Sports

Hopewell Junior basketball cheer tryouts set for Nov. 10, 12

By West Chester-Liberty Herald staff · October 12, 2026 · 1 min read

Seven cheerleaders in uniforms performing synchronized jumps on a gymnasium floor. — Cheerleaders perform synchronized jumps on a gymnasium floor. Hopewell Junior School is holding Thunderhawk basketball cheerleading tryouts Nov. 10 and Nov. 12 for grades 7–8 students. (Public domain) via Wikimedia Commons

Hopewell Junior School will hold Thunderhawk basketball cheerleading tryouts on Tuesday, Nov. 10, and Thursday, Nov. 12, in the school gymnasium.

Both sessions run from 3 to 5 p.m. The tryouts are open to students at the West Chester grades 7–8 school, part of the Lakota Local Schools district.

Students must complete a sign-up form posted on the school's website before tryouts.

The squad will cheer at home games only. The announcement estimates about two to three games per week.

Uniform ordering closes Wednesday, Nov. 18.

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