{"id":141335,"date":"2026-02-03T00:06:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T00:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/141335\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T00:06:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T00:06:24","slug":"new-hope-trojans-return-victorious-after-national-school-spirit-competition-in-orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/141335\/","title":{"rendered":"New Hope Trojans return victorious after National School Spirit competition in Orlando"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img-2594-1024x664.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-3182254 attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"New Hope Trojans\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>NEW HOPE, Miss. (WCBI) \u2013 The New Hope Trojans \u2014 Cheer, Band, and Dance teams \u2014 brought back trophies from a National School Spirit competition in Orlando, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Family, faculty, staff, and students welcomed the Trojans back home this morning.<\/p>\n<p>The Trojan Band won first place for Pep Band in the National School Band Championship for Division Two.<\/p>\n<p>This was the first competition of its kind.<\/p>\n<p>Cheer, band, and Dance competed together in the Spirit Program Game Day LIVE Division and won second place.<\/p>\n<p>Dance Express also competed in separate categories.<\/p>\n<p>The team placed seventh in the semi-finals for Hip-Hop and placed ninth overall for the U-D-A championships.<\/p>\n<p>Tune in tonight on WCBI News at 6 for more.<\/p>\n<p>For 24\/7 news and updates, follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/wcbitv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/wcbinews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X<\/a>.\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tCategories: <a class=\"article-taxonomy\" data-taxonomy-type=\"category\" data-mp-link-type=\"article taxonomies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/category\/featured\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Featured<\/a>, <a class=\"article-taxonomy\" data-taxonomy-type=\"category\" data-mp-link-type=\"article taxonomies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/category\/local-news\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Local News<\/a>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tTags: <a class=\"article-taxonomy\" data-taxonomy-type=\"tag\" data-mp-link-type=\"article taxonomies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/tag\/awards\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Awards<\/a>, <a class=\"article-taxonomy\" data-taxonomy-type=\"tag\" data-mp-link-type=\"article taxonomies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/tag\/band\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">band<\/a>, <a class=\"article-taxonomy\" data-taxonomy-type=\"tag\" data-mp-link-type=\"article taxonomies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/tag\/brought-back\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">brought back<\/a>, <a class=\"article-taxonomy\" data-taxonomy-type=\"tag\" data-mp-link-type=\"article taxonomies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/tag\/cheer\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cheer<\/a>, <a class=\"article-taxonomy\" data-taxonomy-type=\"tag\" data-mp-link-type=\"article taxonomies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/tag\/competition\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Competition<\/a>, <a class=\"article-taxonomy\" data-taxonomy-type=\"tag\" data-mp-link-type=\"article taxonomies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/tag\/dance-teams\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dance teams<\/a>, <a class=\"article-taxonomy\" data-taxonomy-type=\"tag\" data-mp-link-type=\"article taxonomies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/tag\/from-national\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">from national<\/a>, <a class=\"article-taxonomy\" data-taxonomy-type=\"tag\" data-mp-link-type=\"article taxonomies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/tag\/local\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">local<\/a>, <a class=\"article-taxonomy\" data-taxonomy-type=\"tag\" data-mp-link-type=\"article taxonomies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/tag\/mississippi\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mississippi<\/a>, <a class=\"article-taxonomy\" data-taxonomy-type=\"tag\" data-mp-link-type=\"article taxonomies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/tag\/new-hope\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new hope<\/a>, <a class=\"article-taxonomy\" data-taxonomy-type=\"tag\" data-mp-link-type=\"article taxonomies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/tag\/of\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">of<\/a>, <a class=\"article-taxonomy\" data-taxonomy-type=\"tag\" data-mp-link-type=\"article taxonomies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/tag\/state\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">state<\/a>, <a class=\"article-taxonomy\" data-taxonomy-type=\"tag\" data-mp-link-type=\"article taxonomies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/tag\/trophies\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">trophies<\/a><br \/>\n\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW HOPE, Miss. 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