And The Finalists Are . . .

// August 6th, 2007

Here we are coming into finals weeks and the race appears just as tight as it did back in June.  Based on the scores over the last week, it looks like The Cadets and Blue Devils are beginning to separate themselves from the Cavaliers and appear to be destined to go head-to-head for the title of Division I on Saturday.  Speaking of the Cavaliers, they appear to have a solid hold on third as they have been keeping a decent cushion between themselves and the Bluecoats and PR.  Slots 3-6 appear to be up for grabs for PR, Bluecoats and Carolina Crown.  It should be a good race as all three corps have been surging coming into California.  I would look for SCVG to hold off the charging Blue Knights if only on GE visual and Boston should slide into a comfortable ninth place.  It looks as though The Colts and Glassmen will find themselves performing on Saturday again this year leaving the last spot open for the strongest between Spirit, The Academy, Blue Stars and the Crossmen.  Barring a drum corps miracle, both fan favorites Madison and Troopers will be watching finals from the stands this year.  The Troopers started strong but have been maxed for a couple of weeks and though Scouts have been steadily improving with their show re-writes, I don’t believe them to have enough content to get them over the hump.

CORPS                   Last Score

The Cadets              95.800

Blue Devils             95.775

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Cavaliers               94.475

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Bluecoats               93.475

Phantom Regiment        93.275

Carolina Crown     92.950

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Santa Clara Vanguard    90.675

Blue Knights            90.125

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Boston Crusaders   88.425

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Glassmen                86.750

Colts                   85.325

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Spirit from JSU         83.800

The Academy             83.450

Blue Stars              83.300

Crossmen                83.175

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Madison Scouts     81.000

Cascades                80.975

Troopers                80.600

Pacific Crest           79.875

Southwind               78.800

Mandarins               77.975

Pioneer                                   73.275

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