Blue Devils sweep Southwestern Series
The Alamodome in San Antonio opened its doors to 22 drum corps and thousands of excited fans Saturday, July 18 for the DCI Southwestern Championship. The Blue Devils maintained their pattern of success at the event with a score of 91.40, earning the title of DCI Southwestern Champion and sweeping all caption awards for the series.
When asked what the corps owes their success to, Blue Devils drum major Brian Howard said, "The hard work of the members right now. The hard work and the great show that our staff has put together for us. It's just a great drum corps we have this year. The job's not done yet. We have a lot more to accomplish. We have to fix some things, add some things; so step it up a little bit. There's a lot more fire and a lot more to our performance that we could add to our show. We're definitely going to bring that come Finals."
The Cavaliers maintained the second place spot, earning an 89.75. Alex Harmon, drum major for the corps, said being able to play indoors for the first time was an exciting opportunity. Holy Name Cadets (3rd, 89.55) and Carolina Crown (4th, 89.15) continued jostling for a position in the top three. They were followed by Santa Clara Vanguard (5th, 87.80), Bluecoats (6th, 86.50) and Blue Stars (7th, 84.65). In another extremely close result, Phantom Regiment (84.25) came out on top of Boston Crusaders (84.20) by a half of a tenth of a point.
The evening's top 12 were rounded out with Glassmen (10th, 82.20), Blue Knights (11th, 81.80) and Troopers (12th, 79.60). Following the conclusion of the Southwestern Series, corps will start looking to the Southern Series, which includes competitions in Hattiesburg, Murfesboro, Gadsden and Atlanta next weekend.
Recaps can be found at www.dci.org/scores.
1 â?¢ 91.40 â?¢ Blue Devils
2 â?¢ 89.75 â?¢ Cavaliers
3 â?¢ 89.55 â?¢ Holy Name Cadets
4 â?¢ 89.15 â?¢ Carolina Crown
6 â?¢ 87.80 â?¢ Santa Clara Vanguard
7 â?¢ 84.65 â?¢ Blue Stars
8 â?¢ 84.25 â?¢ Phantom Regiment
9 â?¢ 84.20 â?¢ Boston Crusaders
10 â?¢ 82.20 â?¢ Glassmen
11 â?¢ 81.80 â?¢ Blue Knights
12 â?¢ 79.60 â?¢ Troopers
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