questions about EC: is a HS track team considered a league sports?

Parents Forum
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<p>My son is filling out a form for some scholarship. There is a box that he needs to put a check mark or not. “participation in a league sports”…</p>

<p>He is an active member of the school track team and they compete among regional schools and further. There are regular competition meets.</p>

<p>Is this considered a league sports?</p>

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<p>I would say yes. I gather they are trying, for some reason, to distinguish this from more individualized sports that are non-league … fencing comes to mind, but there are more.</p>

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<p>There are leagues for both public and private high schools, and track is definitely a league sport. They are probably using the word as a synonym for “competitive”.</p>

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<p>Yes, as opposed to an intramural sport.</p>

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<p>It’s interesting to read the responses. Here we distinguish between high school sports and league sports. My son has been part of two teams in the same sport. One is a league team and the other the school team.</p>

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<p>Our community also differentiates between leagues (citywide like CYO, or club affiliations), and school varsity programs (sanctioned by the state athletic association for schools).</p>

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<p>public school sports are usually governed by a “high school league” an example: in Virginia it is the VHSL (Virginia High School League) however there are also recreational leagues… through the Parks & Dec Dept. Is the scholarship for a scholar/athlete?</p>

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<p>2blue, and Fauve, when your high school plays for the championship, is it not the league championship? We have a set of high schools that we compete against each year-- that’s the league. There are also non-league games against other high schools outside our area that don’t count in the standings.</p>

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<p>No, the high school competes for a state championship against other schools of the same size.</p>

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<p>For the purposes of this application (the OP) I believe they are basically asking if the kid is on some kind of athletic TEAM. This is as opposed to “I play tennis with my sister on the weekends”. (sorry- this is my lawyerly interpretation of a vague question)</p>