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21 hours ago, lhbenlee said:
There was only 1 point difference between each of Cedar Park, Rouse, and Leander in finals at Area. Leander has consistently won in music at BOA Austin, TMC, and UIL Area finals and beat Rouse at TMC. The different scoring configuration and ratio may come into play. It will be tight at the top and interesting to see how it comes out. It should be entertaining regardless!
I agree, I think its going to come down to who puts the best Finals run together, and then the difference in UIL scoring vs BOA scoring.
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On 10/19/2021 at 9:21 PM, MikeKyu said:
I think we are going to see CP and Leander medal. I think Highland Park or Wakeland are going to throw down a run in finals.
Well, at area, Rouse beat Leander in both the prelims and finals. So I'm betting for a Cedar Park, Rouse, Leander or Highland Park top 3 for SMBC
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57 minutes ago, Tailgate88 said:
Trivia question: Has any band advanced to Finals the first time they made it to State?
Rouse did it 2017
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It's tough when you have a school district like Leander ISD that has 6 high schools, and 5 of them are ranked in the top 20 Nationally. The only way to even something like that out in the UIL system would be to split the school district between 2 areas and I'd don't think UIL can even do that.
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On 10/18/2021 at 12:14 AM, Samuel Culper said:
Saturday, October 23rd - Gupton Stadium
9:00 - Veteran's Memorial
9:15 - Tivy
9:30 - Jefferson
9:45 - Liberty Hill
10:00 - Medina Valley
10:15 - Burbank
10:45 - Champion
11:00 - Legacy
11:15 - Glenn
11:30 - C.C. Winn
11:45 - Leander
12:00 - Harlandale
1:15 - Southwest
1:30 - Marble Falls
1:45 - Cedar Park
2:00 - McCollum
2:15 - Rouse
2:30 - Edison
2:45 - Southside
6:00 - First Finalist
7:30 - Last Finalist
Rouse got the prime prelim slot. I agree, Cedar Park, Leander, Rouse move on unless one of them completely falls apart. Glenn probably will finish 4th...
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On 10/17/2021 at 10:06 AM, Samuel Culper said:
Only three State slots for Area H. 19 1's. Brutal.
So is the even money on Cedar Park, Leander, Rouse?
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On 10/10/2021 at 4:19 PM, principalagent said:
I think we still head to a Leander ISD threepeat, but I’m shakier on the prediction than I had been. There’s a lot of good band in 5A this year. Wakeland of course is happy to play spoiler to LISD’s fun, and this year is far from an exception. Not to mention Weiss and Johnson attempting to make an impact on their way to 6A next season. Not sure who else could make a meaningful challenge up top. Lone Star is very clean, Forney’s show has wheels (the design caption should treat them favorably), and Highland Park could be anywhere.
I think your pretty spot on. I have not seen Lone Star or Forney's show, However, Forney has a curse trying to make it to the finals at State. Highland Park is the BIG unknown here.
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So did Rouse get a timing penalty? How much? .5 point? Has anyone seen the prelim scores yet?
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17 hours ago, banddad84 said:
so, since it has been 2 years since we had BOA San Antonio, I looked at the rules in the BOA adjudication handbook to refresh how the 2 panel prelims will place bands in finals.
here are the actual rules.
2021 San Antonio Super Regional Championship: For determining the Finals Competition, the five (5) highest scoring Bands in each Prelim panel (10 total), regardless of class, will advance; plus, the next four (4) highest scoring bands determined from a combination of remaining scores from Prelims 1 and 2, regardless of class, will advance. The panel of judges for Finals will be comprised of a combination of adjudicators from both Prelims panels
with that said, here are my current thoughts on the top 10 (5 from each panel) that will advance to finals in San Antonio. with the remaining 4 being selected based on next highest scores.
welcome your thoughts - I know it is early but lets have some fun with this.....
these 10 are in Alpha Order regardless of panel
- Cedar Park
- Claudia Taylor Johnson
- Hebron
- Leander
- Marcus
- Reagan
- Rouse
- The Woodlands
- Vandegrift
- Vista Ridge
we are a month out - let's see how well this post ages
As much as I love this list, going by past results it is HARD for a AAA band to make finals in SA. Leander won the AAA class in SA in 2019 and swept the captions. They finished 4th in the finals and were the only AAA band out of the 14 finalists.
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I'll take a stab at a finals prediction. In no particular order:
1. Ronald Reagan
2. Vandegrift
3. CTJ
4. Rouse
5. Cedar Park
6. Leander
7. Weiss
8. Robert E Hendrickson
9. Pflugerville
10. Georgetown
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2 hours ago, VinoGirl said:
Don’t count out Highland Park from Dallas. They placed second in 2019 in 5A. Smaller band but big sound. It will be interesting to see how they fare. Competition will be tough…and fun for all to watch!
I never count out Highland Park. Its going to be interesting for sure.
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I don't know the West Texas bands that well. Does anyone have an opinion on Lubbock-Cooper? I know they have a fairly decent Guard program. I believe they did well last year in the virtual WGI format. I just don't know anything about their band program.
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33 minutes ago, Dog885 said:
I think they grew to be 6A this year, but since realignments are every 2 years they haven't officially changed yet. I did the math to their 2020 numbers and I don't think they have 180 freshmen compared to the rest of the school to be UIL 5A and BOA AAAA at the same time
Makes sense, they will probably get bumped up to 6A when the realignment happens at the end of this school year.
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Is Weiss still a 5A school? I know in BOA they are now a class AAAA. I know the classifications are different, but most of the AAAA BOA schools are 6A UIL.
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13 hours ago, LeanderMomma said:
I feel like this comment has aged well. ?
It is going to be a very interesting year for 5A UIL for sure. Right now I think the biggest unknown for 5A is Highland Park. Everyone sort of knows where everyone else stands at this point. However, Highland Park doesn't really compete outside of UIL so nobody really tracks them but they were REALLY good in 2019.
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19 minutes ago, LostChoirGuy said:
So when do we get to see Rouse make some out of state trips? Vista Ridge is making their GN debut this year- Rouse next year???
I think it might still be a few years away.? We probably need to make finals in SA a couple times before Indy??
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These early season contests are really sort of a crap shot trying to make predictions. Rouse HS show is coming along really well. It's been kept pretty tightly under wraps so I'm not sure anyone has snuck any videos out of it. I'm going to guess that Rouse finishes higher than everyone is predicting. I'm really curious to see CTJ at BOA Austin. It blows my mind that they might have a full show ready this early.
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On 8/29/2021 at 6:58 PM, LeanderMomma said:
I honestly don’t have any expectations or impressions at all other than the theme is so very “Leander” and they sound pretty good for how early it is in the season. I’m definitely noticing a reduction in size (smaller guard and maybe only 7 tubas), but Leander is after all a 5A school at the end of the day. I’ll be anxious to see them blossom throughout the season!
While on the subject, I have another impression-slash-prediction for ya. Cedar Park is back.
I'm curious to see how Cedar Park does this year with the director change. UIL 5A area H is so crazy competitive, how many area H bands will make it to state?
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After my daughter graduated in 2020, and a year of COVID, my son will be a Freshman at Rouse this year. Not to jinx anything, but we already made our hotel reservations for State. Looking forward to an awesome year. Rouse HS show reveal and mini camp at the end of the school year has everyone fired up. Its gonna be a good year!
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So incredibly proud of the Rouse HS guard. Their director called them "The little team that could".
Congrats to all the Texas teams that made the finals!!
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Does anyone know when the results from semi's is going to be posted? I'm dying to know what Texas groups are going to finals.
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12 hours ago, LeanderMomma said:
Vista Ridge is 100% making finals and will have a top tier finish as well. They may not have had a competitive season last year but they did have a show, and it was fantastic. Just a glimpse of what’s to come in fact. Yes I have high expectations for the former 6A state champion. Both of them.
I may be a little bias being from Leander ISD but I would expect Vista Ridge to both make finals and finish very high. Why would we expect anything less from a band from arguably the best marching band school district in the great state of Texas.
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On 2/11/2021 at 3:52 PM, banddad84 said:
this year is shaping up to be an epic season for Texas Bands. Looks like Vista Ridge and CTJ will get a chance to square off many times prior to Grand Nats. BOA Austin, TMC, (Possibly Area as well at Kelly Reeves) BOA SA and then UIL State as the past 2 State 6A Champs before making the trek to Indy. I have no doubt that both programs will have a pumped up show for their grand nats trip. Will be interesting to see what other programs announce a trip to Indy.
also interested to see what impact Covid has on program size. I have heard that many of the middle schools and even high school have seen some serious decline in membership. some kids gave up on music during the virtual school - middle school kids that abandoned music in 7th or 8th grade may never recover to participate in high school band. that could have a significant impact on the size of many programs. time will tell.
It is going to be an awesome year for sure. not only with Vista/CTJ squaring off, but we cant forget Vandergrift and Ronald Reagan. Vandergrift is the "reigning" National Champion, Ronald Reagan beat them head to head I believe twice in 2019.
It is going to be interesting to see how well all the programs recover. Even though most programs did some sort of marching show in 2020, you still have 2 years worth of students who don't have a lot of experience performing a full length, high level show. Rouse HS was one of the rising stars in 5A. Is COVID going to set the program back a couple of years? Only time will tell.
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TMC 2 years ago was awesome, this line-up looks to be even better. UIL is going to be interesting this year as well. Can Vista Ridge regain the 6A championship? Can LISD (south) sweep the 5A medals? TMC and BOA Austin are early enough in the season that anything is possible. Personally, I cannot wait until the fall!!
2022 BOA Midland (Oct. 8)
in Past Contests, Events, and Festivals Archive
Posted
Bands enrolled in the West Texas Regional as of 07/18/2022:
Abilene H.S., TX
Andrews H.S., TX
Azle H.S., TX
Braswell H.S., TX
Central H.S., TX
Clovis H.S., NM
Coronado H.S., TX
Del Rio H.S., TX
Duncanville H.S., TX
Fossil Ridge H.S., TX
Frenship H.S., TX
Lake Ridge H.S., TX
Legacy H.S., TX
Lubbock-Cooper H.S., TX
Midland H.S., TX
Moe & Gene Johnson H.S., TX
Pecos H.S., TX
Permian H.S., TX
Piedmont H.S., OK
Plainview H.S., TX
Randall H.S., TX
Sachse H.S., TX
Sharyland H.S., TX
Summit H.S., TX
TLCA H.S., TX