Parents and student-athletes can get a head start on "core course" requirements. While core courses "officially" start the freshman year of high school, if the student takes high school classes such as Algebra I or Spanish I in the eight grade, that may count toward the 16 core course high school requirement.
These junior high courses must appear on your high school's list of core courses and it must show on the official high school transcript with the grade and credit.
....get a head start in junior high so the student-athlete can focus on recruiting in the senior year of high school.