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yaaaay, Jordan!! they're gonna be seeded a close 2nd nationally after this weekend methinks. and that's w/ kinda a rough run too. happy to see em get their chance in the spotlight after their reclass a couple yrs back. granted they may just end up right back in open after this season LOL. not lost on me that woodlands may have two national medalist quality guards this season. their A would be ranked 1st in the nation after this weekend if they were going to Dayton. "bad" news and good news for the world team. bad news is, they're two-tenths of a point lower than they 84.8 they needed to match arcadia's 1st. good news is that most of the judges had them hitting an 85+, and those 3 were the most experienced ones on the panel, who they could absolutely see again in Dayton judging world class finals. Pearland moving up to a very distant 2nd in open rankings, after Noblesville popped an 88. Westlake in 4th i think. kinda going off of memory of this weekend's scores. Bowie up there as well. also def not lost on me that H-town guards are slaying, but DONT HAVE A REGIONAL ANYMORE!!!

Final Scores Scholastic Regional A 1. 80.740 - Sonia Sotomayor HS JV, TX 2. 78.720 - Westwood HS JV, TX 3. 78.080 - Iowa Colony HS, TX Scholastic A 1. 86.260 - The Woodlands HS JV, TX 2. 85.580 - Jordan HS, TX 3. 84.110 - Veterans Memorial HS, TX 4. 83.630 - College Park HS The, TX 5. 82.400 - Tomball Memorial HS, TX 6. 81.880 - Dripping Springs, TX 7. 81.340 - Foster HS, TX 8. 81.290 - Westwood HS, TX 9. 79.960 - Vista Ridge HS, TX 10. 78.580 - Azle HS, TX 11. 78.530 - Grand Oaks HS, TX 12. 77.900 - Louis D. Brandeis HS, TX 13. 76.980 - Lockhart HS, TX 14. 76.560 - George Ranch HS, TX 15. 76.270 - Jersey Village HS, TX 16. 75.200 - Hendrickson HS, TX 17. 74.810 - Katy HS Varsity, TX 18. 73.460 - Leander HS, TX 19. 73.300 - Rouse HS, TX 20. 73.180 - Cypress Woods HS, TX Independent A 1. 74.890 - Redemption Guard, TX 2. 71.720 - Tarleton State University Purple Pride, TX Scholastic Open 1. 83.900 - Pearland HS, TX 2. 82.400 - Westlake HS, TX 3. 80.400 - James Bowie HS, TX 4. 80.000 - Friendswood HS, TX 5. 78.800 - Cy-Fair HS, TX 6. 76.800 - Hays HS, TX 7. 75.400 - Round Rock HS, TX 8. 74.000 - Earl Warren HS, TX 9. 72.900 - Ronald Reagan HS, TX 10. 72.600 - Cedar Ridge HS, TX 11. 71.800 - Clear Brook HS, TX Independent Open 1. 78.900 - Undaunted, TX 2. 76.500 - Industry Independent, TX Scholastic World 1. 84.600 - The Woodlands HS, TX 2. 78.000 - Flower Mound HS, TX Independent World 1. 78.900 - Invictus, TX

okie dokie, standings posted. strong majorities of units in every class have posted a score, tho some are a weeee bit old now. IW thrown into a lil bit of chaos after the judges smacked down fusion this weekend. blessed sac currently sitting on top despite being directly beaten by fusion. not surprised, fusion has an unconventional show, others much more typical imo. strongest TX possibilities for Dayton finalists in the standings rn: SA: Jordan 2nd, Melissa 5th, Veterans Memorial 8th, Tomball Memorial 13th, Dripping Springs 19th, Foster 22nd IA: RGV Winter Guard 12th SO: Pearland 2nd, Westlake 4th, James Bowie 7th, Little Elm 10th, Cy-Fair 11th IO: Undaunted 12th, Industry Independent 17th SW: The Woodlands 2nd IW: Invictus 13th, Mirage 15th, Menage 19th methinks arcadia's lead over tw in SW will widen the next two weeks before narrowing or vanishing the weekend of the West and Southwest power regionals. arcadia has wgi contests every weekend for the next 3 weeks. wowzer!! they gonna get them some feedback. don't really see em getting "fusioned" either. woodlands meanwhile shouldn't hope to rely on equipment and effect. need to up their mvmnt game and if possible restage at least a couple moments for added formal clarity/connectedness. i actually did think the opener looked much better at Austin. flags more in time w/ the music and less brightly colored, so our focus went more to the rifles. about a month left until Dayton. entering the final stretch already. crazy!!!

Jordan: Running and gunning. Their band director is a BD brass guy who also led the 2018 SVC Melo line.

I loved it when the stage finally opened up in Undaunted's show and the bronze and blue flags came swirling out. So beautiful. The song is absolutely amazing. Somebody on one of her YouTube videos commented that she's like a cross between Nina Simone and Sufjan Stevens. Apt!

thiiiink undaunted will prob make finals this yr in IO too, if they get more consistent. def a step up. hovering around 80, which is where i woulda scored em too. also, as far as standalone guard songs go, theirs is easily my favorite ive heard this season so far. sooo evocative. https://youtu.be/cagjZsQf4tk?si=p5sPVQNU-angGl2U only 7k views while Tay-Sway gets a billion. Ugh!! i hate the world!!

Really enjoyed both of The Woodlands' guards this weekend. Quite a step down in performance watching Invictus after the The Woodlands' SW show.

ofc it should be said that seeding rankings are faaaaar from an exact science. just rough neighborhoods, really.

Guard programs in general don't have the same infrastructure in place that overall band programs do, which leads to inconsistencies from year to year. A lot of guard programs don't have great vertical teams, or even existent vertical teams, for example. Plus, funding can sometimes be a bit iffy. So, the talent ends up being not-so-stable from year to year. Not to mention that being a guard director itself isn't always the most stable job.

Vista Ridge was indeed shining with that performance!! Some beautiful flag work and very thematic choreo, great job VR!!

I’m about to be a Rockwall alumni and Rockwall has a lot of things going right for them in this next season. Can’t wait to see what happens in area C in 2025.

Yeah sorry that’s what I meant

The Woodlands: The most fire color guard in the state 🤩😍