Mount PleasantHigh School Winter Guards compete in Leander

• Varsity concludes their performance in finals
• MPHS JVA Winter Guard hits their ending PHOTOS BY MPHS PHOTOGRAPHY STUDENTS JOSELINE ALMAZAN AND SOFIA ESTRADA-AYALA
• The MPHS Varsity Winter Guard

The MPHS Varsity and JVA Winter Guards accepted a challenge to compete at the Winter Guard International (WGI) Austin Regional at Glenn High School in Leader on March 4-5. The competition featured 40 teams in the Scholastic A division with most coming from large 6A programs from the Austin, Houston, and San Antonio area. Both the Varsity and JVA competed in the same classification.

In prelims, the Scholastic A division was divided into four groups called rounds. The 20 highest scoring teams would advance to finals. Varsity placed 1st in their round and would advance to finals as the 8th seed. After their finals performance, MPHS Varsity placed 9th overall putting them ahead of six 6A programs.

JVA placed 7th in their round, 25th overall, and were the top scoring JV team in the entire competition, outscoring 12 varsity teams and 3 other JV squads from Hebron, Cedar Ridge, and Round Rock.

The MPISD Winter Guards will compete again at the North Texas Colorguard Association contest in Mansfield on Saturday, March 9. The Mount Pleasant High School Colorguard program is under the direction of Darryl Pemberton.