Leaderboard

slightly higher angle of Arcadia. I just think TWHS has a higher ceiling with what they are doing this year. Can’t wait to see the reaction in UD for the ripple towards the middle with the rifles under the benches. Arcadia has a polished product that is beautifully done from an aesthetic standpoint. Definitely have a leg (or 8 🐙) up on movement analysis. Gonna come down to GE preference!

design analysis was actually Arcadia's best caption at SD. can now see why. clean, clear, logical, correct, connected, musical. tbh expected that to be the case based on the designers and what i saw downstairs. woodlands is def a lil more chaotic... well, in the opener at least, when the flags are kinda distracting and i dont know where to look. gaudy pink practice flags don't help. other parts are fine. def they have the kids running around more than in arcadia, which on the one hand is rlly impressive, but need to be careful w/ that, w/ clarity and timing. find woodlands more effective overall, just a much bigger emotional impact, with plenty to tickle the brain and eyes as well. buuut the effect judges could lean hard into aesthetics. thinkin that's prob what happened b/w Carmel and Tarpon in 2023. don't really know how else to explain those effect results, when Tarpon clearly gave a better performance of a more emotionally impactful show, that clearly connected more w/ the audience. felt a lil contrarian tbh. like, c'mon man, those kids killed it!!! either one this yr b/w A&W would be a first-time champion, which id be thrilled with. warren central would be a first-time medalist, which would also be super cool. been a looooong time since we've seen a top 3 w/o Avon or Carmel.

I have seen Carmel twice via livestream, and I have to say from a design point it’s very similar to Arcadia. Lots of slow, ballad moments without much in terms of in your face impact. I would not have them in first. Right now I’d have Woodlands, Arcadia, and then a pretty big gap to Warren Central/Carmel for 3rd.

Man, i was just joking around... I was not betting on who would win but rather the werids things that might happen

This is exactly how I feel. I enjoyed the show from a story wise but felt wanting more in terms of big weapon/standout moments where as TW’s have the complete opposite. Haven’t seen Carmel yet but if TW’s are as clean as normal come Dayton I seem them as the front runner by a good amount, I would imagine GE scores will rise with a cleaner show though I could be completely wrong lol

Me, too! I'm finally going to get to watch a live show from Texas! Also, the contest that has Paramount and Etude, I believe. There are lots of awesome groups traveling to Austin this weekend. Almost like the WGI version of a state championship, if we had just a few more of those top DFW guards here. Nevertheless, there's stiff competition in both Scholastic A and Scholastic Open. I genuinely don't know who will win either class! (It certainly doesn't help that I've seen very few of them. 😅)

I somewhat agree about the "message shows". On the other hand, I respect people whose mode of artistic communication is more direct or even confrontational, especially since it does risk being called out by people like us for its lack of subtlety. For me, more than anything, watching the Scholastic Worlds from this past weekend, I find myself wishing for more "up-tempo" shows. Much of what we've seen is quite slow or mid-tempo. I would prefer more variety.

aaaaand El Dorado https://youtu.be/n171jAT9KUc?si=GZAmCTy8V0iulIwG solid performers. show doesn't do anything for me however. kinda over slow, inspirational "message" shows in general. give the message to me more obliquely, more poetically. show, don't tell. just my opinion.

It's the week of WGI Austin! Super excited to see what happens at this regional

Wylie HS had a great night too with all 3 guards (Junior/JV/Varsity) winning their respective divisions.

The Southwest Power Regional will be held March 22-23, 2025 at Coppell High School. Preliminary Schedule as of 02/21/2025: Scholastic A - Round 1 10:00 AM - LD Bell HS, TX 10:08 AM - Yukon HS JV, OK 10:16 AM - Prosper HS, TX 10:24 AM - Celina HS, TX 10:32 AM - Frisco Centennial HS Varsity, TX 10:40 AM - McKinney Boyd HS, TX 10:48 AM - Foster HS, TX 10:56 AM - Coppell HS A, TX 11:04 AM - Break Scholastic A - Round 2 11:15 AM - The Young Women's Academy, TX 11:23 AM - Forney HS, TX 11:31 AM - Liberty North HS, MO 11:39 AM - Lovejoy HS, TX 11:47 AM - Azle HS, TX 11:55 AM - Joshua HS, TX 12:03 PM - The Colony HS, TX 12:11 PM - Poteet HS, TX 12:19 PM - Union HS, OK 12:27 PM - Break Independent A 12:40 PM - Viridian Winter Guard, CO 12:48 PM - ICT Independent, KS 12:56 PM - Ether, TX 1:04 PM - Redemption Guard, TX 1:12 PM - Black Gold, TX 1:20 PM - Eagle Mountain Independent, TX 1:28 PM - Zephyrus Independent Winter Guard, OK 1:36 PM - Allure Independent, TX 1:44 PM - Break Scholastic Open 2:00 PM - Royse City HS, TX 2:09 PM - Timber Creek HS, TX 2:18 PM - Round Rock HS, TX 2:27 PM - Little Elm HS, TX 2:36 PM - Sachse HS, TX 2:45 PM - Friendswood HS, TX 2:54 PM - Cy-Fair HS, TX 3:03 PM - Coppell HS, TX 3:12 PM - James Bowie HS, TX 3:21 PM - Emerson HS, TX 3:30 PM - Southlake Carroll HS, TX 3:39 PM - Pearland HS, TX 3:48 PM - Marcus HS, TX 3:57 PM - Choctaw HS, OK 4:06 PM - Break Scholastic A - Round 3 4:20 PM - Montwood HS, TX 4:28 PM - Aledo HS, TX 4:36 PM - Hebron HS, TX 4:44 PM - Rockwall HS, TX 4:52 PM - Wylie HS, TX 5:00 PM - Lone Star HS, TX 5:08 PM - Melissa HS, TX 5:16 PM - Eaton HS, TX 5:24 PM - Jenks HS A, OK 5:32 PM - Break Scholastic A - Round 4 5:45 PM - Red Oak HS, TX 5:53 PM - Garland HS, TX 6:01 PM - Wylie East HS, TX 6:09 PM - Liberty HS, TX 6:17 PM - Yukon HS, OK 6:25 PM - McKinney North HS, TX 6:33 PM - Wakeland HS, TX 6:41 PM - Katy HS Varsity, TX 6:49 PM - Choctaw HS JV, OK 6:57 PM - Break Independent Open 7:10 PM - Glory Independent, TX 7:19 PM - Undaunted, TX 7:28 PM - Industry Independent, TX 7:37 PM - Class Break Scholastic World 7:40 PM - The Woodlands HS, TX 7:50 PM - Flower Mound HS, TX Independent World 8:00 PM - Ménage, TX 8:10 PM - Mirage, TX

The various scholastic A classes in the local circuits, like AA, A, and National A, should be comparable, as long as the scores are rendered by the same panel at the same contest. They use the same sheets. National A is simply for the higher scoring ones -- the ones most ready for National competition, I suppose.

I agree with the exception of JET. I do not hate or anything, But they in Katy marching keep falling behind both Jordan, 7L, and sometimes Tomkins. They have done the same for the past 2 years in the area. BridgeLands, Cy Woods, and CyFair are a lock 7L we will see Jordan beat them at the Katy cup last year. Depending on how seasons and shows play out we could see the return of Cinco or another smaller band like Langham Creek into the mix. Area I is one of the most competitive areas every year for this reason.

There's no clear way to compare the scores between the various classes, if that's what you mean. Even between Independent and Scholastic in the same class (like Scholastic A versus Independent A) scores can't be directly compared. Typically, pretty much always, if a guard is reclassified to a higher class mid-season, their scores will drop a bit, since the standards are higher in that class. Do NTCA scores relate to WGI scores? Well, they use the same sheets with the same box criteria, so you'd think there should be some overlap there, but often the scores and placements moving from local circuits to WGI can be QUITE different. I have noticed that local circuit judges will often "fall in line" with WGI after there has been a WGI contest, although even that doesn't always happen, as we saw at TCGC Pearland this past weekend.

and another close up arcadia. worse view than last week's lol the performers are fab, just a few issues to iron out from this angle. still wish the overall concept and soundtrack were, uhhh, just a weeee bit more engaging. craftsmanship in the choreo def there tho. my gut shifts back to a woodlands win thru equipment and effect, buuut i reaaaally need to see this one from higher up, esp for the effect.

lots of vids from wgi san diego on yt. just type wgi San Diego and narrow down results to videos posted this week. mostly close up cams. not so great but better than nothing. heeere's fantasiaaaa

Just watched the video of TW’s and yeah I’m LOVE this show!! Once again blowing me away, Wow!

Im overall pretty new to watching winter guard, is there anywhere that explains the divisions/score differences between them, and if these scores translate at all in the WGI equivalent?

Almost 100% guaranteed I’ll be here, can’t wait!! Insane lineup, getting to see some of these groups love (TW’s!) live is going to be a blast 🤩

Schedule is up!

Not super surprised Warren beat Carmel. Rough run from Carmel, plus a noticeable hole in their weapon line, but I really like Carmel’s show. I hope they beef up the ending though, could do something cooler with the props maybe.

That’s insane! Little Elm HS Little Elm, TX 85 1 83 1 16.80 1 83 1 81.5 1 16.45 1 81 1 80 1 16.10 1 81 1 79 1 16.00 1 81 1 80 1 16.10 1 32.10 1 81.450 1 0 81.450 1 Marcus HS Flower Mound, TX 78 2 76 2 15.40 2 76 2 74.5 2 15.05 2 74 2 73 2 14.70 2 72 2 71 2 14.30 2 72 3 70 3 14.20 3 28.50 2 73.650 2 0 73.650 2 Sachse HS Varsity Sachse, TX 73 3 64 3 13.70 3 71.5 3 66 3 13.75 3 70 4 68 4 13.80 4 68 4 69 3 13.70 4 73 2 71 2 14.40 2 28.10 3 69.350 3 0 69.350 3 Royse City HS Varsity Royse City, TX 69 4 63 4 13.20 4 70 4 66 3 13.60 4 71 3 69 3 14.00 3 70 3 68 4 13.80 3 67 4 63 4 13.00 4 26.80 4 67.600 4 0 67.600 4

So ummmm Little Elm just had a crazy night, 81.450 in vs and Marcus with a 73.650. I haven’t seen either shows so idk but i think it’s definitely worth noting. And Coppell with a 77 something, very excited to see how SO goes come the SW regional for WGI to say the least

if u finish 1st or 2nd in A at a WGI regional, or 1st in Open, u have to submit a vid of your guard to WGI. Dale (guard division director), Karl (education coordinator), and Curtis (chief judge) vote yes or no after carefully considering the skills of the unit. if even one of em votes no, the guard remains in the same class. if all vote yes, the vote expands to the larger steering committee. a simple majority of yes votes there will cause the guard to be reclassified. Emerson should at least make semis in open methinks. that's the rough definition of having "marked success" after reclassification, what the committee aims for.

Sounds like there was a shooting at the Pasadena Memorial contest, praying and hoping everyone is okay!! The police have attained the suspect and the rest of the comp has been cancelled, please stay safe everyone 🙏

Actually it isn't being held at UNT anymore. The SW Power Regional is now being hosted by Coppell HS. They did a great job with it last year so I guess the WGI folks were happy enough to let them host it again!

hope that we see broken arrow join Choctaw in driving down to this event. very curious to see what their new guard looks like, but the streaming schedule is very limited. the ba girls were quite good on the marching field this past season, def a step up from usual.

If i’m free this weekend, there’s a very high chance I’ll be going in person, especially since TW’s will be here!!

This will be The Woodlands World Guard’s first appearance at Denton in six years. Having a late-season opportunity to improve their World Championship Prelims seeding position/score will be nice!

Crazy stacked lineup, I’ll be volunteering w/ the colony hs, really hope I get to see a lot of the groups here. Nice to see schools outside of Texas coming to compete. Coppell HS is such a fire hosting site!