The Saugus High Marching Centurions are making impressive strides, and were recognized glowingly at the 12th Wildcat Classic Field Tournament hosted by West Ranch High School at Valencia High School on Oct. 22.
“They are actually improving in a lot of areas,” Saugus High band director Bob Grigas said. “The one they need to improve in a little bit more is the music and being tighter with our rhythm and our timing.”
The Saugus High band and color guard won the percussion sweepstakes award and was the winner in Division 4-A.
“The goal tonight was to have a better performance than we had last week,” Grigas said. “There were some aspects that were better but not all of it.”
The Saugus High Marching Centurions won high percussion and high auxiliary awards at the Royal Classic Field Tournament at Royal High School in Simi Valley on Oct. 15. They were also the winners in Division 4-A.
Valencia High won the tournament sweepstakes and auxiliary sweepstakes awards at the Wildcat Classic.
Littlerock High was the winner in Division 1-A.
Canyon High took second place in Division 2-A.
Six high schools in three divisions competed in the Wildcat Classic, including host West Ranch High.
“This competition in the past has been up to 20, 25 bands. There was another show that they had on the same day at Pierce College. A majority of the bands went to that competition,” Grigas said. “The lack of the amount of bands makes the energy kind of diminish a little bit. Does that have any effect on us? I’m not really sure. Maybe, maybe not.”
Hart High and Castaic High competed in the All Valley Band Tournament hosted by Cleveland High School at Pierce College on Saturday night. There were 19 schools competing in five divisions at the All Valley Band Tournament.
The Saugus High Marching Centurions are entered in the 53rd Simi Valley Band Spectacular Field Tournament at Simi Valley High School on Saturday. There are 23 schools entered in seven divisions to compete in the Simi Valley field tournament.
Grigas said the Saugus band and color guard has room to improve.
“There are some things they are actually exceeding expectations, and then there are other things – being able to perform under all the pressure. They’re really good musicians, they’re really good performing at school. But when it comes to performing in public they get a little scared and nervous and make mistakes,” Grigas said. “My expectations of them for the performance aspect could grow a little bit.”
The Saugus High Marching Centurions have been invited to participate in the Memorial Day parade in Washington, D.C. in May. Follow the band’s journey to Washington, D.C. on the Road to Washington podcast available at https://open.spotify.com/episode/4sP5pRVINnMC6PPi0nxVhX?si=DCi32A0SR3yaT3UnJlEf6Q
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