I haven't got to watch Shadow Creek in person but I've watched them on air. They seemed to have gotten a lot smaller this year, more visuals, choreography, and switches in their show can get them in the hunt this last week.
It's another late charge by Clements, if I'm being honest, I wasn't sure if they were up to their very high music standards this year, but since watching their Katy performance, their music and visuals improved massively. Another thing I've noticed the size, I remember the length that this band used to take up on the field, to now almost 2 concert band sizes. But volume has not lacked for them. For a band with such a successful history, surprised they aren't getting much state talk in this forum. Cleanups in individuals and marching techniques can make the difference.
I'm liking the colorgaurd changes in Dawson's show.
I'm not here to make any predictions on results.