This weekend marked the beginning of State Championship season, which means the end of the marching band season is upon us. While there are still a few weeks left of competition, state championship competitions are always exciting and oftentimes put the fiercest competitors head-to-head before they head off to bigger season-end competitions. Check out the results for the three USBands state championship events, plus more from this past weekend, October 22nd and 23rd.
USBands Maryland & Virginia State Championships
| A - Group III | ||
| 1 | Leonardtown High School | 86.200 |
| A - Group I | ||
| 1 | Northern High School | 84.800 |
| 2 | Chopticon High School | 83.600 |
| 3 | Huntingtown High School | 79.800 |
| 4 | Calvert High School | 78.200 |
| 5 | Patuxent High School | 77.200 |
| 6 | Heritage High School | 75.300 |
| 7 | Fauquier High School | 75.100 |
| 8 | Thomas Stone High School | 65.800 |
| A - Group II | ||
| 1 | Annandale High School | 82.200 |
| 2 | North Hagerstown High School | 78.700 |
| 3 | Williamsport High School (MD) | 76.300 |
| A - Group IV | ||
| 1 | Riverside High School | 79.500 |
| Open - Group II | ||
| 1 | Calvert Hall College High School | 88.700 |
| 2 | Great Mills High School | 85.700 |
| Open - Group IV | ||
| 1 | Loudoun County High School | 93.900 |
USBands Pennsylvania State Championships
| A - Group IV | ||
| 1 | Central Bucks High School South | 83.000 |
| A - Group I | ||
| 1 | West Perry HS Marching Band | 82.200 |
| 2 | Hatboro-Horsham High School | 80.700 |
| 3 | Susquehanna Township High School | 73.600 |
| 4 | St. Mark's High School | 69.600 |
| A - Group II | ||
| 1 | Great Valley High School | 86.800 |
| 2 | Coatesville Area High School | 84.900 |
| 3 | Avon Grove High School | 83.900 |
| 4 | Pleasant Valley High School | 81.600 |
| A - Group III | ||
| 1 | Upper Darby High School | 86.900 |
| 2 | Abington High School (PA) | 86.200 |
| Open - Group II | ||
| 1 | Rustin High School | 79.900 |
| Open - Group III | ||
| 1 | Council Rock High School South | 91.700 |
| 2 | Perkiomen Valley High School | 87.800 |
| 3 | New Oxford High School | 86.400 |
| Open - Group IV | ||
| 1 | Unionville High School | 91.100 |
| 2 | Quakertown High School | 91.000 |
| 3 | West Shore Marching Band | 90.400 |
| 4 | Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School | 88.500 |
| Open - Group V | ||
| 1 | Downingtown West High School | 95.200 |
| 2 | North Penn High School | 93.700 |
| 3 | Downingtown East High School | 88.800 |
Burley High School
| A - Group I | ||
| 1 | Jerome High School | 75.800 |
| 2 | Minico High School | 71.600 |
| 3 | Shelley High School | 70.700 |
| 4 | Wendell High School | 64.400 |
| A - Group II | ||
| 1 | Idaho Falls High School | 77.100 |
| 2 | Mountain Home High School | 72.900 |
| 3 | Twin Falls High School | 71.600 |
| 4 | Canyon Ridge High School | 68.600 |
| Open - Group V | ||
| 1 | Madison High School | 77.300 |
| Open - Group III | ||
| 1 | Highland High School | 81.600 |
| 2 | Burley High School | 81.100 |
Southington High School
| A - Group III | ||
| 1 | Lyman Hall High School | 83.700 |
| 2 | Mark T. Sheehan High School | 82.700 |
| 3 | Berlin High School | 75.600 |
| A - Group V | ||
| 1 | Francis T. Maloney High School | 80.800 |
| 2 | New Britain High School | 68.200 |
| A - Group II | ||
| 1 | Westhill High School | 79.700 |
| 2 | Orville H. Platt High School | 74.900 |
| A - Group I | ||
| 1 | Branford High School | 74.200 |
| Open - Group II | ||
| 1 | Newtown High School | 88.500 |
| Open - Group III | ||
| 1 | Wethersfield High School | 86.100 |
| 1 | Naugatuck High School | 84.900 |
| Open - Group IV | ||
| 1 | Trumbull High School | 92.200 |
| 2 | Cheshire High School | 89.000 |
Frank Scott Bunnell High School
| A - Group II | ||
| 1 | Bethel High School (CT) | 86.800 |
| 2 | Danbury High School | 82.400 |
| 3 | Westhill High School | 82.000 |
| A - Group I | ||
| 1 | East Lyme High School | 84.600 |
| 2 | Branford High School | 75.400 |
| Open - Group IV | ||
| 1 | Norwalk High School | 92.200 |
| A - Group IV | ||
| 1 | New Milford High School | 89.800 |
| 2 | Brien McMahon High School | 88.100 |
| A - Group V | ||
| 1 | Frank Scott Bunnell High School | 85.900 |
Robert E. Fitch High School
| A - Group III | ||
| 1 | Norwich Free Academy | 86.500 |
| 2 | Ledyard High School | 81.300 |
| Open - Group III | ||
| 1 | Blackstone-Millville High School | 89.500 |
| A - Group I | ||
| 1 | Joseph Case High School | 84.300 |
| 2 | Plainfield High School | 80.200 |
| A - Group II | ||
| 1 | Rocky Hill High School | 81.900 |
| 2 | Westerly High School | 81.800 |
| 3 | Manchester High School | 68.600 |
Robbinsville High School
| A - Group I | ||
| 1 | Bayonne High School | 85.800 |
| 2 | Burlington Township High School | 83.000 |
| 3 | Nottingham High School | 80.700 |
| 4 | Hamilton High School West | 77.700 |
| 5 | Monmouth Regional High School | 74.900 |
| 6 | Lindenwold High School | 74.200 |
| A - Group II | ||
| 1 | Seneca High School | 86.700 |
| 2 | Steinert High School | 85.700 |
| 3 | Bordentown Regional High School | 85.200 |
| 4 | Hightstown High School | 83.300 |
| 5 | Hopewell Valley Central High School | 82.400 |
| A - Group III | ||
| 1 | Jackson Liberty High School | 85.100 |
| 2 | Howell Township High School | 81.800 |
| 3 | Northern Burlington County Regional High School | 81.400 |
| A - Group IV | ||
| 1 | Jackson Memorial High School | 87.100 |
Vernon Township High School
| A - Group I | ||
| 1 | North Warren Regional High School | 85.700 |
| 2 | Bernards High School | 80.300 |
| 3 | West Morris Mendham High School | 78.500 |
| 4 | Wallkill Valley Regional High School | 74.800 |
| 5 | Newton High School | 73.800 |
| A - Group II | ||
| 1 | Lenape Valley Regional High School | 91.000 |
| 2 | Kittatinny Regional High School | 84.300 |
| 3 | Passaic Valley High School | 80.900 |
| A - Group III | ||
| 1 | Nutley High School | 89.100 |
| 2 | Lakeland Regional High School | 81.900- |
| A - Group IV | ||
| 1 | West Milford High School | 93.100 |
| A - Group V | ||
| 1 | Ramsey High School | 86.900 |
Ridge High School
| A - Group I | ||
| 1 | Delaware Valley Regional High School | 80.400 |
| 2 | Oceanside High School | 73.500 |
| A - Group II | ||
| 1 | Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan | 85.200 |
| 2 | Hackettstown High School | 82.300 |
| 3 | Montville Township High School | 79.100 |
| 4 | Columbia High School (NJ) | 77.900 |
| 5 | Middletown High School North | 75.100 |
| A - Group III | ||
| 1 | North Bergen High School | 80.900 |
| A - Group IV | ||
| 1 | Pequannock Township High School | 91.600 |
| 2 | Somerville High School (NJ) | 91.400 |
| 3 | Ridgewood High School | 87.800 |
| 4 | Hunterdon Central Regional High School | 87.700 |
| A - Group V | ||
| 1 | New Providence High School | 89.300 |
| Open - Group IV | ||
| 1 | Hillsboro High School (NJ) | 91.100 |
| 2 | Passaic High School | 90.000 |
Egg Harbor Township High School
| A - Group I | ||
| 1 | Cedar Creek High School | 81.200 |
| 2 | Riverside High School | 76.600 |
| A - Group II | ||
| 1 | Mainland Regional High School | 85.100 |
| Open - Group I | ||
| 1 | Lenape Regional High School | 88.600 |
| Open - Group II | ||
| 1 | Allentown High School (NJ) | 90.900 |
| 2 | Absegami High School | 88.200 |
| 3 | Delran High School | 87.900 |
| Open - Group IV | ||
| 1 | Egg Harbor Township High School | 90.600 |
Old Bridge High School
| A - Group I | ||
| 1 | Long Branch High School | 77.800 |
| A - Group II | ||
| 1 | Matawan Regional High School | 82.000 |
| 2 | Colonia High School | 79.800 |
| 3 | Hanover Park High School | 79.500 |
| A - Group IV | ||
| 1 | Staten Island Technical High School | 70.900 |
| A - Group V | ||
| 1 | North Brunswick Township High School | 89.300 |
| Open - Group II | ||
| 1 | Fair Lawn High School | 85.600 |
| Open - Group IV | ||
| 1 | Edison High School (NJ) | 93.300 |
| Open - Group V | ||
| 1 | South Brunswick High School | 89.500 |
| Open - Group III | ||
| 1 | Old Bridge High School | 86.200 |
Cranston High School East
| A - Group II | ||
| 1 | Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School | 87.000 |
| 2 | Bridgewater-Raynham High School | 80.800 |
| A - Group III | ||
| 1 | Norwich Free Academy | 87.000 |
| 2 | Everett High School | 83.300 |
| 3 | Portsmouth High School | 71.400 |
| A - Group IV | ||
| 1 | Stoughton High School | 86.300 |
| Open - Group III | ||
| 1 | King Philip Regional High School | 90.800 |
| 2 | Blackstone-Millville High School | 90.600 |
| Open - Group V | ||
| 1 | Dartmouth High School | 95.600 |
USBands New York Regional Championship
| Open - Group I | ||
| 1 | Monsignor Farrell High School | 71.900 |
| A - Group I | ||
| 1 | Oceanside High School | 79.200 |
| A - Group II | ||
| 1 | Garden City High School | 86.800 |
| 2 | North Rockland High School | 84.200 |
| A - Group IV | ||
| 1 | Staten Island Technical High School | 76.300 |
| A - Group V | ||
| 1 | Roslyn High School | 90.900 |
| 2 | Port Chester High School | 89.900 |
| A - Group III | ||
| 1 | Lindenhurst High School | 87.900 |
| 2 | Tottenville High School | 85.200 |