2025 BOA Bedford (Oct. 4)

[Tubalord11]

2 hours ago, yayband914 said:

Different contest, different dynamics, but Sachse was ranked literally right next to Southlake and LD Bell at San Antonio last season. Same judging panel, too. It’s not out of the realm of possibility. I don’t necessarily see them outscoring most of those groups, particularly Prosper or Keller (Aledo is a wild card but had a GREAT 2024 season), but certainly being side-by-side with them. 
 

Also, Southlake is only doing prelims so they’re a non-factor. 

Yes forget about SLC so yeah I could def see them take that last spot. 
 

[Tbcord140]

On 8/23/2025 at 10:09 AM, Tubalord11 said:

I just don’t see them over Southlake, LD Bell, Aledo, Keller and Prosper for bottom half or any of the other 6 

wild opinion.. i see sachse around the 6-7 range... show theme and everything looks VERY promising (i'll see that friday night against coppell)

[Bbowman615]

This year to me will determine Sachse’s future,but if they can make state this year with their brand new director coming from a 4a school I can only see them getting a lot better every year cause now the director got a lot of resources to work with 

[SharksAreCool]

3 hours ago, Bbowman615 said:

This year to me will determine Sachse’s future,but if they can make state this year with their brand new director coming from a 4a school I can only see them getting a lot better every year cause now the director got a lot of resources to work with 

What I’m hoping from Sachse and this new director is that they stay good all the time. They have really jumped all around Area C. Here’s what I mean:

2021: 4th

2022: 9th

2023: 17th

2024: 1st

 

If this doesn’t confuse you I don’t know what will. So hopefully they can stay on a course of being good and it’s consistent.

[Bbowman615]

5 hours ago, SharksAreCool said:

What I’m hoping from Sachse and this new director is that they stay good all the time. They have really jumped all around Area C. Here’s what I mean:

2021: 4th

2022: 9th

2023: 17th

2024: 1st

 

If this doesn’t confuse you I don’t know what will. So hopefully they can stay on a course of being good and it’s consistent.

I agree with that and I also added 2018: 6th and all of that is average to placement of around 7.5 with all 5 of those years which is not bad 23 for some reason wasn’t a good year though

[DallasFan]

On 8/25/2025 at 9:48 PM, SharksAreCool said:

What I’m hoping from Sachse and this new director is that they stay good all the time. They have really jumped all around Area C. Here’s what I mean:

2021: 4th

2022: 9th

2023: 17th

2024: 1st

 

If this doesn’t confuse you I don’t know what will. So hopefully they can stay on a course of being good and it’s consistent.

Wait can anyone explain what happened to sachse in 2023??? Like the big jump has a lot to do with Area J being introduced but surely that can't explain all of that jump? 

[Tubalord11]

12 minutes ago, DallasFan said:

Wait can anyone explain what happened to sachse in 2023??? Like the big jump has a lot to do with Area J being introduced but surely that can't explain all of that jump? 

They just wasn’t as strong? I saw them at boa prosper and though they was pretty solid, def not a 17th place show imo but just had some ensemble sound issues that literally disappeared the next season. But I think they’ll be at state for a while now 

[Tbcord140]

9 hours ago, Tubalord11 said:

They just wasn’t as strong? I saw them at boa prosper and though they was pretty solid, def not a 17th place show imo but just had some ensemble sound issues that literally disappeared the next season. But I think they’ll be at state for a while now 

that 23 show in all honesty, was not even half of what pervious years shows were

[Tbcord140]

On 8/25/2025 at 9:48 PM, SharksAreCool said:

What I’m hoping from Sachse and this new director is that they stay good all the time. They have really jumped all around Area C. Here’s what I mean:

2021: 4th

2022: 9th

2023: 17th

2024: 1st

 

If this doesn’t confuse you I don’t know what will. So hopefully they can stay on a course of being good and it’s consistent.

with this area c, i feel like it's easier for a school like sachse to stay consistent around that 1-3 range and hopefully they keep producing great themes like the 24 show and a bit of this one

[BugWub24]

On 8/25/2025 at 9:48 PM, SharksAreCool said:

What I’m hoping from Sachse and this new director is that they stay good all the time. They have really jumped all around Area C. Here’s what I mean:

2021: 4th

2022: 9th

2023: 17th

2024: 1st

 

If this doesn’t confuse you I don’t know what will. So hopefully they can stay on a course of being good and it’s consistent.

The creation of Area J had a lot to do with the sudden resurgence, but it still doesn't explain how they went from Lakeview making Area Finals over them to winning Area C and beating Waxahachie in the process the very next year. My mind is still blown at how they were able to fix their ensemble sound issues essentially overnight.

With the new director, I'm confident the ensemble sound will continue to get better (especially with his recent concert band accolades). With the new Area music judging, I'm interested to see how they will place in those categories this year.

[Tbcord140]

On 8/25/2025 at 6:41 PM, Bbowman615 said:

This year to me will determine Sachse’s future,but if they can make state this year with their brand new director coming from a 4a school I can only see them getting a lot better every year cause now the director got a lot of resources to work with 

i think theyre just fine.. half time on friday looked pretty good..
https://share.icloud.com/photos/069mYXqMuj7vQ_VGvsH-AFdOA

[SaltySynth]

My band isn't supper familiar with BOA, how many bands make finals? Is it like UIL Area where for every 5 bands there is a finals slot or is it like a base 10 bands make finals? Also does anyone have the score sheet from last year?

[Bushpresident]

3 minutes ago, SaltySynth said:

My band isn't supper familiar with BOA, how many bands make finals? Is it like UIL Area where for every 5 bands there is a finals slot or is it like a base 10 bands make finals? Also does anyone have the score sheet from last year?

12 Bands advance to finals, and here is the finals scoresheet from last year:

https://marching.musicforall.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/10/2024_Dallas_MC_Finals.pdf

[SaltySynth]

Just now, Bushpresident said:

12 Bands advance to finals, and here is the finals scoresheet from last year:

https://marching.musicforall.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/10/2024_Dallas_MC_Finals.pdf

Thanks a lot, my band went last year and we unfortunately didn't make finals, I believe we got 15 though with a score of 72.4 maybe. Im glad to see that the competition was so tight. There truly are lots of good schools where 1 good run from one school and another to just have an off day could totally change the finals route. Would love to see some new faces in finals even if its not my school.

[josephbandfan]

3 hours ago, SaltySynth said:

Thanks a lot, my band went last year and we unfortunately didn't make finals, I believe we got 15 though with a score of 72.4 maybe. Im glad to see that the competition was so tight. There truly are lots of good schools where 1 good run from one school and another to just have an off day could totally change the finals route. Would love to see some new faces in finals even if its not my school.

Here is a better scoresheet of prelims that puts all of the placements in order as well as the rankings in each caption.

https://www.hornrank.com/2024/10/bedford-dallas-i-prelims-oct-5-2024.html

[OGFISD99]

On 9/2/2025 at 5:43 PM, josephbandfan said:

Here is a better scoresheet of prelims that puts all of the placements in order as well as the rankings in each caption.

https://www.hornrank.com/2024/10/bedford-dallas-i-prelims-oct-5-2024.html

Anyone updated predictions for this contest? 

[fruitiestflute]

Goodness, this competition looks like it's loaded to the teeth with good bands !!! I know were still about a month out from this one but good luck everyone!!

[BbMarching]

17 hours ago, OGFISD99 said:

Anyone updated predictions for this contest? 

In my outrageously biased opinion, Wylie East is GUNNING for that (seemingly) final Finals placement

[SharksAreCool]

4 hours ago, BbMarching said:

In my outrageously biased opinion, Wylie East is GUNNING for that (seemingly) final Finals placement

I wouldn’t say that’s outrageous. They look a lot better than last year and their show might have more general effect this year.

[BbMarching]

16 minutes ago, SharksAreCool said:

I wouldn’t say that’s outrageous. They look a lot better than last year and their show might have more general effect this year.

I meant my bias is outrageous lol

[Tbcord140]

On 9/10/2025 at 4:53 PM, BbMarching said:

In my outrageously biased opinion, Wylie East is GUNNING for that (seemingly) final Finals placement

i feel like the contest is very top heavy.. like 1-4 is easy to figure out, but 5-12 are honestly up for grabs. just need to see how all the bands do these next 3 weeks.. i have wylie east at 9 (ish)

[LeanderMomma]

On 12/17/2024 at 4:19 PM, LeanderMomma said:

The Dallas Mid-Cities Regional will be held on Saturday, Oct. 4th at Pennington Field.

Prelims Schedule as of Sept 9:

9:45 - Keller H.S., TX
10:00 - Azle H.S., TX
10:15 - Timber Creek H.S., TX
10:30 - Sachse H.S., TX
10:45 - L.V. Berkner H.S., TX
11:00 - W.E. Boswell H.S., TX

BREAK

12:00 - Prosper H.S., TX
12:15 - Trinity H.S., TX
12:30 - Lone Star H.S., TX
12:45 - Keller Central H.S., TX
1:00 - Wylie East H.S., TX
1:15 - Waxahachie H.S., TX
1:30 - Wakeland H.S., TX
1:45 - Southlake Carroll H.S., TX

BREAK
2:30 - Flower Mound H.S., TX
2:45 - L.D. Bell H.S., TX
3:00 - Chisholm Trail H.S., TX
3:15 - Aledo H.S., TX
3:30 - Coppell H.S., TX
3:45 - Collinsville H.S., OK
4:00 - Hebron H.S., TX

A:
Collinsville H.S., OK

AAA:
Aledo H.S., TX
Azle H.S., TX
Chisholm Trail H.S., TX
L.V. Berkner H.S., TX
Lone Star H.S., TX
W.E. Boswell H.S., TX
Wakeland H.S., TX

AAAA:
Coppell H.S., TX
Flower Mound H.S., TX
Hebron H.S., TX
Keller Central H.S., TX
Keller H.S., TX
L.D. Bell H.S., TX
Prosper H.S., TX
Sachse H.S., TX
Southlake Carroll H.S., TX
Timber Creek H.S., TX
Trinity H.S., TX
Waxahachie H.S., TX
Wylie East H.S., TX

The schedule has been updated with the following changes:

W.E. Boswell H.S., TX moves to 11:00 (before the break)
Prosper H.S., TX moves to 12:00 (after the break)
Trinity, Lone Star, Keller Central all move 15 minutes later than original schedule.

 

[SharksAreCool]

1 hour ago, dstbass said:

any updated predictions before competition season starts?

Sure why not I’ll take a stab:

 

1st: FloMo (Vis,GE)

2nd: Hebron (Mus)

3rd: Wakeland

4th: Coppell

5th: Prosper

6th: TC

7th: Lone

8th: Wax (Could be higher)

9th: Keller

10th: Aledo

11th: LD Bell

12th: Sachse/Wylie East

[Bbowman615]

7 minutes ago, dstbass said:

ill reply to myself and do mine too

1 hebron

2 flomo

3 Coppell

4 Wakeland

5 TC

6 Wax

7 Prosper

8 Lone Star

9 Keller

10 Aledo

11 LD Bell

12 Sachse

also 12: Wylie East, KC

This BOA will be a good one! I am indecisive between Hebron and Flomo for first, I think none of them will sweep captions. Coppell and Wakeland can be interchangable, and that battle for top half too! As for the final spots, it will be a bloodbath but I’ll have sachse on 12 for now but again that last spot can be a wild card!

For me I like the list but I’ll move Keller up and move waxa down a little other than that I feel 6-12 could go in any order 

[Tbcord140]

finally dipping my hand in these predictions
1. hebron
2. flomo
3. coppell
4. wakeland
5. prosper
6. TC
7. wax
8. keller
9. aledo
10. sachse
11. lone star
12. LD Bell/Wylie East (i feel like LD Bell is a bit overrated this year, same for WE)