Donezo Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 Any word on who's going? All I know thus far are Marcus and Poteet. I imagine most of the perennial competitors like Wylie, Allen and Sherman will attend. Perhaps Keller will return to defend their title? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cgrad01 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Any word on who's going? All I know thus far are Marcus and Poteet. I imagine most of the perennial competitors like Wylie, Allen and Sherman will attend. Perhaps Keller will return to defend their title? I am sure Berkner, Rowlett, Mesquite, North Mesquite and some of the McKinney schools will show up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donezo Posted September 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 Schedule!! 10:45 Leonard 11:00 Pottsboro 11:15 Whitewright 11:30 Tom Bean 11:45 Commerce 12:00 Mineola 12:15 Lamar 12:30 Princeton 12:45 BREAK 1:15 Sachse 1:30 Garland 1:45 Lake Highlands 2:00 McKinney 2:15 Wylie 2:30 Naaman Forest 2:45 BREAK 3:00 Rockwall Heath 3:15 Sherman 3:30 McKinney Boyd 3:45 Mesquite 4:00 Marcus 4:15 Poteet 4:30 Keller This could potentially be a very interesting contest. I do not envy my alma mater's position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracelyd33 Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 I will be there! So will Sherman! I can see all my old friends! Yay! That just made my day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donezo Posted October 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 I'm really considering driving up to Plano this weekend so I can support the alma mater and see Marcus at the same time. It will be really interesting to see how all of this shakes out. I will be totally shocked if Marcus doesn't walk away with this, but after that things get a little fuzzy. Here's what I'm kind of thinking: 1. Marcus 2-6: (alpha order) Keller Lake Highlands Poteet Sachse Wylie 7-10: (alpha order) McKinney Boyd Naaman Forest Rockwall Heath Sherman With Mesquite as a possible spoiler to the last four. I could see Poteet and Keller rounding out the top three in prelims because of performance time, but that 2-6 group is probably going to be really close and could shuffle around a lot from prelims to finals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aka-Attack Posted October 8, 2008 Report Share Posted October 8, 2008 I find it cool that it will be like a battle of state champions, Poteet (4A) and Marcus (5A). We'll see how things shake out when the results are posted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cgrad01 Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 I agree with Donezo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takigan Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 I'm pretty sure Marcus is going to pulverize both Poteet and Sherman, and I think our little group of 4A enthusiasts are a little.....well how do I say "delusional" without sounding condescending? Our perennial champion who topped the nation's gold medalist in the previous age is on the move....and now who is left to stand against him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donezo Posted October 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 (edited) Well the last time Poteet went up against the reigning 5A state champ at this contest, they wound up winning (over Duncanville in 2004.) This contest format has historically favored them for some reason. But yeah, not likely to happen this time. Edited October 10, 2008 by Donezo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsh48 Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Well the last time Poteet went up against the reigning 5A state champ at this contest, they wound up winning (over Duncanville in 2004.) This contest format has historically favored them for some reason. But yeah, not likely to happen this time. The weight of the percussion caption scores has favored bands like Poteet. When you look at the recaps from the PESH contest you will find that, more than once, the band with a majority of 1st place scores does not actually "win" the contest. But with their percussion scores, Marcus should win going away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donezo Posted October 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 The weight of the percussion caption scores has favored bands like Poteet. When you look at the recaps from the PESH contest you will find that, more than once, the band with a majority of 1st place scores does not actually "win" the contest. But with their percussion scores, Marcus should win going away. Exactly. At the '04 contest, the percussion and guard judges nailed Duncanville pretty hard. Just one first place vote in marching pushed Poteet up over the top as a result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Prelims Results: 2A: Winds - Tom Bean Percussion - Tom Bean Marching - Tom Bean General Effect - Whitewright Guard - Tom Bean Drum Major - Whitewright 1. Tom Bean 2. Whitewright 3. Pottsboro 3A: Winds - Princeton Percussion - Princeton Marching - Princeton General Effect - Princeton Guard - Princeton Drum Major - Commerce 1. Princeton 2. Lovejoy 3. Commerce 4A: Winds - Poteet Percussion - Poteet Marching - Poteet General Effect - Poteet Guard - Poteet Drum Major - Poteet 1. Poteet 2. McKinney 3. Sherman 5A: Winds - Marcus Percussion - Marcus Marching - Marcus General Effect - Marcus Guard - Marcus Drum Major - Marcus 1. Marcus 2. Keller 3. Sachse Finalists (Performance Order): Naaman Forest Sherman McKinney McKinney Boyd Wylie Lake Highlands Sachse Keller Poteet Marcus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donezo Posted October 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 Finals Results! 1. Marcus 2. Poteet 3. Keller 4. Sachse 5. Lake Highlands 6. McKinney Boyd 7. Wylie 8. McKinney 9. Sherman 10. Naaman Forest Outstanding Musical Performance: Marcus Outstanding Visual Performance: Marcus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsstephenyo Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 Wow, Keller over Sachse. Didn't see that coming. Also didn't expect Sherman to be down at 9th. Did they not announce scores? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donezo Posted October 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 Wow, Keller over Sachse. Didn't see that coming. Also didn't expect Sherman to be down at 9th. Did they not announce scores? It's done by rank points I believe. I should know something fairly soon. A Marcus sweep would not surprise me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 It's done by rank points I believe. I should know something fairly soon. A Marcus sweep would not surprise me. It is done by weighted rank points. Each judge's scores are ranked, then that rank is multiplied by the percentage weight of that caption. For example, Music is 50% weighted, so the Music judge's rank is multiplied by 0.5 to get the weighted rank point. Then all weighted rank points are added together and the lowest total weighted rank points wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the terminator Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 ^ that gets me on how much i hate area scoring. i mean one judge could be scoring really high and if u happen to be in 10th in his group then u are kinda sunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donezo Posted October 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2008 Yay Recaps!! Key: Music Music Percussion Marching Marching GE Guard Prelims: Marcus 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 Poteet 5 2 3 1 3 4 2 Keller 4 4 2 5 2 2 4 Sachse 2 3 4 6 5 3 8 Lake Highlands 3 8 7 7 4 7 5 Wylie 6 7 5 4 6 5 3 McKinney Boyd 10 6 11 3 11 6 14 McKinney 7 11 9 8 9 11 7 Sherman 9 5 6 14 13 8 12 Naaman Forest 8 13 12 11 7 10 10 Garland 11 9 13 13 8 12 9 Mesquite 13 10 8 9 10 14 15 Princeton 12 12 10 10 12 9 6 Lovejoy 16 14 15 12 14 13 11 Commerce 14 15 14 16 16 18 13 Tom Bean 17 16 17 15 15 16 16 Pottsboro 15 18 18 19 19 17 17 Whitewright 19 17 19 18 17 15 19 Mineola 18 19 16 17 18 19 18 Finals: Marcus 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Poteet 2 2 3 4 2 3 2 Keller 3 4 2 2 3 4 6 Sachse 4 6 4 3 4 2 4 Lake Highlands 6 3 5 5 5 6 5 McKinney Boyd 5 5 9 7 8 7 8 Wylie 8 7 6 6 6 5 3 McKinney 6 8 8 8 7 8 7 Sherman 9 9 7 10 10 9 10 Naaman Forest 10 10 10 9 9 10 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takigan Posted October 18, 2008 Report Share Posted October 18, 2008 ^ that gets me on how much i hate area scoring. i mean one judge could be scoring really high and if u happen to be in 10th in his group then u are kinda sunk Well a high scoring judge isn't as bad as a judge who's using a very broad spread of point value scores.....being at the bottom of his spectrum really blows because even if every other judge has you down as the winner, it doesn't matter because you still lost to the first place band by 40 points in one judge's eyes and therefore are last place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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