Winter Guard top finishers included Dayton-area teams, groups from around nation
Apr. 18—Local and national teams took home honors in the WGI Sport of the Arts World Championships last week in Dayton. The top finishers of the color guard portion of the WGI Championships came from Indiana, New Jersey, California, Georgia and New York.
Avon High School, from just west of Indianapolis, was the scholastic champion in the World Class Finals. World is the top class, followed by Open, then followed by A, according WGI officials.
Local scholastic teams in the World Class Finals included Bellbrook and Miamisburg high schools, who finished in 11th and 12th place, respectively.
In the Open Class Scholastic division, Centerville (2nd), Northmont (5th) and Mason (8th) all finished in the top 10.
Kettering Fairmont was the top local finisher in the Scholastic A Class Finals, taking 14th place.
Dayton's Onyx team took 10th place in the Independent World finals.
The second installment of the annual event, the Percussion World Championships, is scheduled for this weekend, April 18-20 at Hobart Arena in Troy.
Here's a list of top finishers for each category and their respective scores, from the Color Guard competition.
2024 WGI World Class Finals
Scholastic top teams
1. Avon HS (Indiana), 99.350
2. Arcadia HS (California), 96.700
3. The Woodlands HS (Texas), 94.850
4. Tarpon Springs HS (Florida), 93.400
5. Carmel HS (Indiana), 91.750
6. El Dorado HS (California), 91.700
7. Fishers HS (Indiana), 89.250
8. Kiski Area HS (Pennsylvania), 87.550
9. Warren Central HS (Indiana), 86.500
10. Northview HS (Indiana), 86.400
11. Bellbrook HS (Ohio), 85.250
12. Miamisburg HS (Ohio), 84.900
Independent top teams
1. Fusion Winter Guard (New Jersey), 95.400
2. Etude (South Carolina), 93.600
3. Blessed Sacrament (Massachusetts), 93.500
4. Paramount (Georgia), 93.400
5. Fantasia (California), 91.700
6. ORIGINS (Texas), 89.300
7. Juxtaposition (Westerville, Ohio), 88.700
8. Mirage (Texas), 87.850
9. Vox Artium (California), 87.400
10. Onyx (Dayton, Ohio), 84.900
2024 WGI Open Class Finals
Scholastic top teams
1. Ayala HS (California), 95.600
2. Centerville HS (Ohio), 94.550
3. American Fork HS (Utah), 94.350
4. Marcus HS (Texas), 92.700
5. Northmont HS (Ohio), 91.650
6. Westlake HS (Texas), 90.800
7. Oviedo HS (Florida), 89.400
8. Mason HS (Ohio), 89.050
9. Shenendehowa HS (New York), 88.700
10. Dobyns-Bennett HS (Tennessee), 87.250
Independent top teams
1. Georgia, 95.450
2. Alta Marea Winterguard (Alabama), 94.150
3. Ménage (Texas), 92.650
4. Collage (Akron, Ohio), 92.250
5. La Voute Performance Ensemble (Missouri), 90.350
6. Revival Winter Guard (Indiana), 88.950
7. Glory Independent (Texas), 88.400
8. Pegasus Open (Florida), 87.600
9. Top Hats (Pennsylvania), 87.350
10. Phoenix Independent (Sylvania, Ohio), 85.500
2024 WGI A Class Finals
Scholastic A top teams
1. Arlington HS (New York), 97.995
2. Lockport Township HS (Illinois), 96.210
3. Holly Springs HS (North Carolina), 95.505
4. Amador Valley HS (California), 95.290
5. Bartram Trail HS (Florida), 93.455
6. Lexington HS (South Carolina), 92.735
7. Mt. Vernon HS (Indiana), 92.590
8. Adlai E. Stevenson HS (Illinois), 92.265
9. Grand Oaks HS (Texas), 91.830
10. Lafayette HS (Kentucky), 90.390
Also
14. Kettering Fairmont HS (Kettering, Ohio), 87.570
Independent A top teams
1. Georgia State University Winterguard (Georgia), 95.705
2. Noir Independent (Georgia), 93.710
3. Les Eclipses (Quebec, Canada), 92.960
4. Gates Chili Independent Winter Guard (New York), 91.340
5. Crossroads (Iowa), 89.340
6. Gold Winterguard (California), 88.870
7. Huron Valley Winter Guard (Michigan), 88.325
8. National Avenue from Missouri State University (Missouri), 87.955
9. Zephyrus Independent Winter Guard (Oklahoma), 86.040
10. Pegasus A (Florida), 85.260
For a full list of results, visit www.wgi.org/scores.