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Well, I’m sitting in the UD Arena parking lot, looking at the heaviest rain of the week. Every team tonight will get to experience the nasty weather, trying desperately to keep everything as dry as humanly possible. It’s going to be treacherous for the unload, but am INCREDIBLY excited to be down on the floor with an AMAZING group of 32 young people attempting to finish a truly magical season. I hope everyone here and at home enjoys the performances tonight! GO THE WOODLANDS! GO TEAM TEXAS!!

OMG LITTLE ELM 98.40😱😱😱 NEW SO RECORD!!!

Scholastic A Final Scores 1. 96.555 - Pope HS, GA 2. 95.115 - Melissa HS, TX 3. 95.030 - River Bluff HS, SC 4. 94.155 - Clovis North HS Varsity, CA 5. 92.855 - Grain Valley HS, MO 6. 92.535 - John C. Birdlebough HS, NY 7. 92.055 - Jordan HS, TX 8. 90.670 - Dripping Springs HS Varsity, TX 9. 90.550 - Katy HS Varsity, TX 10. 88.940 - Tomball Memorial HS, TX 11. 88.095 - Wylie HS, TX 12. 87.930 - Kennesaw Mountain HS, GA 13. 87.210 - Freedom HS, FL 14. 86.035 - Edwardsville HS, IL 15. 85.830 - Lincoln-Way Community Schools, IL 16. 84.765 - Carroll HS, IN 17. 84.410 - Kettering Fairmont HS, OH 18. 84.200 - Franklin HS, OH 19. 83.815 - Lafayette HS, MO 20. 82.010 - Yukon HS, OK

Wylie HS in WGI Finals for the first time in school history!! SO proud of these kids and their directors!

Hope yall and everyone is able to get everything in safely and not to wet, let’s go Woodlands!!!!

yessss, go Melissa!!! movin up a spot!! imma stay up way too late tonite to wake up early enough to watch the opens in finals. wishing em all great luck in advance. thinkin' Pearland could still snag a medal w/ a cleaner run than the one in semis. methinks i should prob congratulate lil elm now but don't wanna jinx it lol. maybe there was too much of a post-dinner score bump in round 3, who knows.

well i thought Melissa had by far the most goosebumpy show of the top As, we'll see if the performance was good enough to hang onto that medal. it helps that it was the show that had the most on its mind, depicting the frustrations of an artist who shot himself in the chest before he hit peak fame. "Someday you'll understand the meaning of my life." so achingly beautiful. the choreo was soooo expressive.

LITTLE ELM!!! TeamTexas is really about to bring home 2 golds in the same season!! I CANT WAIT FOR TOMORROW!!!

Hey! I'm a member of the Emerson guard and we would like to thank you for all of your support!! We were wondering if you're going to be at UD arena later for finals because the guard and my director would love to take a photo with you!!

Congratulations to Melissa on Silver!!! And to all the other guards as well, Wylie winning fan favorite via Flo in SA, definitely deserved, was such a super fun show all year!!!

Scholastic Open Class Semi Finals Scores (Top 15): 1. 94.600 - Little Elm HS, TX 2. 92.400 - Shenendehowa HS, NY 3. 91.600 - Noblesville HS, IN 4. 91.200 - Pearland HS, TX 5. 90.800 - Lowndes HS, GA 6. 90.300 - Emerson HS, TX 7. 90.000 - Westlake HS, TX 8. 89.700 - Cy-Fair HS, TX 9. 89.300 - Choctaw HS, OK 10. 89.100 - Timber Creek HS, FL 11. 88.300 - Oviedo HS, FL 12. 88.000 - Lockport Township HS, IL 13. 87.600 - James Bowie HS, TX 14. 87.400 - Palm Desert Charter MS, CA 15. 87.300 - Holly Springs HS, NC

Little elm about to perform! 94.6!!!

congrats to A classers. quick calculations, looks like tx units take up half of the top ten spots after semis. Melissa 3rd, + Jordan, Katy, dripping, and Tomball memorial 6th thru 9th in a row. think Wylie also made it in.

Here we go, let’s rock this The Woodlands, bring it home

Scholastic Open Final Scores 1. 98.400 - Little Elm HS, TX 2. 95.400 - Shenendehowa HS, NY 3. 95.300 - Noblesville HS, IN 4. 95.050 - Pearland HS, TX 5. 93.350 - Emerson HS, TX 6. 91.350 - Westlake HS, TX 7. 90.700 - Lowndes HS, GA 8. 90.450 - Timber Creek HS, FL 9. 89.250 - Oviedo HS, FL 10. 88.800 - Cy-Fair HS, TX 10. 88.800 - Choctaw HS, OK 12. 86.300 - Lockport Township HS, IL 13. 85.750 - James Bowie HS, TX 14. 85.000 - Palm Desert Charter MS, CA 15. 84.300 - Holly Springs HS, NC

oh wow!!! amazing!!! 4 point increase over semis is huge!! they topped the record held by woodlands + pomona!! was wondering when that was gonna happen. took over 20 years!!! all the guards in finals did so awesome. thank goodness for the rewind feature!!!

Ladies and gentlemen, your 2025 SO champions, LITTLE ELM!!! I mean other than the small details I can’t see, that was about as good of a run as they could have asked for!! Just so passionate and talented, what a season they’ve had, fantastic job!!! I also think Pearland takes 2nd here, they had imo the cleanest run between them Nobelsville and Shen, but ofc that’s just what I saw. Regardless congratulations to all the SO groups on yalls fantastic seasons!!

I think they’ll do much better. It takes a little to adjust to new classes, take Argyles first year in 5A. Ofc they did great in finals in 22 but they were like 8th or something in prelims and now they’re killing it so I’m sure Foster will be fine, still made finals at everything except the SASR

It's cool seeing River Bluff and Grain Valley make those jumps up, especially Grain Valley. They both gave outstanding performances. Congratulations to Melissa! Well-deserved medal! And of course to all of the other amazing finalists.

Open Class Finals Schedule (Eastern Time) Saturday, April 5 Location: University of Dayton Arena 9:00 AM - Holly Springs HS, NC 9:09 AM - Palm Desert Charter MS, CA 9:18 AM - James Bowie HS, TX 9:27 AM - Lockport Township HS, IL 9:36 AM - Oviedo HS, FL 9:45 AM - Timber Creek HS, FL 9:54 AM - Choctaw HS, OK 10:03 AM - Cy-Fair HS, TX 10:12 AM - Westlake HS, TX 10:21 AM - Emerson HS, TX 10:30 AM - Lowndes HS, GA 10:39 AM - Pearland HS, TX 10:48 AM - Noblesville HS, IN 10:57 AM - Shenendehowa HS, NY 11:06 AM - Little Elm HS, TX

For those wondering, the head director is going to launch the Richland band program in Prosper ISD.

I’m very confused. Unless they had a bad run I don’t see why this happened

South Houston's show is "The Good, The Bad, and The Galactic". Music Selections include: "Main Theme" from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly "Mars" from The Planets "O Fortuna" from Carmina Burana "Hide and Seek" by Imogen Heap "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" by Journey Show Reveal Video

Real. There is a good possiblity both of those things can happen knowing area I.

Little Elm was ridiculously good, CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN!!! The bodywork is just outstanding, rifles were so well together, I haven’t seen a ton of SO but I could see them medaling fs

I'll try to make a top ten with as little bias as possible 1. Bridgeland: As a Cy-Fair marcher, this pains me but it's true. Bridgeland is a powerhouse of a marching band and I don't see them declining any time soon 2. Cy-Fair: This is where my only peice of bias comes in, this placement could really go either way between Fair, Woods, and 7L. Our band has been talking about how they plan to refine the band and I won't reveal anything but I think it might work. 3. Seven Lakes: VERY impressive finish last year, I hadn't thought much of them until I saw their state finals run and knew there was something new in this 7L band. I need to see one more perfomance like that from 7L and they will be challenging Bridgeland for the top spot. 4. Cy-Woods: Brought things back after a dissapointing 2023, Woods has always had potential and I think they've unlocked it. It just turns out 7L did at the exact same time. 5. Cinco Ranch: Let's have a moment of silence for Cinco's 2024 state dreams. I belive that they can do it again but the as this area gets better we'll have to see how they evolve 6. Jordan: Interchangable with Cinco, Jordan has really impressed me these past few years. I originally thought 2024 was going to be their first state trip but it didn't work out that way. Still an amazing and young program. 7. JET: Very consitent band, I think that Jordan and Cinco are going to make the push over them this year. 8. Tompkins: Again, interchangable for 5, 6, or 7. Tompkins shocked the world (area) in 2023 when they got third and made state, then they came back down. They've got serious talent I just need to see more. 9. Cy-Ranch: Cy-Ranch has been a growing threat in area I for a few years, a slow growing one but still growing. 10. Langham Creek: The former kings of the area have fallen far, but they're still coming for that number one spot. LC hd an incredible 2024 and I am fully ready to see what they have in store next year. Bubble bands in no order: Katy, Paetow, Jersey Village, Cy-Springs.

I said it over at Hornrank, but it's sad to see The Colony drop from 9th in Prelims to 32nd in Semi-Finals.