State marching contest results: Whiteface band lands top-4 spot

SAN ANTONIO — Marching bands from around Texas have converged on the Alamodome once again this week for the second week of the UIL State Marching Band Championships, with dozens of Class 5A, 3A, and 1A bands taking the field, chasing gold.

Class 5A bands competed Monday and Tuesday, 1A bands Tuesday and 3A bands compete on Wednesday. Six schools from the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal and Amarillo Globe-News circulation areas qualified for state in 1A and 5A. (No 3A bands from the area qualified.)

Whiteface, the only school from the region to advance from preliminary competition to the final round, earned a fourth-place finish in Class 1A with their show "Rise."

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Seven of 15 Class 1A schools advanced from prelims to finals, and 12 of 35 schools in Class 5A moved on to the final round.

Also among 1A schools, O'Donnell finished the day ninth, Springlake-Earth 12th and Claude 13th. Menard was named state champion, while Irion County finished second and Cross Plains third.

In Class 5A, Lubbock-Cooper landed in the 19th spot, while Lubbock High ended the day with a last-place finish. Cedar Park claimed the championship; Leander Rouse and Frisco Wakeland earned silver and bronze, respectively.

Below are complete 1A and 5A UIL State Marching Band Championship results.

Texas 1A state marching band contest results

Finals

1. Menard

2. Irion County

3. Cross Plains

4. Whiteface

5. Knox City

6. McDade

7. Baird

Prelims

1. Menard

2. Irion County

3. Whiteface

4. Cross Plains

5. Knox City

6. McDade

7. Baird

8. Meridian

9. O'Donnell

10. Munday

11. Pettus

12. Springlake-Earth

13. Claude

14. D'Hanis

15. Runge

Texas 5A state marching band contest results

Finals

1. Cedar Park

2. Leander Rouse

3. Frisco Wakeland

4. Forney

5. Leander

6. Burleson Centennial

7. Frisco Lone Star

8. Pflugerville Hendrickson

9. Birdville Richland

10. Roma

11. Friendswood

12. Frisco Lebanon Trail

Prelims

1. Cedar Park

2. Leander Rouse

3. Frisco Wakeland

4. Leander

5. Forney

6. Burleson Centennial

7. Frisco Line Star

8. Roma

9. Friendswood

10. Birdville Richland

11. Frisco Lebanon Trail

12. Pflugerville Hendrickson

13. Aledo

14. Lamar Fulshear

15. Birdville

16. McKinney

17. Mesquite Poteet

18. Lamar Foster

19. Lubbock-Cooper

20. Comal Smithson Valley

21. College Station A&M Consolidated

22. Pflugerville

23. Liberty Hill

24. Temple Lake Belton

25. Sharyland Pioneer

26. North Mesquite

27. Comal Pieper

28. El Paso Ysleta Hanks

29. College Station

30. Sharyland

31. Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North

32. Longview Pine Tree

33. Brownsville Lopez Early College

34. Brownsville Pace

35. Lubbock

This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Texas state marching band contest results: Whiteface, Lubbock-Cooper and more