Welcome!
We are excited to have you trying out for Basketball Cheer or Wrestling Cheer!
Varsity will have 6 positions available and Junior Varsity will have 6 positions available.
Advice we can give you is to be loud, be confident, smile and try your best! I know you all will try your hardest and do your best!
Read through all the information below so you know what to do, what to expect and what will be required of you during the season.
Make sure to pick up your questionairre from the outside of Room 31 before Tryout practice
If at anytime during this process you have questions
Email Basketball Cheer Coach Hailey Hartman at hhartman@slcsd.org
Go to Room 31 or email Wrestling Cheer Coach Whitney Davis at wdavis@slcsd.org
Tryout Practice
This will take place in the Aux Gym on Tuesday 10/27/26 from 3:30-5:30 p.m.
You will need:
Athletic wear: Black pants, white top (no crop top)
Tennis Shoes
Water Bottle
What to expect?
When you arrive, we will take you through
Stretches
Teach how to do a toe touch
Teach the Chant
Teach the Cheer
Practice Time
Sign up for Tryout Slot
Tryouts
This will take place in AUX Gym Tuesday 10/27/26 starting at 6 p.m.
What you will need
Black pants and white top and athletic shoes
No jewelry should be worn during the tryouts - This is a national cheer rule that jewelry isn't allowed this includes all piercings
No crop tops during tryouts
Cheerleaders should try to look like the All American Girl or Boy - so no heavy make up etc
Hair must be in regulation - pulled up with no wisps around your face - These are national cheer rules
Finger nails must be trimmed and cannot be seen over the back of the finger
What to expect
Coach will escort you from the hall into the gym. You will turn in your questionnaire as you come into the gym.
You will space yourselves out
You will then introduce yourselves and tell us your grade
We will start with the toe touch. You will step forward and do your toe touch one at a time. Coach Davis will signal when the judges are ready for each of you to do so.
Coach will then signal for you to do your chant. You will do this twice through. After you do your chant pause and wait
Coach will signal for you to do your cheer. You will do this twice through. After you are done pause and wait.
Coach will ask the judges if they want to see anything again.
Then we will Thank You and you exit the gym.
When you are done trying out, please stay if we need to have any call backs.
Results will not be posted until later in the evening. They will not be posted right when tryouts are done.
Uniform Information
The school will issue: Shell, Unifit, Skirt, Warm Up Jacket, Warm Up Pants, Backpack
You will be responsible for: