UIL 5A Area F 2025

[sigmahornist11]

48 minutes ago, freakyarea-f said:

predictions (very valid👍)

1. Flomo 

2. Aledo

3. Krum (accurate)

4. Midlothian

5. Brewer

6. Cen10

7. Richland

67. Boston crusaders

8. Grapevine

41. Birdville

9. Joshua

 

Where is polytechnic?

[colleyvilleftw]

predictions

0. krum 

1.polytech

1.5. phantom regiment

2. colleyville heritage

3. star of indiana

4. trimble tech

5. kyoto tachibana high school 

6. hebron high school

6.7. heritage colleyville

7. avon high school

8. cen10 (frisco)

9. aledo

100. lowlothian

 

last: grapevine

[fruitiestflute]

Out of curiosity, do we know how many bands they're taking to finals? I've seen some saying that it's 12 and others saying 10, so I'm a wee bit confused on which it is.

[lunareclipse18]

10 make finals, and 5 go to state

[stinkyletterman]

On 10/27/2025 at 10:59 AM, colleyvilleftw said:

predictions

0. krum 

1.polytech

1.5. phantom regiment

2. colleyville heritage

3. star of indiana

4. trimble tech

5. kyoto tachibana high school 

6. hebron high school

6.7. heritage colleyville

7. avon high school

8. cen10 (frisco)

9. aledo

100. lowlothian

 

last: grapevine

is this true?? where is granbury

[goat_trumpet]

My final predictions for this area: 

1. Aledo

2. Midlothian

3. Cen10

4. Richland

5. Grapevine

6. Birdville

7. Azle

8. Colleyville

9. Chisholm Trail

10. Fossil Ridge

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11. Brewer

12. Saginaw

[CharterBusLover]

17 minutes ago, goat_trumpet said:

My final predictions for this area: 

1. Aledo

2. Midlothian

3. Cen10

4. Richland

5. Grapevine

6. Birdville

7. Azle

8. Colleyville

9. Chisholm Trail

10. Fossil Ridge

11. Brewer

12. Saginaw

everyone sleeping on joshua💔

[bandisfun124]

Here's what I'm thinking at this moment

1. Burleson Centennial (sounding really good, been decently successful)

2. Aledo (they're having an off year)

3. Midlothian (cool writing, but the balance is a little weird on the recordings I've seen)

4. Birdville (impressive show, pretty well executed, already beat Richland by a good bit earlier this season)

5. Grapevine (not a whole lot happening in the show, but it's really clean)

6. Richland (same as Grapevine but less clean, also I heard they haven't had their whole show out for too long)

7. Azle (usually pretty good but not as successful at UILs as compared to BOAs

8. Saginaw (doing pretty good)

9. Joshua (they've beaten a lot of the other schools that people have predicted for these spots)

10. Brewer (solid show, good music, clean playing)

 

The content and split music scores will really affect some of the historical placements. Keep in mind that this year, schools are sort of being graded on how difficult their show is.

[ohboyilove5aareaf]

bottom 3-4 spots are insanely hard to predict this year, but i wouldn't be upset seeing granbury/Joshua/brewer/Saginaw in there. 

[Anthony V]

Alright, since we're doing this... Here's my probably wrong predictions. To increase my chances of being not wrong, I'm claiming this as a possibility for either prelims or finals 😂. Though I'm skeptical Richland will be top 3 in prelims given their draw time.

1. Burleson Centennial

2. Aledo

3. Richland

4. Midlothian

5. Grapevine

6. Birdville

Everything after that goes from mostly speculation to pure speculation.

I do think the top 4 is entirely interchangeable. A lights-out performance from any of those 4 could win this contest. (Notice I don't say "will.") If more than one has a lights-out performance... I think there's no way of predicting what happens. I think BC is the most consistent of the top 4 this year and so has the best claim for the top spot, but Aledo has points for historical consistency here. 

That said... There is also the possibility that Grapevine sneaks into the top 4 if they had an energetic run without losing visual cleanliness and musical balance/accuracy. I do think it's an outside shot, but -- as with their placements over Duncanville and Boswell at different competitions this season -- I don't think it's impossible. Plus, the judges here are likely to appreciate what Grapevine is doing.

I still think of Colleyville Heritage as a possible finalist. Their upper limit for achievement is still towards the middle of the top 10 for me, they're just set back by design integration (it's not a bad show, just lacking in sophisticated element integration and continuity) and some persistent musical and visual dirt. But with the right staff insights those are fixable things, at least relative to the task of making area finals.

I will say that, somewhat selfishly, I look forward to being a spectator for such a large number of bubble bands. I have no intention of sleeping on anyone. In fact, that's why it seems like I'm sleeping on just about everyone in the bottom of finals placement range. With the exception of CH sheerly as a wild card, I don't feel comfortable singling anyone out. 😂

[Percplayer19]

2 hours ago, Anthony V said:

Alright, since we're doing this... Here's my probably wrong predictions. To increase my chances of being not wrong, I'm claiming this as a possibility for either prelims or finals 😂. Though I'm skeptical Richland will be top 3 in prelims given their draw time.

1. Burleson Centennial

2. Aledo

3. Richland

4. Midlothian

5. Grapevine

6. Birdville

Everything after that goes from mostly speculation to pure speculation.

I do think the top 4 is entirely interchangeable. A lights-out performance from any of those 4 could win this contest. (Notice I don't say "will.") If more than one has a lights-out performance... I think there's no way of predicting what happens. I think BC is the most consistent of the top 4 this year and so has the best claim for the top spot, but Aledo has points for historical consistency here. 

That said... There is also the possibility that Grapevine sneaks into the top 4 if they had an energetic run without losing visual cleanliness and musical balance/accuracy. I do think it's an outside shot, but -- as with their placements over Duncanville and Boswell at different competitions this season -- I don't think it's impossible. Plus, the judges here are likely to appreciate what Grapevine is doing.

I still think of Colleyville Heritage as a possible finalist. Their upper limit for achievement is still towards the middle of the top 10 for me, they're just set back by design integration (it's not a bad show, just lacking in sophisticated element integration and continuity) and some persistent musical and visual dirt. But with the right staff insights those are fixable things, at least relative to the task of making area finals.

I will say that, somewhat selfishly, I look forward to being a spectator for such a large number of bubble bands. I have no intention of sleeping on anyone. In fact, that's why it seems like I'm sleeping on just about everyone in the bottom of finals placement range. With the exception of CH sheerly as a wild card, I don't feel comfortable singling anyone out. 😂

This season has been the worst prelim performance times since I’ve been with Richland. But it has prepared the band for this moment. I was at the practice at the stadium on Monday with the pre show and closer presentation . It’s a wonderful production on par with 2023 and definitely better than 2024. I think it will be an eye opening show since it has not been performed in any contest or game. Even at the Aledo game it was cut short due to time. 

[stinkyletterman]

anyone on this forum attending this comp? 
 

[stinkyletterman]

my predictions are simple and easy 

1. Aledo (obv first pick)

2. Cen10 (always been on top and its between them and aledo for 1st)

3. Midlothian (I do like this new era of midlo I really like the show theme)

4. Birdville (best birdville I've seen in a while, most enjoyable show in area f this year. executed well)

5. Grapevine  (its clean but musically its just not there. decent show theme)

6. Richland (its not bad at all, but they will be performing there closer for the first time at area, ive heard they've been sending there closer to people but its not the same as live feedback don't think they will cut it this year.

7. Azle (I don't know, the fire within is very cookie cutter but I'm sure they execute it well.)

8. Saginaw ( I love Saginaw and I was really disappointed when they didn't make area finals last year. but the comeback WILL be bigger then the set back.)

9. Joshua (beat brewer this year at spring town very very surprised with there show this year "northern lights"

10. Granbury (the fly over is really cool and I watched them and its very well put together)

I'm looking forward to the judging for percussion and the new content scoring, I KNOW that it shake up alot of score

[Anthony V]

1 hour ago, stinkyletterman said:

anyone on this forum attending this comp? 
 

I'll be there and providing commentary, unless something strange happens.

[PercDad4Life]

5 hours ago, stinkyletterman said:

anyone on this forum attending this comp? 
 

I'll be there but will not be available for all prelim shows. But I will be there for all of finals.  It'll be a great competition.

[Anthony V]

25 minutes ago, iloveandrewmoon said:

Will you be there for all of prelims? 

That's my plan!

[iloveandrewmoon]

Predictions 

1- GRAPEVINE

2-GHS

3-MUSATNG BAND

4- GRAPEVINE

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Wall 

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Ground

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Dirt

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28- Colleyville

[melIow]

🤯 area eve
here are my predictions the day before
1. aledo 
2. midlothian
3. burleson centennial
4. richland
5. birdville
6. grapevine
7. azle
8. granbury(?)
9. saginaw
10. colleyville heritage

a LOT of these spots are interchangable and really depends on how each band does tomorrow night, but i wish anyone performing good luck!

[stinkyletterman]

Just now, melIow said:

🤯 area eve
here are my predictions the day before
1. aledo 
2. midlothian
3. burleson centennial
4. richland
5. birdville
6. grapevine
7. azle
8. granbury(?)
9. saginaw
10. colleyville heritage

a LOT of these spots are interchangable and really depends on how each band does tomorrow night, but i wish anyone performing good luck!

happy area eve! 

[ohboyilove5aareaf]

On 10/30/2025 at 10:57 AM, stinkyletterman said:

my predictions are simple and easy 

1. Aledo (obv first pick)

2. Cen10 (always been on top and its between them and aledo for 1st)

3. Midlothian (I do like this new era of midlo I really like the show theme)

4. Birdville (best birdville I've seen in a while, most enjoyable show in area f this year. executed well)

5. Grapevine  (its clean but musically its just not there. decent show theme)

6. Richland (its not bad at all, but they will be performing there closer for the first time at area, ive heard they've been sending there closer to people but its not the same as live feedback don't think they will cut it this year.

7. Azle (I don't know, the fire within is very cookie cutter but I'm sure they execute it well.)

8. Saginaw ( I love Saginaw and I was really disappointed when they didn't make area finals last year. but the comeback WILL be bigger then the set back.)

9. Joshua (beat brewer this year at spring town very very surprised with there show this year "northern lights"

10. Granbury (the fly over is really cool and I watched them and its very well put together)

I'm looking forward to the judging for percussion and the new content scoring, I KNOW that it shake up alot of score

i think granburys flyover isnt an actual part of their show but just something cool for their community night, otherwise great prediction

[fruitiestflute]

Happy Halloween AND Area-Eve!!! Here's to a great prelim run for every band tomorrow and an even better finals performance to those who advance!! Make sure to get lots of sleep (and candy!!!) tonight, and drink water!! See y'all tomorrow!!

[brewerslut]

1. Brewer

2. Brewer

3. Andrew Williams director of the Brewer Band

4. Mandarins 2026

5. Brewer

6. Brewer

7. South Hills

8. 2022 Brewer

9. DQ

10. Owen Clark Boston Crusaders Horn Solo

[PercDad4Life]

Based on all the legitimate predictions, it is going to be a great 5A Area F competition.  Excited to see how it all plays out.

I have not been able to watch all the shows for the projected contenders, so I do not have a prediction myself. But I am intrigued by those that suggest the usual #1, (the band that shall not be named), may be having a down year.

If true, that is great for everyone.  We all know they should be competing with the 6A schools.  However, I think that since they perform last in prelims, this will give them a stronger opportunity to come out of prelims in 1st place and thus providing a more difficult challenge for the other top contenders to takeover the #1 spot in finals. Hoping we can crown a new and different Area F Champion this year!

Wishing all the bands their best runs of the year and may the odds be ever in your favor. 

[hooray15]

grapevine is mega aura 

[BugWub24]

14 minutes ago, PercDad4Life said:

Based on all the legitimate predictions, it is going to great 5A Area F competition.  Excited to see how it all plays out.

I have not been able to watch all the shows for the projected contenders, so I do not have a prediction myself. But I am intrigued by those that suggest the usual #1, (the band that shall not be named), may be having a down year.

If true, that is great for everyone.  We all know they should be competing with the 6A schools.  However, I think that since they perform last in prelims, this will give them a stronger opportunity to come out of prelims in 1st place and thus providing a more difficult challenge for the other top contenders to takeover the #1 spot in finals. Hoping we can crown a new and different Area F Champion this year!

Wishing all the bands their best runs of the year and may the odds be ever in your favor. 

And Aledo is up to 2,400 this year in enrollment, so they will be moving up to 6A next year.