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I don't quite follow but I'm intrigued! would you be willing to sketch it?

Makes me all the more excited to participate in it

Yeah I’ve got 7 locks rn (assuming Marcus is coming which they should be)8 if Blue Springs pulls up and the 4 spots for a TON of other bands, this will probably the most competitive semis ever, only the best runs will do the job, and this applies more then ever this coming season

Yes I’m very excited for Emerson as well with how well their season has gone, the SO lineup is crazy strong, very excited for my first live WGI event!

I wanna say Hebron will win, but I don't think they've been the same level of excellence like they were in 21-23. I could totally see FloMo, Vandy, or Vista take home the gold

Let me be the first to say that this Grand Nats is gonna be an absolute blood bath.......and I cannot wait to see it

I'm actually most excited to see some of these DFW guards we haven't gotten a glimpse of yet. In particular, I'm hopeful that Emerson kills it in their new class and is in the running for Dayton finals. Texas scholastics are all quite strong this year, it seems. I wish we had an Independent World guard to match! Of course, I'm still looking forward to seeing Mirage and Menage. I bet they've made lots of improvements since that first regional. 👍

I agree. There's quite a lot of pressure placed on judges in WGI to conform to the overall consensus opinion. Few want to risk being the "weird one", because that means potentially tough conversations with both the team and the chief judge. We see this pressure between rounds a lot, too. Look at the A class results from Austin, for example. 1st place in finals was The Woodlands, but look at their prelims results. Yes, most of the judges had them 1st overall in prelims, too, but the two who didn't: Movement with a 20th place overall, and one of the GE judges with a tie for 13th overall. Both of them are new or relatively new to WGI, and both drastically fell in line after finals despite judging the exact same captions -- moving the unit up to 2nd and 1st, respectively. How much do you want to bet that those two judges saw the prelims results (or just the finals schedule) and went, "Uh-oh!" Happens all the time! This, of course, could lead us to argue that prelims results shouldn't be released before finals, and that the finals schedules should be randomized, to improve judging autonomy.

Just copy pasting an updated list here AS OF 03/05/2025 Attending*: Anderson County H.S., KY Avon H.S., IN Avon H.S., OH Bartlett H.S., TN Beechwood H.S., KY Bentonville H.S., AR Broken Arrow H.S., OK Brownsburg H.S., IN Campbell County H.S., KY Carmel H.S., IN Castle H.S., IN Center Grove H.S., IN Centerville H.S., OH Chattahoochee H.S., GA Columbus Schools, IN Coppell H.S., TX Dobyns-Bennett H.S., TN Dripping Springs H.S., TX Edwardsville H.S., IL Farmington H.S., UT Finneytown H.S., OH Fishers H.S., IN Flower Mound H.S., TX Franklin Community H.S., IN Goshen H.S., IN Greendale H.S., WI Jenison H.S., MI Jenks H.S., OK Kenai Central H.S., AK Lakota West H.S., OH Lambert H.S., GA Lawrence Township, IN Miamisburg H.S., OH Morton H.S., IL Munford H.S., TN Nation Ford H.S., SC Neosho H.S., MO Noblesville H.S., IN O'Fallon Township H.S., IL Plymouth-Canton E.P., MI Rockford H.S., MI Ronald Reagan H.S., TX Round Rock H.S., TX Russell Independent H.S., KY South Forsyth H.S., GA South Oldham H.S., KY Southlake Carroll H.S., TX Southmoore H.S., OK Sparkman H.S., AL The Woodlands H.S., TX Tri County H.S., MI Troy H.S., OH Walled Lake Schools, MI Wando H.S., SC William Mason H.S., OH Worthington Kilbourne H.S., OH Yukon H.S., OK

Cypress Park and Paetow might also be attending this contest. Their calendar says “Tentative Marching Contest” on Saturday, November 8. I’m just not sure if this will be the only contest happening in the Houston area on that day This contest will likely be competitive from the previous years 😃

This is more of a football battle, but I still wanna put Rockwall vs. Rockwall Heath

I think the real difference about this year and 2021 is that FloMo has more momentum to build off of. Winning BOA SA against really good groups like Hebron and Vandy has proven that they are a force to be reckon with. Of course, anything can happen, but I have my hopes set high on FloMo to be knocking on Avon's door for the eagle.

Hmm…interesting…

That is true. The new guy has a history of shooting up bands really fast.

Completely depends on how their season goes but they’ve got a ton of momentum!! I do remember though they were seeded to at least medal in 2021 and then got 5th so we’ll see what happens but even top 3 would be amazing, though Nats next year is already insane, like might be the most competitive semis Ever

Announcement 📣📣 Flower Mound is confirmed to be heading back to Grand Nats this year!! They have to be one of the favorites for the eagle, especially coming off of their BOA SA win.

What are y’all’s opinions for next season??? Last season was definitely fun to watch!

I wonder how Lakeview, rowlett, and north forney will do! Lakeview and Rowlett were real close to making finals spot, wonder what they’ll have in store next season!

Yeah but Cinco’s appearance might shake things up a bit due to their staff changes. Only time will tell tho

Same...

I have an idea-ish, you could make it so that it works as normal, however, you add a tag of some sort, saying their class you can choose from these when making the page, next to where you input the names. Then people could predict the classifications for a contest and have tabs at the top, of the little pop-up when looking at them, for the different classifications. It is not overly complicated and definitely would need to be worked out better; it's more of a framework adjustment/modification of what you guys already have. Feel free to give feedback why it wouldn't work! Also, the predictions is what I think most people are here for, soo that's what I am focusing on.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW EXCITED I AM TO SEE THEM LIVE!!! Will probably be crying after finals lol

tw's standings have actually been fairly accurate predictors for them the past 3 yrs, despite coming from an earlier regional score. in 2023 their standing was 4th w/ a 90.5 compared to Avon's 3rd w/ a 90.8, pretty much exactly the gap that happened in finals, tho twhs did full-point Avon in semifinals. last yr they were slightly underrated compared to Tarpon. 89.8 to 90.2 in the standings. but then twhs beat tarpon by a full point in finals and won every judge over them i think. still, only a little over a point off is pretty accurate. i wanna say that that's just how good wgi's judges are, but the reality is that the standings send a strong message to all of em, esp in a class like SW where it's easier to keep track of all the guards. kinda makes me happy that twhs is doing Dallas this year, gives em another shot to make a statement.

That is a good point, @jmartin1056. Over the past three seasons, the WGI Austin Regional was TWHS’ final opportunity for a seeding score. Well, this season they are attending the Southwest Power Regional and will have a scoring opportunity in the final week of the season. Hard to say what difference that will make, if any. I can safely speak for all the parents and fans here north of Houston who are enjoying every single second to experience the amazing talent that these performers exhibit on the field and floor over these past three seasons!

I believe the year they almost medaled (2023) they were slotted pretty far from top 3 and then just barely missed out on a medal. Also last year I think they were pretty underrated going into Dayton. Seems to be a yearly thing where they are such an outlier at every regular season contest so it’s almost more of a guess for where there scores would line up with the Carmels and Arcadias of the SW realm.