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The Junior Varsity was an American alternative rock band from Springfield, Illinois.

Formed in 2002 by current guitarist Andy Wildrick, the band succeeded another local band called Winner Takes All; several songs written during that time were later recorded as Junior Varsity songs. The Junior Varsity self-released a six-song EP in 2002, with Noah Wenger taking lead vocals. A series of changes since has led to the band's line-up of Asa Dawson on bass guitar and vocals, Andy Wildrick on lead guitar, Sergio Coronado on rhythm guitar, Chris Birch on drums, and Nick Dodson on keyboards. Their first full-length, The Great Compromise, was released on British Records in 2004 while the band's members were still in college, and was warmly received by critics. The next year, the band recorded a cover of the song "Raining in Baltimore" for a Counting Crows tribute album, Dead and Dreaming, which was populated by a number of then-up-and-coming independent bands.

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