junior varsity

About junior varsity

james and violet talk about life, hockey and long-distance friendship

Publisher

junior varsity

Category

sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Mar 2021

Latest episode

26 May 2021

Latest episodes

7 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 May 2021

   guess who's back (back again)

   we're back, baby! james (he/they) and violet (she/her) bringing you a (late) bracket, but it's fine- you can let us know how wrong we are at: twitter: @playjrvarsity (//twitter.com/playjrvarsity) insta: @playjrvarsity (//instagram.com/playjrvarsity) link to john tavares's foundation: https://johntavaresfoundation.org/ (https://johntavaresfoundation.org/ ) articles referenced: espn (https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/31444896/nhl-experts-make-bold-2021-playoff-predictions-x-factors-best-series-more) | nbc (https://nhl.nbcsports.com/2021/05/15/phts-2021-nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs-predictions/) | bleacher report (https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2942989-2021-nhl-playoffs-br-staff-1st-round-predictions) add your song of the week to our playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7LCuQQBjsNagNuLbzvaR53?si=53sws6VsT7-Z8D3DCrrJ3g ( https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7LCuQQBjsNagNuLbzvaR53?si=53sws6VsT7-Z8D3DCrrJ3g) music by ketsa: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/abundance/dream-stroll (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/abundance/dream-stroll)

2. 

   23 Apr 2021

   let's talk trade deadline

   james (he/they) talks about one of their favorite times of the season and violet (she/her) is also there. did you have favorite or most heartwrenching trade? let us know! twitter: @playjrvarsity (//twitter.com/playjrvarsity) insta: @playjrvarsity (//instagram.com/playjrvarsity) add your song of the week to our playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7LCuQQBjsNagNuLbzvaR53?si=53sws6VsT7-Z8D3DCrrJ3g ( https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7LCuQQBjsNagNuLbzvaR53?si=53sws6VsT7-Z8D3DCrrJ3g ) music by ketsa: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/abundance/dream-stroll ( https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/abundance/dream-stroll)

3. 

   8 Apr 2021

   weed whackers & waivers

   this episode is really about violet's (she/her) neighbors and james's (he/they) pollen allergies, if we're being honest. also, we did actually make a bingo card for this! click here (https://twitter.com/playjrvarsity/status/1379962676806365188?s=20) to play along (your "audio issues" square is that james's whole audio file corrupted so it had to be re-edited lol) did you get bingo? let us know twitter: @playjrvarsity (https://twitter.com/playjrvarsity) insta: @playjrvarsity (https://www.instagram.com/playjrvarsity/) latest canucks update as of upload: https://www.nhl.com/canucks/news/canucks-medical-update/c-323372680 (https://www.nhl.com/canucks/news/canucks-medical-update/c-323372680) mcdavid elbow: https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/video/mcdavid-hits-kotkaniemi-high-elbow-centre-ice/ ( https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/video/mcdavid-hits-kotkaniemi-high-elbow-centre-ice/) ekblad injury: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81VKD7UMlKo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81VKD7UMlKo) add your song of the week to our playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7LCuQQBjsNagNuLbzvaR53?si=53sws6VsT7-Z8D3DCrrJ3g (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7LCuQQBjsNagNuLbzvaR53?si=53sws6VsT7-Z8D3DCrrJ3g) music by ketsa: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/abundance/dream-stroll (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/abundance/dream-stroll)

4. 

   30 Mar 2021

   james and violet's dni list, basically

   in which james (he/they) reads assorted social media posts, violet (she/her) makes the same joke twice and we both argue about which teams in the nhl deserves to die <3 which team would you say "heyy bestie" to? let us know twitter: @playjrvarsity (https://twitter.com/playjrvarsity) insta: @playjrvarsity (https://www.instagram.com/playjrvarsity/) make your tier list here: https://tiermaker.com/create/nhl-teams-907887 (https://tiermaker.com/create/nhl-teams-907887) add your song of the week to our playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7LCuQQBjsNagNuLbzvaR53?si=53sws6VsT7-Z8D3DCrrJ3g (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7LCuQQBjsNagNuLbzvaR53?si=53sws6VsT7-Z8D3DCrrJ3g) intro/outro music by ketsa: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/abundance/dream-stroll (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/abundance/dream-stroll)

5. 

   23 Mar 2021

   lose for hughes: tokyo drift

   after a week of conflicting library hours and developing stories, here's our reheated takes. in this episode, james (he/they) rants about coaching, violet (she/her) goes on a tangent about the social aspect of visors vs cages, and we talk about ideal draft outcomes #loseforhughes3 are you listening in boston? let us know twitter: @playjrvarsity insta: @playjrvarsity some of the articles about helmets that were interesting: https://tinyurl.com/4vj4bh7b (https://www.crossicehockey.com/hockey-helmets-made-safer/) https://tinyurl.com/y23yj8s4 (https://tinyurl.com/y23yj8s4) https://tinyurl.com/89xtcdst (https://tinyurl.com/89xtcdst) add your song of the week to our playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7LCuQQBjsNagNuLbzvaR53?si=53sws6VsT7-Z8D3DCrrJ3g (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7LCuQQBjsNagNuLbzvaR53?si=53sws6VsT7-Z8D3DCrrJ3g) intro/outro music by ketsa: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/abundance/dream-stroll (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/abundance/dream-stroll)

6. 

   15 Mar 2021

   player safety special

   yes we're having a special as a second episode, mind ya business. this week, james (he/they) and violet (she/her) have some Opinions about dangerous plays, the department of player safety and one year of being in a pandemic. let us know what you think! twitter: @playjrvarsity insta: @playjrvarsity hits from the past week or so that we talked about (in approximately chronological order) ovechkin spearing frederic: https://tinyurl.com/ovechkin-spearing (https://tinyurl.com/ovechkin-spearing) blichfeld hit on mackinnon: https://tinyurl.com/blichfeld-hit (https://tinyurl.com/blichfeld-hit) pesce's slewfoot on fabbri: https://tinyurl.com/pesce-slewfoot (https://tinyurl.com/pesce-slewfoot) wilson's hit on carlo: https://tinyurl.com/wilson-hit (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMlCHpPRAho) yamamoto slewfoot on andersson: https://tinyurl.com/yamamoto-slewfoot (https://tinyurl.com/yamamoto-slewfoot) marchand's cross check on smith: https://tinyurl.com/marchand-crosscheck (https://tinyurl.com/marchand-crosscheck) fabbro elbow mcginn: https://tinyurl.com/fabbro-elbow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_Ier7f45Yo) kotkaniemi boarding hamonic: https://tinyurl.com/kotkaniemi-boarding (https://tinyurl.com/kotkaniemi-boarding) add your song of the week to our playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7LCuQQBjsNagNuLbzvaR53?si=53sws6VsT7-Z8D3DCrrJ3g (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7LCuQQBjsNagNuLbzvaR53?si=53sws6VsT7-Z8D3DCrrJ3g) intro/outro music by ketsa: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/abundance/dream-stroll (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/abundance/dream-stroll)

7. 

   9 Mar 2021

   welcome to jr varsity

   welcome to junior varsity! on this introductory episode we give some lore and then jump right into the hockey. is mitch marner better than connor mcdavid? feel free to tell us why you think james is right or wrong twitter: @playjrvarsity instagram: @playjrvarsity add your song of the week to our playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7LCuQQBjsNagNuLbzvaR53?si=53sws6VsT7-Z8D3DCrrJ3g (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7LCuQQBjsNagNuLbzvaR53?si=53sws6VsT7-Z8D3DCrrJ3g) intro/outro music by ketsa: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/abundance/dream-stroll (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/abundance/dream-stroll)

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