Dog885 Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 We already have a tag for state, but not area. Any predictions for finalists? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristopherRoden Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 Which area are we talking about? There have been realignments since 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristopherRoden Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 Which area are we talking about? There have been realignments since 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbassoon Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 Which area are we talking about? There have been realignments since 2016 I guess all of them. Who do you think is making finals for each area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NETexasBandFan Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 I guess all of them. Who do you think is making finals for each area? That's a lot of predictions to make, 9 areas for 6A now means there's going to be A LOT of area finalists, anywhere from 63-90 bands will advance to Area Finals (assuming each area has enough bands for finals and depending on whether they get 7 or 10 area finalists) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog885 Posted March 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2018 That's a lot of predictions to make, 9 areas for 6A now means there's going to be A LOT of area finalists, anywhere from 63-90 bands will advance to Area Finals (assuming each area has enough bands for finals and depending on whether they get 7 or 10 area finalists) Ok, I'll just start with my own area. Who do you think will make finals in Area D? Pflugerville is down to 5A, CTJ isn't going to Grand Nats And Austin is now 6A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abtwitch Posted March 13, 2018 Report Share Posted March 13, 2018 Ok, I'll just start with my own area. Who do you think will make finals in Area D? Pflugerville is down to 5A, CTJ isn't going to Grand Nats And Austin is now 6A. As an Area D native (go Wood), this has been on my mind. It's gonna be one heck of a bloodbath (as usual) with (no particular order) CTJ, Bowie, Churchill, Hendrickson, Round Rock, Cedar Ridge, Westwood, and Reagan all as strong programs who have all qualified for state in the past and have since maintained their skill. Keep in mind that's 8 out of the 10 final spots already, so I'm more focused on who will take those last 2 spots. Pflugerville (previously a consistent area finalist) is gone, so it opens up the doors to other programs. There are a handful of bands that could take these slots, I've personally got my eyes on New Braunfels, Hays, Austin, and Belton. My 2 predictions at the current time are New Braunfels and Belton, Belton because of a director change that could work massively in their favor, but Hays and Austin are both strong programs that could surprise me. The part that hurts me the most is that only 5 (6 if we're lucky) bands will qualify for state, it's a headache to have to choose, but I think CTJ is a lock without a doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandperson1997 Posted March 13, 2018 Report Share Posted March 13, 2018 2016 Area D Finalists - (11 since CTJ dropped out and in no order) Reagan CTJ Bowie Round Rock Cedar Ridge Westwood Churchill New Braunfels Anderson Hendrickson Pflugerville (moved to 5A) 2014 Finalists - (no order again) Westwood Round Rock Hendrickson CTJ Cedar Ridge Anderson Pflugerville (moved to 5A) Bowie Reagan Westlake (Moved to Area E) (Churchill missed finals by 1 place and New Braunfels missed by a couple places) Now for 2018, I think that locks are - Reagan CTJ Bowie Hendrickson Safe bets - Round Rock Cedar Ridge Westwood Churchill The final two spots could go to a multitude of bands. Statistically speaking, Anderson should take one of the last two spots because they have made finals consistently in the past (making state in 2010, missing finals w/ Round Rock in 2012 but making finals again in 2014 and 2016) However, there are some other bands that could steal the spot from Anderson such as Hays, Lehman, and Austin, as Anderson has unfortunately seen a "slump" in placement in the past two-ish years. It also wasn't too long ago that Akins was consistently making area finals, and they even made state finals. Could we see a resurgence of Akins as an area finalist? I say it's possible! Last Two - Anderson New Braunfels Bubble - Hays Lehman McNeil (made finals in 2012 and 2010) Madison Akins Austin Canyon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NETexasBandFan Posted March 13, 2018 Report Share Posted March 13, 2018 Area C, oops madea mistake Flower Mound Marcus Hebron (obviously these 3) Berkner Wylie North Mesquite McKinney Boyd That leaves 3 other spots, honestly I don't see enough of these area finalists to tell their potential, Allen could edge in again, and there's also McKinney and Sachse (I'm not 100% sure if all of these bands are in 6A next year, I'm pretty sure they all are though) Rockwall missed finals by a fair number of points but with a 10, 18, 9 in music, and 13 and 13 in marching, there's always a potential for a band like this to come back with cleaner marching and not have a random sticking out judge like that 18. 2016 Area C results: http://www.uiltexas.org/files/music/6A_Area_C_Prelims.pdf http://www.uiltexas.org/files/music/6A_Area_C_Finals.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jelonfish Posted March 13, 2018 Report Share Posted March 13, 2018 Let’s talk about all area ? C and D are gonna be insane but what about B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostChoirGuy Posted March 13, 2018 Report Share Posted March 13, 2018 Just a note- you have waxahachie in the wrong area! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NETexasBandFan Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 Just a note- you have waxahachie in the wrong area! Thank you! I always make these little mistakes because the areas are so different between 1A-4A, 5A, and 6A. I need to pay more attention! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbaflerb Posted March 21, 2018 Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 2016 Area D Finalists - (11 since CTJ dropped out and in no order) Reagan CTJ Bowie Round Rock Cedar Ridge Westwood Churchill New Braunfels Anderson Hendrickson Pflugerville (moved to 5A) 2014 Finalists - (no order again) Westwood Round Rock Hendrickson CTJ Cedar Ridge Anderson Pflugerville (moved to 5A) Bowie Reagan Westlake (Moved to Area E) (Churchill missed finals by 1 place and New Braunfels missed by a couple places) Now for 2018, I think that locks are - Reagan CTJ Bowie Hendrickson Safe bets - Round Rock Cedar Ridge Westwood Churchill The final two spots could go to a multitude of bands. Statistically speaking, Anderson should take one of the last two spots because they have made finals consistently in the past (making state in 2010, missing finals w/ Round Rock in 2012 but making finals again in 2014 and 2016) However, there are some other bands that could steal the spot from Anderson such as Hays, Lehman, and Austin, as Anderson has unfortunately seen a "slump" in placement in the past two-ish years. It also wasn't too long ago that Akins was consistently making area finals, and they even made state finals. Could we see a resurgence of Akins as an area finalist? I say it's possible! Last Two - Anderson New Braunfels Bubble - Hays Lehman McNeil (made finals in 2012 and 2010) Madison Akins Austin Canyon This is a super solid prediction. I definitely can see what you wrote happening. bandperson1997 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crown2018 Posted March 22, 2018 Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 I like those predictions for area D but in your opinions what is the hardest area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSHSMom Posted March 22, 2018 Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 I like those predictions for area D but in your opinions what is the hardest area? I think Area B is going to be tough No order... and I think I am missing a few! Keller Keller Central Halcolm Richland Plano East Timber Creek LD Bell Duncanville Waxahachie Prosper Coppell Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jelonfish Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 I think Area B is going to be tough No order... and I think I am missing a few! Keller Keller Central Halcolm Richland Plano East Timber Creek LD Bell Duncanville Waxahachie Prosper Coppell Martin Oh my!!! How I see it hopefully for finals and state Locks for state -Keller Safe bets -Haltom -Ld Bell -Coppell (when haven’t they in the past years) Bubble to advance -Richland -timber -duncanville -Waxahachie Low bubble - Martin -Plano east This is atleast whay is like to see. My opinion. If 5 advance then I would want timber creek but if it somehow ends up being 5 then timber and Richland would be great !!! So excited that all of this is coming up so fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Band_dad_of_2 Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 Oh my!!! How I see it hopefully for finals and state Locks for state -Keller Safe bets -Haltom -Ld Bell -Coppell (when haven’t they in the past years) Bubble to advance -Richland -timber -duncanville -Waxahachie Low bubble - Martin -Plano east This is atleast whay is like to see. My opinion. If 5 advance then I would want timber creek but if it somehow ends up being 5 then timber and Richland would be great !!! So excited that all of this is coming up so fast Don't sleep on Prosper....they had a really solid year and were right on Richland's heels at 5A state last year. Area B is going to be incredible!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jelonfish Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 Don't sleep on Prosper....they had a really solid year and were right on Richland's heels at 5A state last year. Area B is going to be incredible!! I’ve heard they were incredible. Hopefully we see them in finals but idk about advancing . Especially with these other incredible performers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeanderMomma Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 Don't sleep on Prosper....they had a really solid year and were right on Richland's heels at 5A state last year. Area B is going to be incredible!! I’ve heard they were incredible. Hopefully we see them in finals but idk about advancing . Especially with these other incredible performers I remember how disconcerting it was for us when Leander went from 5A to 6A in 2016-17. The competition at the 6A level is extraordinary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSHSMom Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 Hopefully for Area B, 6 will advance. I think in the thread called Conference Realignments they went thru the list off all possiblebands, and there was a good chance that 30 bands would receive a 1 rating. At least we can hope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Culper Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 From what I can tell, Area H was unaffected by realignment, still Regions 11, 29 and 32. But it looks like it dropped from 24 6A schools to 22, with Wagner and Southwest dropping to 5A. This means if more than 2 bands miss getting a 1, there will only be 3 slots for State! Region 11: Clemens, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, East Central, Judson, South San Antonio, Steele Region 29: Brandeis, Brennan, Clark, Holmes, Jay, Marshall, O'Connor, Stevens, Taft, Warren Region 32: Lake Travis, Leander, Vandegrift, Vista Ridge, Westlake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crown2018 Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 From what I can tell, Area H was unaffected by realignment, still Regions 11, 29 and 32. But it looks like it dropped from 24 6A schools to 22, with Wagner and Southwest dropping to 5A. This means if more than 2 bands miss getting a 1, there will only be 3 slots for State! Region 11: Clemens, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, East Central, Judson, South San Antonio, Steele Region 29: Brandeis, Brennan, Clark, Holmes, Jay, Marshall, O'Connor, Stevens, Taft, Warren Region 32: Lake Travis, Leander, Vandegrift, Vista Ridge, Westlake Top 2 will be Leander and Vandergrift Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mash Posted April 14, 2018 Report Share Posted April 14, 2018 Top 2 will be Leander and Vandergrift I wouldn't count out Vista Ridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeanderMomma Posted April 14, 2018 Report Share Posted April 14, 2018 I wouldn't count out Vista Ridge Funny, I had the exact same thought. They’re on the rise! herbaflerb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crown2018 Posted April 18, 2018 Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 I wouldn't count out Vista Ridge I have a feeling vista will take 3rd but just my top 2 are Leander and Vandy there’s no doubt in my mind they won’t take the top 2 spots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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