fact that's just not empirically the case whatsoever.

I also turned 17 in late Fall of my senior year, and even back in the 1980s I was a complete outlier. Easily, the youngest kid in my grade that year.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 09:35     Subject: St James Academy
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Anonymous wrote:I've never heard of a 16 year old senior, that's very odd to me. Kids turn 17 as juniors.

Regardless, its within the VHSL rules to reclass up until the age cutoff so anyone can choose to do it, if they want to.


I turned 17 in October my senior year.

I turned 17 November 17th of my senior year and still played D1 football.

I can understand if a kid has a Nov, Dec, October birthday making them 17 their senior year reclassing for sports, but I think it’s f’d up that kids beyond that have to just to compete. However, we’ve gotten to that point.


Whatever circumstances put you at turning 17, instead of 18, your senior year are a thing of the past. The vast majority of kids turn 18 sometime between the summer before and the summer after their senior year, making someone who turns 19 during that time period a year older, but very rarely two years older. Don’t mistake your very rare situation as the norm; it’s the exception.


"Don’t mistake your very rare situation as the norm; it’s the exception" can be said about 99% of the posts/opinions on this thread.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 08:23     Subject: St James Academy
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I've never heard of a 16 year old senior, that's very odd to me. Kids turn 17 as juniors.

Regardless, its within the VHSL rules to reclass up until the age cutoff so anyone can choose to do it, if they want to.


I turned 17 in October my senior year.

I turned 17 November 17th of my senior year and still played D1 football.

I can understand if a kid has a Nov, Dec, October birthday making them 17 their senior year reclassing for sports, but I think it’s f’d up that kids beyond that have to just to compete. However, we’ve gotten to that point.


Whatever circumstances put you at turning 17, instead of 18, your senior year are a thing of the past. The vast majority of kids turn 18 sometime between the summer before and the summer after their senior year, making someone who turns 19 during that time period a year older, but very rarely two years older. Don’t mistake your very rare situation as the norm; it’s the exception.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 04:37     Subject: St James Academy
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I've never heard of a 16 year old senior, that's very odd to me. Kids turn 17 as juniors.

Regardless, its within the VHSL rules to reclass up until the age cutoff so anyone can choose to do it, if they want to.


I turned 17 in October my senior year.

I turned 17 November 17th of my senior year and still played D1 football.

I can understand if a kid has a Nov, Dec, October birthday making them 17 their senior year reclassing for sports, but I think it’s f’d up that kids beyond that have to just to compete. However, we’ve gotten to that point.