2025 US Bands Southwestern Championship

[melIow]

11 hours ago, bandisfun124 said:

I would second this. I think Granbury will be second, and then the next few placements are kind of a toss-up

i could see kaufman or o'connor in a fight with granbury for 2nd, but i can also see granbury getting 2nd!

[glyde]

The fact that programs like Hebron, flower mound, marcus and forney come here is unsettling considering that they will obviously sweep up the podiums. I wonder how the smaller schools compete against this

[Toasty]

19 minutes ago, glyde said:

The fact that programs like Hebron, flower mound, marcus and forney come here is unsettling considering that they will obviously sweep up the podiums. I wonder how the smaller schools compete against this

Does world class not have their own class division and competition within themselves?

[Bass5Beater]

34 minutes ago, glyde said:

The fact that programs like Hebron, flower mound, marcus and forney come here is unsettling considering that they will obviously sweep up the podiums. I wonder how the smaller schools compete against this

World Class has their own competition. Its just Hebron, Flomo, Marcus, Forney, Burleson Centennial, and TC in the morning. I, II, and IV are in that same afternoon different comp, and III and V are the next day

[ohboyilove5aareaf]

5 hours ago, melIow said:

i could see kaufman or o'connor in a fight with granbury for 2nd, but i can also see granbury getting 2nd!

if granbury keeps it close with birdville, I think they could possibly be a lock for 5a area f finals. 

[glyde]

11 hours ago, Bass5Beater said:

World Class has their own competition. Its just Hebron, Flomo, Marcus, Forney, Burleson Centennial, and TC in the morning. I, II, and IV are in that same afternoon different comp, and III and V are the next day

Ohhhh okay this makes more logical sense, I am not fully versed in USBands, Thank you for the clarification!!

[Toasty]

Just a quick world class prediction, I’d say I’m very confident on this list

1. flower mound

2. hebron

3. marcus

4. forney

5. BC

6. Tc

Such a stacked world class lineup here this year 

[Anthony V]

On 10/22/2025 at 2:17 PM, oddlynormal said:

Former head band director at L.D. Bell HS is the Associate Director at Guyer now.  This could be very accurate.

That's stunning! And I definitely wasn't expecting it to be Jeremy Earnhart!! I don't know of any director -- of that caliber or otherwise -- who has moved up to fine arts director and then back down to being a high school director.

[WanderingTraveler]

There's no stream I'm missing here right?

[WanderingTraveler]

Never posted my predictions, oops.

 

Group I, II, and IV Predictions:

 

1. Birdville HS - IV

2. Sandra Day O’Connor HS - IV

3. Granbury HS - IV

4. Kaufman HS - IV

5. Mount Pleasant HS - IV

6. West Mesquite HS - IV

7. Lewisville HS - IV

8. Ryan HS - IV

9. Northwest HS - IV

10. Paschal HS - IV

11. Naaman Forest HS - II

12. Arlington Lamar HS - II

Assuming since this is a single run format, then theres no “every group represented” rule

[WanderingTraveler]

World Class Predictions:

 

1. Flower Mound

2. Hebron

3. Marcus

4. Burleson Centennial

5. Forney

6. The Colony

 

Assuming FM continues the winning streak, however I still think Hebron is still incredibly close in a UIL/USBands format.

[WanderingTraveler]

Group III & V Predictions:

 

1. Midlothian HS - V

2. W.E. Boswell HS - V

3. Byron Nelson HS - V

4. North Forney HS - III

5. Richardson HS - V

6. Guyer HS - V

7. James Martin HS - V

8. Red Oak HS - III

9. Garland HS - III

10. Burleson HS - III

11. Frisco HS - III

12. Midlothian Heritage HS - III

Could see Harker Heights getting into the top 12. Excited to see how the top 3 shake out.

[MHS Band Dad]

I'd love to see a Marcus upset of Hebron - they were 2 points behind Hebron at UIL Area J. 

 

[lunareclipse18]

Anyone have the results for classes 1,2, and 4?

[MoBone]

4 hours ago, WanderingTraveler said:

World Class Predictions:

 

1. Flower Mound

2. Hebron

3. Marcus

4. Burleson Centennial

5. Forney

6. The Colony

 

Assuming FM continues the winning streak, however I still think Hebron is still incredibly close in a UIL/USBands format.

Is usbands more aligned with UIL judging? 

[WanderingTraveler]

35 minutes ago, MoBone said:

Is usbands more aligned with UIL judging? 

Actually I take that back a bit, USBands judging is definitely kinda like BOA-lite, were effect is an actual caption. Judging has both a music and visual effect, rather than a "general effect" category, which is why I said that. FM should win this.

[Karma_Savior]

Does anyone know when results are being announced? 

[WanderingTraveler]

2 minutes ago, Karma_Savior said:

Does anyone know when results are being announced? 

I’m sure they already have been, just hard to have anyone report on this with this being on a Tuesday night… I’m sure they’ll be posted at some point soon.

[Tubaplaya2011]

Ik Godley won Group II Champions and Lewisville won Group IV, don’t know about Group I.

[Tubalord11]

Scores 

Open - Group I
1	South Hills High School	73.900
2	Elkhart High School	70.500
3	Palmer High School	70.000
4	Nolan Catholic High School	68.000
5	Bowie High School	67.900
6	Eastland High School	66.700
7	Keene High School	64.800
Open - Group II
1	Godley High School	80.800
2	Naaman Forest High School	77.400
3	Academy High School	76.400
4	Cornerstone Christian Schools	76.200
5	Lamar High School (ARL)	75.800
6	Veterans Memorial High School (San Antonio)	75.700
7	Lake Worth High School	70.500
Open - Group IV
1	Lewisville High School	88.200
2	Sandra Day O'Connor High School	86.000
2	Birdville High School	86.000
4	Ryan High School	84.900
5	Northwest High School (TX)	83.300
6	Mount Pleasant High School	82.800
7	Granbury High School	82.700
8	Kaufman High School	82.200
9	West Mesquite High School	81.300
10	Paschal High School	80.200

[ohboyilove5aareaf]

does usbands have a score sheet similar to those from area/state? 

[db5454]

Anyone have scores from the last event last night with Hebron, Marcus, FloMo?

[Tubalord11]

22 minutes ago, ohboyilove5aareaf said:

does usbands have a score sheet similar to those from area/state? 

It’s more like boa, but it’s really its own things and doesn’t really compare will to boa tbh…

[Tubalord11]

12 minutes ago, db5454 said:

Anyone have scores from the last event last night with Hebron, Marcus, FloMo?

Still waiting on those unless someone has em 

[oddlynormal]

17 hours ago, Anthony V said:

That's stunning! And I definitely wasn't expecting it to be Jeremy Earnhart!! I don't know of any director -- of that caliber or otherwise -- who has moved up to fine arts director and then back down to being a high school director.

His daughter is about to graduate and I suspect may be attending a VERY good music school not far from Guyer HS.