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cornfused wrote:(quoted from "NAC Discussion", post by DH TTHS: Walnut Hills is going to NAQT nationals(at least I am pretty sure that they are going), and one of their best players is in 8th grade.)

Can 8th-graders play at NAQT HSNCT?

NAQT High School Eligibility Rules wrote: ...
B. 1. Tournaments run according to these Eligibility Rules are open to students in grades K through 12 at all primary and secondary educational institutions. This includes senior high schools, junior high schools, elementary schools, public schools, private schools, religious schools, magnet schools, charter schools, and military academies.
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C. 2.A player establishes a student affiliation at an institution for a given competition year by enrolling in an academic term (typically the entire school year) the majority of whose days fall within that competition year.
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4. A squad consists of all players permitted to play on teams representing an eligible institution.
a. To be eligible to represent an institution, a player must have an affiliation at an eligible institution.
b. An eligible institution is any accredited primary, secondary school, or home school collective that has registered with NAQT. The squads of such institutions are high school squads (even if the school itself is not conventionally described as a high school).
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6. A player may appear for only one high school squad in a given competition year. If a player has or will be eligible to compete on more than one high school squad in a given competition year, the player must choose the squad for which s/he will compete.
7. If a player does not attend a secondary school, s/he may make a request to NAQT to be granted an affiliation with the squad of a secondary school that is reasonably nearby. Such a player would still need to choose between competing for his/her original school and the selected secondary school.