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Board allows sixth-grade boys to join junior-high baseball roster for 2025–26 with conditions
Summary
The board approved allowing sixth-grade boys to participate on the junior high baseball program this year because of low numbers on the seventh- and eighth-grade roster, with stipulations that they not replace older players and that the arrangement be reassessed next year.
The Effingham Unit 40 School Board voted to allow sixth-grade boys to participate in the junior-high baseball program for the 2025–26 school year because the district reported low seventh- and eighth-grade numbers. District athletics staff and board members discussed concerns about sixth graders playing ahead of older players and the impact on program development. A district representative said he would…
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