The Pride of Eufaula ends their competition season on a successful note. They began their season by hosting the 5th Annual Ironhead Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 28, where bands from across the state came to Eufaula to battle it out for top honors.

The next weekend, they traveled to Checotah to compete in the Sounds of the Southeast Marching Competition, where they won the following awards: 1st Place Class 4A, 1st Place Color Guard Class 4A, 1st Place Drum Major Class 4A, Overall Outstanding Drum Major, Overall Outstanding Color Guard, Drum Line Battle Winner, Outstanding Color Guard Duet, Outstanding Color Guard Ensemble and GRAND CHAMPION BAND of the day.

The next weekend they traveled to Beggs to compete in the Beggs Marching Competition, where they won the following awards: 1st Place Class 4A, 1st Place Color Guard, Top 12 finalist and ended the day in 2nd Place Overall in Finals.

They finished their competition season at the OSSAA Southeast Regional Marching Contest in McAlester.

“The students have risen to the challenge of moving up a class to 4A,” said Band Director Rusty Helms. “We were the last band to compete out of 39 bands at OSSAA and that can be very challenging. The students ended the day with Straight Superior Ratings from the judges earning them their 34th Superior Rating at Regional Marching Contest, in school history.”

The band would like to thank their band parents for their endless hours of support and work that goes into taking care of our amazing kids.

“Our amazing School Administration and School Board are so very supportive of us and we couldn’t thank them enough! We would also like to thank our transportation staff for driving and arranging buses all season long and our announcer, Dawn Dupire for announcing all season long.”