2022 WGI Discussion Thread (Non-Face-Mask Edition?)

[Rubisco]

Westlake is in 1st so far in Scholastic A, but it's close. The top of every block has pretty much gotten a score of 92. Friendswood was actually 2nd place in their block, but not too far behind. Bridgeland won their block and have the 4th highest score so far. It's nice to see them surge. Southlake Carroll also cracked 90. Great performances all around.

Sorting all these A groups out in semis will be fun for the judges, I'm sure.

[Rubisco]

TWHS in 4th after prelims. Just a point off 3rd. I would have had them a clear 2nd place, especially in effect. We'll see what the semis panel thinks. I'm getting BOA Grand Nats deja vu!

[J-Mike16]

WOW! Liberty HS just blew me away! Easily the best group so far in SA from what I've seen. They had the audience on their feet. What was interesting was that their floor was a small circle and even performed beyond that circle. (Didn't know that was allowed). Liverpool HS also did really good and got the crowd going even before they started.

[J-Mike16]

Alright! Palm Desert Charter Middle School time! The group I am most looking forward to see!!!!

[Rubisco]

PDCMS is so talented. They're hanging with the top A groups this year. But it's a shame the staff haven't yet figured out how to harness that talent at the high school level. (The middle school has been exceptional for years now.) There's a James Logan program waiting to be born.

Noblesville gets the award for making me stop on my way to watch other guards. Like, you just see a few seconds of it and you're immediately drawn to the performance. Very impressive!

[J-Mike16]

Noblesville did such a good job!!! Loved that performance of theirs!!

[J-Mike16]

PDCMS and Noblesville in the top 3 in Round 7 Group

[J-Mike16]

How many groups move on to Semis from SA?

[Rubisco]

5 minutes ago, J-Mike16 said:

How many groups move on to Semis from SA?

56, I think. I'm about to use the semis schedules to list out the performance of the TX groups.

[Rubisco]

Really great performances in prelims today from all the guards. Here are where the TX groups stand after prelims and heading into semis. (IW is still ongoing.)

Scholastic A

Westlake HS - 2nd (92.63)

Bridgeland HS - 6th (91.90)

Friendswood HS - 10th (91.05)

Southlake Carroll HS - 12th (90.74)

Katy HS - 45th (85.31)

Independent A

Glory Independent - 4th (90.91)

Scholastic Open

Moe and Gene Johnson - 6th (87.90)

Coppell - 16th (85.70)

McKinney - 22nd (84.00)

Independent Open

ORIGINS Open - 5th (88.70)

Scholastic World

The Woodlands - 4th (89.60)

 

Note that the scholastic A groups were judged using two different panels. Brownsburg and Westlake were the top guards for each panel.

Many of the scores are close at the top. Some will start to pull away in semis. Coppell is going to have me biting my fingernails. SO takes 15 to finals.

[Origin]

I really enjoy West Broward’s show! It feels fresh (but maybe that’s because I hadn’t seen it until this week 😂)

There is just way too much going on with Tarpon’s soundtrack. Still found myself enjoying the show though.

[Origin]

TWHS and Miamisburg were both incredible, as expected. Probably my two favorite SW shows this year. Miamisburg’s  double rifle moment is just the biggest flex.

[Rubisco]

Yeah, the double rifles and the endless rifle ripple from Miamisburg are pretty awesome. And the show is so beautiful!

TWHS has moved up to 3rd after semis. Way to go! I've got my fingers crossed that this isn't James Bowie 2016 again. Scores are super close between 3rd and 4th (Miamisburg). 90.5 to 90.2. The finals panel will be both prelims and semis panels combined. Prelims did give Miamisburg a bigger edge, despite a stellar performance from TWHS, so yeah... fingers crossed!

If I were ranking them in effect, it would come out like Avon, TWHS, Miamisburg, Carmel, Fishers, Arcadia, and Tarpon Springs. Carmel's show, like Diamante's, is one I respect more than I like. But this semis panel had them awfully close to Avon, so there may be an upset in the making.

Actually, all the scores in SW are quite low this year. I'd probably have them about 3 points higher in finals, but even with that it would be the lowest scoring SW finals in like a decade.

[Rubisco]

Oh, also a shout-out to Fishers in 5th place again. Talk about an amazing improvement from 2020. And ahead of relatively recent gold medalist Tarpon Springs as well!

I do feel like Tarpon would be placing better with a show with clearer, more focused, less frantic staging.

[Rubisco]

Oh that's cool. Friendswood has decorated the curtains with some world map graphics. This set looks really great. They gave an outstanding performance as well. Great energy.

[Origin]

Westlake may not have the most difficult or flashy moments, but the extremely high level of training is so evident. The technical proficiency just speaks for itself. 

[J-Mike16]

Caught the last half of PDCMS. Looked great as always! Even got a standing ovation from the crowd!

[Rubisco]

Alright, all the semis events except Independent Open have concluded. (Those will go kind of late.) A class finals are underway, starting with Independent A. Congrats to the following TX guards on being named WGI finalists in their classes (class and semis placement in parentheses): Westlake HS (SA - 2nd), Friendswood HS (SA - 4th), Bridgeland HS (SA - 13th), Moe and Gene Johnson HS (SO - 5th), The Woodlands HS (SW - 3rd), Glory Independent (IA - 4th), ORIGINS (IW - 10th), and Invictus (IW - 15th). Awesome job! And best of luck in finals!

[Rubisco]

Congratulations to your 2022 WGI Scholastic A Bronze Medalist, Westlake High School!

[J-Mike16]

Big Congratulations to all the Groups as well! LET'S GO TEAM TEXAS! 

[Rubisco]

Congrats to Moe and Gene Johnson High School and ORIGINS Open on their 6th and 5th place finishes in the open classes! Amazing!

Team Texas is doing great, but "Team Florida" is the one that has really dominated the podium so far. 3 out of 4 gold medals, plus a couple other ones. 😲

[Rubisco]

World class finals is about to begin! For those who can't watch today, FloMarching will rebroadcast today's events tomorrow, 24 hours later, in addition to the live broadcast going on right now.

I'll be dipping in and out. I need to get at least some stuff done today!

[Origin]

Miamisburg is complete perfection. I did not see a single mistake. 

[DallasFan]

1 minute ago, Origin said:

Miamisburg is complete perfection. I did not see a single mistake. 

I WAS JUST THINKING THIS! They didn't drop anything, ANYTHING!

[Origin]

TWHS also totally nailed it!