Court. Shoes. Hoop. Ball. What do these all have in common? The basketball season.

For everyone trying out for the winter season, tryouts start December 1st and are three days, cuts being on the third day. Times are to be determined. For anyone that didn’t come to the October 30th basketball meeting, the Google Classroom code is lnt6sqvy to join the 2025-2026 Doherty Girls Basketball Tryout Information Google Classroom.

The coach will be Mr. Whalen, and you can contact him with any further questions. As always you will need a physical and athletic permission form signed by the nurse and your guardians with any other additional paperwork. Once you have the signatures, take a trip up to C514 to turn in your paperwork to Mr. Whalen.

Now, after cutting to the chase, this is what you need to expect. Bring court shoes, a hair-tie, and wear basketball shorts and a t-shirt. Definitely bring water and possibly a snack to eat before tryouts. Mr. Whalen informs everyone that he is amping up the basketball season a little this year, so bring all that you got. Key thing: don’t touch a basketball for the first time at tryouts. Practice before tryouts. Tryouts will include fundamentals and lots of scrimmaging.

Teams will be decided on the third day and will roughly have twelve girls on both the junior varsity and varsity teams.

With all of this information in mind, you can prepare yourself with around a month left before basketball season starts. Try your best, show up with a good attitude, and put in 100% and more!