UIL state marching band competition results so far: which Central Texas schools placed?

Editor’s note: The above video contains the results of the 2024 UIL state marching band competition.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas is big on high school marching band, and fall is a big season for it. The state open class marching band contest happens at the Alamodome in San Antonio each year within the first few weeks of November.

Getting to the state level in the University Interscholastic League, or UIL, marching band competitions is a rigorous process. Only a few dozen schools wind up placing in the final rounds of competition.

Each year, marching bands from across the state compete in regional contests hoping to advance to area contests. If they do, they must score high enough in the area contest preliminaries to advance to area finals, and then rank high enough in finals to advance to state, according to the UIL’s website.

Several Central Texas high schools made state this year.

State marching competition for high schools in UIL classes 2A, 4A, and 6A was held Nov. 3-5, while the contests for 1A, 3A, and 5A will be held Nov. 10-12.

6A Results

For the 6A round of competition, the bands with the 14 best scores were recognized in the top rankings. Four of those bands were from Central Texas high schools. They are listed below with their rankings:

3 – Vandegrift High School, Leander ISD
6 – Vista Ridge High School, Leander ISD
8 – Cedar Ridge High School, Round Rock ISD
11 – Dripping Springs High School, Dripping Springs ISD

The other bands that placed in the 6A rankings are as follows, in order from highest ranking to lowest: Flower Mound HS (Lewisville ISD), Hebron HS (Lewisville ISD), Marcus HS (Lewisville ISD), The Woodlands HS (Conroe ISD), Ronald Reagan HS (North East ISD), Coppell HS (Coppell ISD), Pearland HS (Pearland ISD), Cy-Fair HS (Cypress-Fairbanks ISD), Seven Lakes HS (Katy ISD), Prosper HS (Prosper ISD).

4A Results

In the 4A rounds, the 10 bands with the best scores were recognized as finalists. Only one Central Texas high school band placed in those rankings:

Ten – Fredericksburg High School, Fredericksburg ISD

The other bands that placed in the 4A rankings are as follows, in order from highest ranking to lowest: Celina HS (Celina ISD), Davenport HS (Comal ISD), Panther Creek HS (Frisco ISD), Sulphur Springs HS (North Hopkins ISD), China Spring HS (China Spring ISD), North Lamar HS, Paris (North Lamar ISD), Calallen HS, Corpus Christi (Calallen ISD), Canyon HS (Canyon ISD), West Plains HS (Canyon ISD).

2A Results

No high schools local to Central Texas competed in the 2A rounds of competition. The top seven bands in this class were recognized in the finals:

1 – Rivercrest HS, Bogata (Rivercrest ISD)
2 – Ropes HS (Ropes ISD)
3 – Sundown HS (Sundown ISD)
4 – Lockney HS (Lockney ISD)
5 – Shiner HS (Shiner ISD)
6 – Rosebud-Lott HS (Rosebud-Lott ISD)
7 – Cooper HS (Cooper ISD)

A few area high schools have yet to compete, as the contests for schools within the 1A, 3A, and 5A classes have not yet occurred.

Final rankings for all schools that competed can be viewed online.

This story will be updated following the finals rounds of competition for 1A, 3A, and 5A schools.

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