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Beside those six, two Cantabs hit for 10 points (Neil Phillips and Fred Schernecker), freshman Kevin Collins, a former JV player recently moved up to the varsity, was scoreless in his first varsity action, and David Lang netted five points...
...JV athletes are an interesting breed. They're willng to toil in obscurity while their varsity brethren grab headlines and glory. This team is no different. It plays for no publicity at all. "When the season started, I told these guys `We're not playing for the Boston Herald,''' coach Steve Bzomowski said...
Still, there are no illusions about the importance of the JV's won-loss record (which currently stands at 4-6). Because freshmen can now compete at the varsity level (they couldn't in the early '70s), the JV is no longer a one-year apprenticeship for incoming star recruits...
...Since freshmen have become eligible, JV teams have become the poor cousins of the varsity," Bzomowsky said a little wistfully...
...some people, "JV" may not be all that impressive. To these guys, though, it's their team...