UIL 3A State Marching Contest 2024 November 6th

[Tubalord11]

Congratulations to Mineola on 1st place!!! Tbh, I was a little shocked about Whitesboro, especially going from 1st to 5th in one season, but the top half was super competitive, and every placement was earned. Congratulations to everyone band who competed tonight, and congrats to all the 3A bands on ya'lls seasons!! 

[Kmt1]

[TexasStrangers]

It is me or was the prelim scoring some of the craziest scoring I have seen in quite some time. I heard from a couple of schools that one of the judges had an issue and was replaced before the contest by someone from out of state and the scores were crazy.

[BandConnoisseur]

8 hours ago, TexasStrangers said:

It is me or was the prelim scoring some of the craziest scoring I have seen in quite some time. I heard from a couple of schools that one of the judges had an issue and was replaced before the contest by someone from out of state and the scores were crazy.

I haven't heard a peep about that. There was some weird scoring in prelims it would seem.

[bxOxAxUIL]

On 10/28/2024 at 7:32 PM, TexasStrangers said:

Just curious what everyone is thinking for the State Contest.

I have seen over half the bands that will be at State and it's a very hard decision to decide on who will win. I think it's just too close to predict an easy win for anyone and whoever medals will have earned it for sure.  Based on what I have seen so far this year. I think it's a 3-way Race for 1st between Atlanta/Mineola/Redwater. I believe if you had five different sets of judges they would all end up with a different team of the 3 on top. All three shows I think are capable of taking 1st and are just outstanding. I know there is some love for Whitesboro but they have lost to both Mineola and Commerce this season, maybe they made lots of improvements to their show in the past few weeks. 

Redwater beat Mineola early in the season on a judges tiebreaker (neither show was finished) but placed 2nd behind Mineola in Area C Finals by 1pt. 

Atlanta has beaten Redwater twice and was first in Area C Prelims until they were passed by Mineola and Redwater in Finals.

Mineola beat Whitesboro at Princeton and was 3rd in Area C Prelims behind Atlanta/Redwater and performed before Redwater/Atlanta both times that day to win Area C. 

I could maybe see a CH Yoe or Raymondville sneaking in for a Top 5 maybe even a Commerce or perhaps a Whitesboro. 

Whitesboro did better than you predicted huh?

[BandConnoisseur]

1 hour ago, bxOxAxUIL said:

Whitesboro did better than you predicted huh?

He/She said they would make Top 5. They finished 5th.

[TexasStrangers]

On 11/9/2024 at 3:23 PM, bxOxAxUIL said:

Whitesboro did better than you predicted huh?

I predicted they would be around 5th which is where they finished. I didn't think they would win with having a new director this year and getting beat by both Mineola at Princeton and also getting beat by Commerce at BOA Prosper.