2025 UIL 6A Area B

[BandNerd07]

Looks like no one else started this topic, so I guess I will. Anyways this is gonna be a fun area like always. Here's my early season predictions:

1. Coppell - Safe to say they are a lock, coming off of their 4th consecutive Area Championship.

2-3. Keller/Timber Creek - They always seem to go neck and neck during early season contests. TC seems to beat Keller at a lot of early season contests (HEB, BOA Bedford/Prosper) but Keller always figures it out by area. Interchangable but locks IMO.

4-7. SLC, KC, LD Bell, Lake Ridge - The last spot will come down to these 4 bands. SLC can 2-peat a SMBC appearance, KC can advance for the first time in 6A after barely missing state this year, Bell had a rough season. Can they bounce back? And then Lake Ridge, for the first time in a while, is in the state Convo. Very fun show last year and can't wait to see them build on to last year's success.

Finalist Bubble - Halttom, Trinity, Boswell, Martin, Mansfield

 

[Debw]

Hopefully your prediction for KC advancing is correct. However they will have a new director. He/she is unmamed at this time. Supposedly someone has been hired. McNulty headed over to Melissa ISD at the end of March. 

[OWB_Nation]

I’m really hoping for a bounce back from L.D Bell because I was not expecting them to finish 6th last year. It’s one of those things where it’s just extremely hard to advance in a really good area. I’m also hoping SLC can get back into the SMBC because they where a dark horse for me last year.

[Tubalord11]

  On 4/7/2025 at 4:38 PM, OWB_Nation said:

I’m really hoping for a bounce back from L.D Bell because I was not expecting them to finish 6th last year. It’s one of those things where it’s just extremely hard to advance in a really good area. I’m also hoping SLC can get back into the SMBC because they where a dark horse for me last year.

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Bell just had some cleaning issues musically last year which kinda shocked me considering how good they were in 2023. Last year wasn’t bad by any means but just not as polished come area, but I’m excited to see if they bounce back or not. It’s funny how they’ve been doing recently, it’s like one season they make state and then they don’t, just need to find a way to be consistent 

[BandNerd07]

  On 4/7/2025 at 7:06 PM, Tubalord11 said:

Bell just had some cleaning issues musically last year which kinda shocked me considering how good they were in 2023. Last year wasn’t bad by any means but just not as polished come area, but I’m excited to see if they bounce back or not. It’s funny how they’ve been doing recently, it’s like one season they make state and then they don’t, just need to find a way to be consistent 

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Yeah SLC is another example of inconsistency. Took them 3 years to get back to state after advancing in 2021. In 2022 they must've had a rough prelims performance with them getting 12th but then losing to Dville in the tie breaker. And then last year, they tied with KC for 7th and would've made state based on prelims results but fell short in finals.  It'll be interesting to see if they keep a sense of consistency as well.

[Tubalord11]

  On 4/8/2025 at 5:41 PM, BandNerd07 said:

Yeah SLC is another example of inconsistency. Took them 3 years to get back to state after advancing in 2021. In 2022 they must've had a rough prelims performance with them getting 12th but then losing to Dville in the tie breaker. And then last year, they tied with KC for 7th and would've made state based on prelims results but fell short in finals.  It'll be interesting to see if they keep a sense of consistency as well.

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Yeah I think them and Bell could be 4 & 5 next year with KC losing their head, though I hope they don’t fall off, I LOVED their 2023 show 

[OWB_Nation]

  On 4/9/2025 at 2:18 AM, Tubalord11 said:

Yeah I think them and Bell could be 4 & 5 next year with KC losing their head, though I hope they don’t fall off, I LOVED their 2023 show 

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It really sucks when there are so many great bands in one Area that don’t get to advance because of the advancement system. I was looking at D3 and I feel like it should be changed from 3 more if a band from that area gets top 3, and change it to 1 band more for each band that makes State Finals. But it is what it is.