Contest History

THE ARKANSAS OPEN Arkansas' Most Prestigious Marching Band Event

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Contest History

2009 RESULTS:
Scoring Recap at Bottom of Page

2009 ARKANSAS OPEN GRAND CHAMPION:
JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL - Jonesboro, Arkansas

THE 2009 FINALISTS:
1. JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL
2. NORTH PULASKI HS/PEABODY HIGH SCHOOL (tie)
3. OBION CO. CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
4. DYERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL
5. NETTLETON HIGH SCHOOL
6. DYER COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
7. GREENE CO. TECH HIGH SCHOOL
8. HOXIE HIGH SCHOOL

CLASS RESULTS:

CLASS A CHAMPION: HOXIE HIGH SCHOOL
2. East Poinsett Co. High School
3. Newport High School

CLASS AA CHAMPION: NETTLETON HIGH SCHOOL
2. Dyer County High School
3. Valley View HIgh School

CLASS AAA CHAMPION: PEABODY HIGH SCHOOL
2. Obion Co. Central High School
3. Dyersburg High School

CLASS AAAA CHAMPION: NORTH PULASKI HIGH SCHOOL
2. Greene Co. Tech High School

CLASS AAAAA CHAMPION: JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL

SOLOISTS

CLASS	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
A	Jordan Duncan - EPC	Justin Tacker - Rivercrest	Nik Ryan - Hoxie
AA	Brandon Slatton - Nettleton	Anna Nettles - Piggott	Jarrod Davis - Piggott
AAA	Tucker Glidewell - Peabody	Jackson Lay - Dyersburg	Chris Kelly - OCC
AAAA	Kyle Atwood - North Pulaski	Nikki Mullen - North Pulaski	LaShaya Lenderman - GCT
AAAAA	Zach Nixon - Jonesboro	Matt Penny - Jonesboro	Cat Malcolm - Jonesboro

COLORGUARDS

CLASS	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
A	Newport	Rivercrest	Hoxie
AA	Nettleton	Dyer County	Scott Hill
AAA	Dyersburg	Obion Co. Central	Peabody
AAAA	Greene Co. Tech	North Pulaski	-----
AAAAA	Jonesboro	-----	-----

DRUM MAJORS

CLASS	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
A	East Poinsett Co.	Hoxie	Newport
AA	Dyer County	Gosnell	Nettleton
AAA	Peabody	Obion Co. Central	Dyersburg
AAAA	Greene Co. Tech	North Pulaski	-----
AAAAA	Jonesboro	-----	-----

PERCUSSION

CLASS	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
A	East Poinsett Co.	Hoxie	Newport
AA	Nettleton	Dyer County	Valley View
AAA	Dyersburg	Obion Co. Central	Peabody
AAAA	North Pulaski	Greene Co. Tech	-----
AAAAA	Jonesboro	-----	-----

OVERALL MUSIC SCORES
1. Jonesboro
2. Peabody
3. Dyersburg

OVERALL EFFECT SCORES
1. Jonesboro
2. North Pulaski
3. Obion Co. Central HS/Peabody High School (tie) [corrected]

OVERALL MARCHING SCORES
1. Jonesboro
2. North Pulaski
3. Dyersburg

BANDS EARNING A SUPERIOR RATING
Dyer County High School
Nettleton High School
Obion Co. Central High School
Peabody High School
Dyersburg High School
Greene Co. Tech High School
North Pulaski High School
Jonesboro High School

BANDS EARNING AN EXCELLENT RATING
Newport High School
Rivercrest High School
Hoxie High School
East Poinsett Co. High School
Scotts Hill High School
Gosnell High School
Valley View High School
Westside High School
Piggott High School

DRUM MAJORS EARNING A SUPERIOR RATING
Newport
Hoxie
East Poinsett Co.
Dyer County
Gosnell
Valley View
Nettleton
Obion Co. Central
Peabody
Dyersburg
Greene Co. Tech
North Pulaski
Jonesboro

COLORGUARDS EARNING A SUPERIOR RATING
Newport
Rivercrest
Scotts Hill
Dyer County
Valley View
Westside
Piggott
Nettleton
Obion Co. Central
Peabody
Dyersburg
Greene Co. Tech
North Pulaski
Jonesboro

PERCUSSION EARNING A SUPERIOR RATING
Dyer County
Valley View
Nettleton
Obion Co. Central
Peabody
Dyersburg
North Pulaski
Jonesboro

CONTEST SCORING RECAP

	BAND	SCORE	MUS	MAR	EFF	CG	PERC	DM
1	Jonesboro (AAAAA)	94.8	38.2	27.9	28.7	91.9	91.9	91.5
2tie	North Pulaski (AAAA)	90.2	35.2	27.6	27.4	88.7	80.0	84.5
2tie	Peabody (AAA)	90.2	35.8	27.1	27.3	85.4	87.5	93.0
3	Obion Co. Central (AAA)	90.1	35.6	27.2	27.3	87.5	88.0	90.0
4	Dyersburg (AAA)	90.0	35.7	27.3	27.0	88.5	88.5	88.0
5	Nettleton (AA)	87.1	35.6	25.9	25.6	91.5	85.0	84.0
6	Dyer County (AA)	85.0	33.4	25.0	26.6	91.0	84.0	89.0
7	Greene Co. Tech (AAAA)	84.8	33.8	24.7	26.3	93.5	74.0	90.5
8	Hoxie (A)	77.3	30.2	23.2	23.9	79.0	72.5	86.0
9	Valley View (AA)	77.2	30.0	23.0	24.2	84.0	83.0	81.0
10	Westside (AA)	77.0	30.0	23.0	24.0	87.0	79.5	75.0
11	Piggott (AA)	75.7	29.4	22.8	23.5	86.5	64.5	69.0
12	East Poinsett Co. (A)	75.3	31.4	21.5	22.4	63.0	73.5	86.5
13	Gosnell (AA)	73.0	26.6	24.7	21.7	79.0	79.0	85.5
14	Scotts Hill (AA)	71.9	29.4	20.1	22.4	87.1	73.0	79.0
15	Newport (A)	69.9	27.2	19.4	23.3	90.0	67.0	85.0
16	Rivercrest (A)	65.5	27.0	17.9	20.6	80.0	58.5	76.0
17	Rector (A)	59.3	24.0	16.5	18.8	78.0	61.5	72.0

2009 Judging Staff

Music Performance: Steven Pederson - Lexington, KY
Music Performance: John Mixon - NW Mississippi Community College - Senatobia, MS
Visual Performance: Brice Evans - West Memphis HS - West Memphis, AR
Visual Performance: Robert Nelson - Mountain Home, AR
Overall Effect: Shawn Sullivan - Starkville HS - Starkville, MS
Overall Effect: Cathy Coonis - Seymour HS - Seymour, MO

Percussion: Tony Burris - Trenton, TN
Colorguard: Trey Antonetti - White Hall HS - White Hall, AR
Drum Majors: Greg Bruner - Highland HS - Hardy, AR

2008 RESULTS:
Scoring Recap at Bottom of Page

2008 ARKANSAS OPEN GRAND CHAMPION:
HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL - Germantown, Tennessee

THE 2008 FINALISTS:
1. HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL
2. JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL
3. NORTH PULASKI HIGH SCHOOL
4. BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
5. MARION HIGH SCHOOL
6. PARAGOULD HIGH SCHOOL
7. GREENE CO. TECH HIGH SCHOOL
8. NETTLETON HIGH SCHOOL

CLASS RESULTS:

CLASS A CHAMPION: EAST POINSETT CO. HIGH SCHOOL
2. Hoxie High School
3. Rivercrest High School

CLASS AA CHAMPION: NETTLETON HIGH SCHOOL
2. Piggott High School
3. Westside High School

CLASS AAA CHAMPION: BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
2. Paragould High School

CLASS AAAA CHAMPION: NORTH PULASKI HIGH SCHOOL
2. Marion High School
3. Greene Co. Tech High School

CLASS AAAAA CHAMPION: HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL
2. Jonesboro High School

SOLOISTS

CLASS	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
A	Nik Ryan - Hoxie	Craig Smith - EPC	Dalton Henson - Hoxie
AA	Nathan Waddell - Nettleton	Nathan Tucker - Nettleton	Andy Hackenworth - Valley View
AAA	Ethan Pugh - Paragould	Ashley Sparkman - Paragould	-----
AAAA	Brolin Brown - North Pulaski	DeVondre Hince - North Pulaski	Dylan Gililland - North Pulaski
AAAAA	Ryan Chastain - Jonesboro	Sax Duet - Houston	Daniel McClard - Jonesboro

COLORGUARDS

CLASS	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
A	Hoxie	Rector	Rivercrest
AA	Westside	Nettleton	Piggott
AAA	Paragould	Batesville	-----
AAAA	Greene Co. Tech	Marion	North Pulaski
AAAAA	Houston	Jonesboro	-----

DRUM MAJORS

CLASS	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
A	Hoxie	Rector	Rivercrest
AA	Westside	Nettleton	Valley View
AAA	Batesville	Paragould	-----
AAAA	North Pulaski	Greene Co. Tech	Marion
AAAAA	Jonesboro	Houston	-----

PERCUSSION

CLASS	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
A	Hoxie	East Poinsett Co.	Rivercrest
AA	Nettleton	Bald Knob	Valley View
AAA	Batesville	Paragould	-----
AAAA	Marion	Greene Co. Tech	North Pulaski
AAAAA	Houston	Jonesboro	-----

OVERALL MUSIC SCORES
1. Jonesboro
2. Houston
3. Batesville/Paragould (tie)

OVERALL EFFECT SCORES
1. Houston
2. Jonesboro
3. North Pulaski

OVERALL MARCHING SCORES
1. Houston
2. North Pulaski
3. Jonesboro

BANDS EARNING A SUPERIOR RATING
Batesville High School
Greene Co. Tech High School
Houston High School
Jonesboro High School
Marion High School
North Pulaski High School
Nettleton High School
Paragould High School

BANDS EARNING AN EXCELLENT RATING
Bald Knob High School
East Poinsett Co. High School
Gosnell High School
Hoxie High School
Piggott High School
Valley View High School
Walnut Ridge High School
Westside High School

DRUM MAJORS EARNING A SUPERIOR RATING
Bald Knob
Batesville
Greene Co. Tech
Houston
Jonesboro
Marion
Nettleton
North Pulaski
Paragould
Piggott
Valley View
Walnut Ridge
Westside

COLORGUARDS EARNING A SUPERIOR RATING
Bald Knob
Batesville
Greene Co. Tech
Gosnell
Houston
Hoxie
Jonesboro
Marion
Nettleton
North Pulaski
Paragould
Piggott
Walnut Ridge
Westside

PERCUSSION EARNING A SUPERIOR RATING
Bald Knob
Batesville
Greene Co. Tech
Houston
Jonesboro
Marion
Nettleton
North Pulaski
Paragould
Valley View

CONTEST SCORING RECAP

	BAND	SCORE	MUS	MAR	EFF	CG	PERC	DM
1	Houston (AAAAA)	94.1	36.8	28.7	28.6	96.5	94.5	89.0
2	Jonesboro (AAAAA)	92.5	37.2	26.8	28.5	94.0	93.5	98.0
3	North Pulaski (AAAA)	89.0	33.9	27.4	27.7	87.0	80.5	91.0
4	Batesville (AAA)	87.1	34.6	25.8	26.7	91.0	84.5	93.0
5	Marion (AAAA)	85.2	33.8	25.0	26.4	90.5	88.0	84.0
6	Paragould (AAA)	84.8	34.6	23.8	26.4	92.0	83.0	82.0
7	Greene Co. Tech (AAAA)	82.8	32.3	24.3	26.2	95.5	81.0	88.0
8	Nettleton (AA)	82.5	33.1	24.7	24.7	88.0	83.5	85.0
9	Piggott (AA)	79.9	31.5	22.4	26.0	87.5	68.2	83.5
10	Westside (AA)	77.4	32.9	21.1	23.4	90.0	77.0	86.0
11	Walnut Ridge (AA)	75.2	28.6	23.9	22.7	84.0	69.5	80.0
12	Valley View (AA)	71.0	27.4	21.3	22.3	87.0	81.0	84.0
13	Gosnell (AA)	70.9	30.5	19.0	21.4	83.0	66.5	79.0
14	Bald Knob (AA)	66.9	27.3	18.7	20.9	86.0	83.0	81.0
15	East Poinsett Co. (A)	64.9	27.0	18.9	19.0	59.0	73.5	62.0
16	Hoxie (A)	64.2	25.7	17.5	21.0	83.0	74.5	78.0
17	Rivercrest (A)	58.9	24.9	14.9	19.1	59.9	69.0	65.0
18	Rector (A)	56.1	23.2	15.5	17.4	74.0	66.0	66.0

2008 Judging Staff

Music Performance: Robert Nelson - Mountain Home, AR
Music Performance: John Mixon - Senatobia, MS
Visual Performance: John Ladd - North Little Rock, AR
Visual Performance: John Ungurait - Senatobia, MS
Overall Effect: Ricky Brooks - Conway, AR
Overall Effect: Shawn Sullivan - Starkville, MS

Percussion: Tony Burriss - Trenton, TN
Colorguard: Trey Antonetti - Conway, AR
Drum Majors: Chris Tate - Forrest City, AR

2006 AWARD WINNERS

THE TOP FIVE
1.   Jonesboro High School
2.   Conway High School
3.   Parkway High School
4.   North Pulaski High School
5.   Haughton High School

Overall Music Score
1.   37.2   Jonesboro
2.   37.0   Conway
3.   35.2   Parkway

Overall Marching Score
1.   27.6    Parkway
2.   27.2   North Pulaski
3.   26.9   Jonesboro

Overall Effect Score
1.   28.8    Jonesboro
2.   28.5   Parkway
3.   27.8   Haughton

Class A
1.   Harrisburg
2.   Hoxie

Class AA
1.    Gosnell
2.   Piggott

Class AAA
1.   Greene Co. Tech
2.   Bossier

Class AAAA
1. North Pulaski
2.   Paragould

Class AAAAA
1.   Jonesboro
2.   Conway
3.   Parkway

SOLOISTS

Class A
1.   Justin Cook, Harrisburg
2.    Jessie Midget, Hoxie
3.   Cody Sutton, Harrisburg

Class AA
1.    Jacob Davis, Piggott
2.    Nathan Conyers, Piggott
3.   Mike Pinkard, Gosnell

Class AAA
1.   Lou Ellen Ford, Greene Co. Tech
2.   Stephen Oakes, Greene Co. Tech
3.   Nick Norris, Greene Co. Tech

Class AAAA
1.   Kelsey Reely, Paragould
2.   Monica Baskin, North Pulaski

COLORGUARDS

Class A
1.   Harrisburg
2.   Hoxie

Class AA
1.   Piggott
2.   Gosnell

Class AAA
1.   Greene Co. Tech
2.   Bossier

Class AAAA
1.   Paragould
2.   North Pulaski

Class AAAAA
1.   Jonesboro
2.   Conway
3.   Parkway

DRUMLINES

Class A
1.   Harrisburg
2.   Hoxie

Class AA
1.   Piggott
2.   Gosnell

Class AAA
1.   Bossier
2.   Greene Co. Tech

Class AAAA
1.   North Pulaski
2.   Paragould

Class AAAAA
1.   Haughton
2.   Jonesboro
3.   Parkway

DRUM MAJORS

Class A
1.   Harrisburg
2.   Hoxie

Class AA
1.   Gosnell
2.   Piggott

Class AAA
1.   Greene Co. Tech
2.   Bossier

Class AAAA
1.   Paragould
2.   North Pulaski

Class AAAAA
1.   Haughton
2.   Parkway
3.   Jonesboro

2006 Results:

Rank	Score	Band	Class	Mus	Mar	Eff	CG	Perc	DM
1	92.7	Jonesboro	AAAAA	37.2	26.9	28.8	94.7	94.5	83.5
2	91.3	Conway	AAAAA	37.0	26.7	27.6	89.5	91.5	81.5
3	90.7	Parkway	AAAAA	35.2	27.6	28.5	79.9	93.0	86.0
4	89.0	North Pulaski	AAAA	34.6	27.2	27.2	81.8	92.0	80.5
5	85.3	Haughton	AAAAA	32.4	25.1	27.8	69.5	95.5	88.0
6	84.7	Paragould	AAAA	34.2	25.6	24.9	82.2	86.0	81.0
7	83.9	Greene Co. Tech	AAA	31.7	25.0	27.2	96.0	85.0	82.5
8	79.5	Harrisburg	A	30.3	23.6	25.6	92.5	91.0	91.0
9	76.6	Hoxie	A	28.4	25.4	22.8	86.0	88.0	80.0
10	75.3	Gosnell	AA	32.7	19.0	23.6	79.0	87.0	85.0
11	73.1	Piggott	AA	29.8	19.8	23.5	83.5	90.0	83.0
12	70.9	Bossier	AAA	30.5	16.6	23.8	74.0	89.0	79.0

I = 80.0 - 100
II = 60.0 - 79.9
III = 40.0 - 59.9
IV = 0.0 - 39.9

2006 Judging Staff

MUSIC PERFORMANCE:
Robert Nelson - Mountain Home (AR) High School, retired
Stewart Wright - Bryant (AR) High School

MARCHING PERFORMANCE:
Tom Chentnik - Mountain Home (AR) High School
Mike Jones - Van Buren (AR) High School

OVERALL EFFECT:
Daniel Hodge - Berryville (AR) High School
Peggy Jeffries - Nettleton High School, Jonesboro, AR

AUXILIARIES
Percussion: Joe Bresnehan - Bryant (AR) High School
Colorguard: Trey Antonetti - University of Central Arkansas
Drum Majors: Matthew Walton - Harding University - Searcy, AR