The Saugus High Marching Centurions capped their competition season with a seventh-place finish in Division 4-A in the Southern California Schools Band and Orchestra Association championships at Valencia High School in Placentia on Saturday night.
There were 12 high school bands competing in the Division 4-A Southern California championships. The Saugus High band, performing “All The Queen’s Roses,” was making its second trip in a row to the Southern California championships. They were sixth place in Division 4-A in 2021.
The Southern California band championships were canceled in 2020 because of the pandemic.
The Hart High band won the Division 4-A Southern California championship. It was Hart’s 15th Southern California band championship. Hart also won the high music and high auxiliary awards in Division 4-A.
The Saugus High Marching Centurions came into the Southern California championships with impressive showings at the Valencia Field Tournament and Oxnard Field Tournament.
The Saugus High band was first place in Division 4-A at the Valencia Tournament on Nov. 11. The Saugus High band won first place in auxiliary, general effects, visual performance, music and band sweepstakes at the 36th Keepin the Music Alive Field Tournament at Oxnard High School on Nov. 12.
“It’s a great way to finish,” Saugus High band director Bob Grigas said after the Oxnard tournament.
In other Southern California band championships, Castaic was first in Division 1-A at Downey High School. It was the first Southern California band championship in school history for Castaic.
Valencia took first place in Division 2-A at Martin Luther King High School in Riverside. Golden Valley took fourth place in Division 2-A.
West Ranch took fifth place in Division 5-A at Martin Luther King High School in Riverside. Chino High School was first place in Division 5-A. West Ranch won first place in Division 4-A in 2021.
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/2ZI2ShOIOyiATjsm107sJt?si=f456dbb82cbb4c46
The Saugus High Marching Centurions are having a donut decorating fundraiser at the California Bakery and Cafe, 23021 Soledad Canyon Road, at noon on Saturday, Nov. 26. Funds raised will be used for the Saugus band and color guard’s trip to Washington, D.C., to participate in the Memorial Day parade at the White House in May.
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