On Saturday, September 23rd, multiple schools in the Western Kentucky area competed in the Murray State Festival of Champions, a marching band competition dating back to 1976.
Murray High School’s band were crowned champions while Christian Co. was named reserve grand champions in 2nd place.
The Colonel Marching Band also had the best score in 4A and went on to win best Overall Brass and Overall Percussion.
Hopkinsville placed 8th overall in the competition and finished 4th in 4A.
Full Results
FINALS (Top 12 Scoring Groups from prelims)
1 Murray: 83.3
2 Christian County: 81.95
3 Daviess County: 80.1
4 Madisonville-North: 79.55
5 F.J. Reitz (IN): 77.25
6 McCracken County: 74.95
7 Hancock County: 72.25
8 Hopkinsville: 72.15
9 Mayfield: 67.65
10 Trigg County: 67.15
11 Calloway County: 66.8
12 Ohio County: 66.65
Overall Music – Murray
Overall Visual – Murray
Overall Effect – Murray
Overall Brass – Christian County
Overall Woodwinds – Murray
Overall Guard – Murray
Overall Percussion – Christian County
PRELIMS
Class 1AMayfield Todd CountyMater Dei Catholic Ballard Memorial
Class 2AHancock County Trigg CountyCaldwell County
Class 3AMurray Franklin-Simpson
Class 4AChristian County Madisonville Daviess CountyHopkinsville Calloway County Ohio County Henderson County
Class 5AF.J. Reitz (IN)McCracken County
Overall Prelims
1. Murray 83.55
2. Christian County 82.65
3. Madisonville 81.2
4. Daviess County 80.4
5. F.J. Reitz (IN) 77.65
6. McCracken County 75.75
7. Hancock County 75.6
8. Hopkinsville 74.9
9. Mayfield 73.0
10. Trigg County 72.0
11. Calloway County 71.25
12. Ohio County 69.0
13. Henderson County 66.85
14. Franklin-Simpson 64.95
15. Todd County 64.9
16. Caldwell County 64.4
17. Mater Dei Catholic 64.2
18. Ballard Memorial 58.75