Dan Balash Posted August 27, 2025 Share Posted August 27, 2025 The season is upon us! Feel free to make your predictions below! A.A. Stagg Jamboree: Palos Hills, IL Class 1A 3:00 PM: Bloom Township 3:15 PM: Wheeling 3:30 PM: Argo 3:45 PM: Richards 4:00 PM: Kaneland 4:15 PM: Dwight D. Eisenhower 4:30 PM: Break Class 2A 4:45 PM: Plainfield East 5:00 PM: Carl Sandburg 5:15 PM: Grayslake Central 5:30 PM: Victor J. Andrew 5:50 PM: Awards Class 3A 6:45 PM: Reavis 7:00 PM: Plainfield Central 7:15 PM: Oak Park/River Forest 7:30 PM: Romeoville Exb 7:45 PM: A.A. Stagg 8:05 PM: Marching Illini 8:25 PM: Awards Lake Park Lancer Joust: Roselle, IL Class 1A 5:00 PM: Glenbrook North 5:15 PM: Wheaton Warrenville South 5:30 PM: H.D. Jacobs 5:45 PM: Break Class 2A 6:00 PM: Maine West 6:15 PM: Naperville Central 6:30 PM: Lake Central, IN 6:45 PM: Break Class 3A 7:00 PM: John Hersey 7:15 PM: Plainfield North 7:30 PM: Prospect Exb 7:45 PM: Lake Park 8:05 PM: Awards Washington Marching Panther Invitational: Washington, IL Class 1A 12:16 PM: Dwight Township 12:30 PM: Olympia 12:44 PM: Farmington 12:58 PM: Watseka Community Class 2A 1:12 PM: Monmouth-Roseville 1:26 PM: Richwoods 1:40 PM: Rock Falls 1:54 PM: Tri-Valley 2:08 PM: Break Class 3A 2:18 PM: Eureka 2:32 PM: Pontiac Township 2:46 PM: Metamora Class 4A 3:00 PM: United Township 3:14 PM: East Peoria 3:28 PM: Dunlap Class 5A 3:42 PM: Joliet West 3:56 PM: Champaign Central Exb 4:10 PM: Washington Community 4:25 PM: Awards Class 6A 6:32 PM: LaSalle-Peru 6:46 PM: El Paso-Gridley 7:00 PM: Morris Community 7:14 PM: Kewanee Class 7A 7:28 PM: Canton 7:42 PM: Limestone Community 7:56 PM: Illinois Valley Central 8:10 PM: Break Class 8A 8:18 PM: Galesburg 8:32 PM: Normal 8:46 PM: Morton Exb 9:00 PM: Washington Community 9:15 PM: Awards Dan Balash Submit your 2025 information! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Band Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 Okie dokie... With TOTAL ACKNOWLEGEMENT that predictions for the first week, is almost entirely a reputation game and that competitive results neither validate/invalidate the student experience... here are some predications and thoughts. Three long running, iconic early season shows for bands in the Chicagoland area and Central Illinois! A.A. Stagg Jamboree: Palos Hills, IL Class 1A Eisenhower is my pick in class 1A, but will be cool to see how things pan out. Bloom is still a relative newcomer to the competitive scene and its been fun to have them in the mix in the last few years. Class 2A Victor J Andrew is my 2A and OVERALL pick. The success of Andrew in the Fall and Winter seasons, along with their outstanding concert program, make them a true leader in the state. Much respect to this program! Class 3A Romeoville is my 3a pick, but could be a close one! Exciting to have the Marching Illini up in the Chicagoland area for a show! Lake Park Lancer Joust: Roselle, IL Class 1A I'm thinking this is a pretty tight class! I'll go with HD Jacobs if I have to choose. Class 2A Lake Central is once of several programs that has come across state lines in the last several years to compete, and is my pick for 2A Class 3A Prospect is my 3A and overall pick, BUT I'll also go so far as to say that I predict a closer margin between these three than some might expect. Not as any sort of dig to Prospect, but as acknowledgment to the GREAT product that Hersey and Plainfield North have put out in recent years. Washington Marching Panther Invitational: Washington, IL Can anyone explain the class breakdown at Washington? I'm genuinely curious. Class 1A Watseka has won their class at Washington for quite a while, and I expect this to be no different. Class 2A This one could be a close call. Tri-Vally came out on top last year, but Rock Falls was a head of Tri-Vally later in the season. Class 3A These three were in different classes last year, with Eureka scoring the highest. I'll go with Metamora this year as my pick, but anything could happen. Class 4A Three programs that each have great history. I am picking East Peoria, but like 2a/3a, this one WILL be close. Class 5A Both very solid band programs in 5a! Joliet West is my pick here though. Class 6A Lasalle-Peru ended their season on a BIG HIGH NOTE last year. But Kewanee has won this class before. My pick is LP, but we'll see what happens! Class 7A IVC is my pick here, and a special shout out to them for HOSTING a brand new show this year! Class 8A It would be hard to not pick Morton here. Many will probably be inclined to look at the score gap between Morton and the rest of the field. I wouldn't read too much into it at this point. The three groups here will likely all have varying degrees of partial shows. The reality is that for these groups, the first show out is really about getting a quality practice run, iron out show day logistics, and get an initial read from judges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Balash Posted September 4, 2025 Author Share Posted September 4, 2025 From my cruise ship in Alaska: Lake Park: A: Wheaton Warrenville South AA: Lake Central, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Naperville Central wins it. Lake Central is no where near where they used to be. AAA: Prospect Grand Champion: Prospect Washington: 1A: Watseka 2A: Rock Falls 3A: Eureka 4A: East Peoria 5A: Joliet West 6A: La-Salle Peru 7A: IVC 8A: Morton Stagg: 1A: Eisenhower 2A: VJA 3A: Plainfield Central Dan Balash Submit your 2025 information! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAngryBavarian Posted September 6, 2025 Share Posted September 6, 2025 A.A. Stagg 1A: Eisenhower 2A: VJA 3A: Romeoville GC: Victor J. Andrew Lake Park 1A: H.D. Jacobs 2A: Lake Central 3A: Prospect (This is a fun class) GC: Prospect Washington 1A: Watseka 2A: Tri-Valley 3A: Eureka 4A: East Peoria 5A: Champaign Central 6A: LaSalle-Peru 7A: IVC 8A: Morton GC: Morton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marchguy Posted September 7, 2025 Share Posted September 7, 2025 Washington Afternoon Session Results (from memory - so don't be surprised if some are wrong!) 1A 1. Watseka 2. Farmington Central 3. Dwight 4. Olympia 2A 1. Richwoods 2. Monmouth-Roseville 3. Rock Falls 4. Tri-Valley 3A 1. Eureka 2. Metamora 3. Pontiac 4A 1. East Peoria 2. Dunlap 3. United Township 5A 1. Champaign Central 2. Joliet West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVCDad Posted September 7, 2025 Share Posted September 7, 2025 Washington Evening awards color guard group f Morris color guard group g limestone color guard group h Morton percussion group f kewanee percussion group g IVC percussion group h Morton 4 f El Paso gridley 3 f Kewanee 2 f lasalle peru 1 f Morris 3 g canton 2 g limestone 1 g IVC 3 h Galesburg 2 h normal 1 h morton grand champion Morton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IL Marching.Fan Posted September 7, 2025 Share Posted September 7, 2025 Stagg 3A 1. Romeoville (best drum major, best music, best general effect? best visual (tie)) 2. Oak Park/River Forest (best visual (tie)) 3. Plainfield Central 4. Reavis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suburbanbandfan Posted September 7, 2025 Share Posted September 7, 2025 Stagg Recap A 1. DDE 2. Kaneland 3. Wheeling AA 1. Andrew 2. Plainfield East 3. Carl Sandburg AAA 1. Romeoville 2. OPRF 3. Plainfield Central GC Romeoville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IL Marching.Fan Posted September 7, 2025 Share Posted September 7, 2025 Any scores? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
propsDad Posted September 7, 2025 Share Posted September 7, 2025 Lake Park Recap- 1A 1. Harry D Jacobs - 63.65 2. Wheaton Warrenville South - 60.7 3. Glenbrook North - 58.35 2A 1. Lake Central - 71.35 2. Naperville Central - 69.5 3. Main West - 60.9 3A 1. Prospect - 75.65 2. John Hersey - 73.15 3. Plainfield North - 72.9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Balash Posted September 7, 2025 Author Share Posted September 7, 2025 2 hours ago, propsDad said: Lake Park Recap- 1A 1. Harry D Jacobs - 63.65 2. Wheaton Warrenville South - 60.7 3. Glenbrook North - 58.35 2A 1. Lake Central - 71.35 2. Naperville Central - 69.5 3. Main West - 60.9 3A 1. Prospect - 75.65 2. John Hersey - 73.15 3. Plainfield North - 72.9 Recap: https://recaps.competitionsuite.com/38756c4f-a65d-4d36-83bc-9c20c32893a6.htm Dan Balash Submit your 2025 information! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Balash Posted September 7, 2025 Author Share Posted September 7, 2025 Stagg recap: https://recaps.competitionsuite.com/5090dc1d-a454-48de-a8f6-77cfb4e88a75.htm Dan Balash Submit your 2025 information! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marchingband012 Posted September 7, 2025 Share Posted September 7, 2025 Does anybody have the Washington recap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamwhoiam Posted September 8, 2025 Share Posted September 8, 2025 Cheers to Richwoods for their first class win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Balash Posted September 8, 2025 Author Share Posted September 8, 2025 6 hours ago, Marchingband012 said: Does anybody have the Washington recap? Marching Panther Invitational 2025 Recap by Class.pdf WCHS Inv 2025 RECAP 2025 RANK ORDER.pdf Dan Balash Submit your 2025 information! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marching4Lyfe Posted September 10, 2025 Share Posted September 10, 2025 Just an amazing first weekend. This year seems to be really kicking off strong for a lot of bands. I feel it's gonna be a very great year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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