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Results announced for ISU band championship
By Pantagraph staff
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NORMAL -- Final results have been announced for the State of Illinois Invitational Marching Band Championship, held last Saturday at Illinois State University’s Hancock Stadium.

Morton High School was the only Pantagraph-area band to place in the finals competition, earning eighth place in a field of 12 bands.

In preliminary competition, results by class were:

Class 1A: University High School, Normal, third place; Eureka High School, fourth place; Olympia High School, sixth place.

Class 2A: Morton High School, first; Metamora Township High School, third; Lincoln Community High School, fourth.

Class 4A: Normal Community West High School, third; Bloomington High School, third.

Class 5A: Pekin Community High School, sixth.

In special categories for percussion, auxiliary and winds, winners were:

Class 1A: U High, second, percussion; fourth, auxiliary; third, winds; Eureka, fourth, percussion; third, auxiliary; fourth, winds; Olympia, sixth, percussion; sixth, auxiliary; sixth, winds.

Class 2A: Morton, first, percussion; first, auxiliary; first, winds; Metamora, second, percussion; third, auxiliary; fourth, winds; Lincoln, fifth, percussion; seventh, auxiliary; third, winds.

Class 4A: Bloomington, first, percussion; third, auxiliary; first, winds; Normal West, third, percussion; first, auxiliary; third, winds.

Class 5A: Pekin, fifth, percussion; sixth, auxiliary; sixth, winds.

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Note: All views and opinions expressed in reader comments are solely those of the individual submitting the comment, and not those of the Pantagraph or its staff.

Band Parent wrote on Oct 25, 2007 4:17 PM:

" Great reporting.....Normal West finished SECOND and Bloomington was third in 4A. While I know that all marching band members work very hard, please give the hard working kids from West the accolades they deserve! They will make all of B/N proud when they perform at the Fiesta Bowl. "

To why wrote on Oct 25, 2007 12:03 PM:

" NCHS isn't in 1A, U-High, Normal is. I don't see anything about NCHS. "

why wrote on Oct 25, 2007 10:58 AM:

" Why is NCHS 1A and NCWHS 4A? Aren't classes based on size of school, and aren't the schools the same size? "

Which Bands wrote on Oct 24, 2007 8:38 PM:

" placed 1st - third in each of these categories? This is an incomplete story without knowing which schools are the best in the state...that way, we know which schools our regional bands need to beat next year. "
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