: Trojan News
Wesco Jr football has voted to change from a grade based format to an age based one. The divisions will be as follows with age cut-off of July 31st.
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0-7 = Pee Wee
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8-9 = 89ers
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10-11 = Juniors
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12-14 = Seniors (No High school Freshmen)
WJFL Division of Play
In the WJFL teams are formed by Age like other sports.This eliminates the scenario of younger heavier players being forced to play with much older and more physically and mentally mature players. For Example, 6 & 7 year olds have their own teams and are not forced to play with 9 year olds. In fact, The Mayo clinic did an analysis of body weight & injuries of youth football players and found that lighter players were not at any greater risk for injury; as a matter of fact heavier players had a slightly but not significantly higher incidence of injury.
