2025 Marching Band Results: Season in Review

Dec 15, 2025 | News

2025 Marching Band Results: Season in Review

A UIL 5A podium sweep headlines the 2025 marching band results

The biggest of the 2025 marching band results came at the UIL State Marching Band Contest, where all three 5A medals went to bands playing my shows. Cedar Park won gold, Rouse took silver and Wakeland took bronze. Mineola won 3A gold for the second year in a row, and Davenport and Panther Creek medaled in 4A.

Bands of America was just as busy. Wakeland won Class AAA at two regionals, Rouse won Class AAA at the San Antonio Super Regional, and Argyle swept all three Class AA captions there. Outside Texas, Mountain Ridge won Arizona’s Division I title and South Lafourche won Louisiana’s Class 4C.

Here are the full 2025 marching band results for bands playing my music, circuit by circuit. Every result here comes from a published recap or score list.

2025 Bands of America results

Bands playing my music made 24 BOA finals in 2025 and won 9 class championships, at regionals from Arizona to Ohio. The Arizona Regional finals were canceled, so the three Arizona placements below are prelims standings.

Grand National Championships, Indianapolis

Finneytown (OH), Floyd Central (IN, Mirror Mirror), Greenon (OH) and Rock Ridge (VA) marched Grand National prelims.

Super Regionals

Regional finalists and class champions

Two more bands won their class without making finals, and both swept all three class captions. Argyle won Class AA at the San Antonio Super Regional with Elysian Fields, and Cascade won Class A at Memphis with Come Together.

2025 UIL Area and State results

Seventeen bands playing my music marched at the UIL State Marching Band Contest. Ten made finals and six came home with medals, two of them gold. In 5A, bands playing my shows took all three medals. It started at Area, where 33 bands playing my music made finals and seven won their Area outright.

State medalists

Other State finalists

Also advanced to State

Area finalists

Sixteen more bands made their Area finals in 2025.

All Area placements come from UIL’s official Area results.

2025 state championships outside Texas

Two bands playing shows from my library won state titles in 2025: Mountain Ridge in Arizona’s Division I and South Lafourche in Louisiana’s Class 4C. Ryle’s 2nd place in Kentucky’s Class 5A was the best finish in the program’s history.

State champions

State finalists

Greenon earned a Superior rating at the OMEA State Marching Band Finals, Ankeny earned a Division I rating at the IHSMA State Marching Band Festival with It’s Tough to be a Bug!, and Conway earned a First Division rating at the Arkansas State Marching Contest.

2025 USBands results

Clear Lake won the USBands Houston Regional outright for the second straight year. Four more bands finished 2nd in finals or won their group, and South Hills won Open Group I at two different events.

The people behind these results

These placements belong to the students, directors and staff who earned them over a long season of rehearsals. I’m proud my music got to be part of their year. And to the directors: thank you for trusting me with your shows and for making me part of your teams.

If you want a season like these, start by listening to the shows. More than half of these bands began with a show from my library, adapted to their instrumentation and players. You can see every result since 2022 on my contest results page, read the 2024 season in review, or tell me about your band and we’ll talk about your next show.

FAQ

Who won the 2025 UIL 5A State Marching Band Contest? Cedar Park won the gold medal, Rouse took silver and Wakeland took bronze. All three performed custom shows I wrote for them: Listen, The Liminal Space and Fractured.

Which bands won Bands of America class championships with Evan VanDoren shows in 2025? Wakeland won Class AAA at North Texas and Dallas/Mid-Cities. Cedar Park (Austin), Harlingen South (South Texas), Goshen (Northwest Ohio), Aledo (Waco) and Rouse (San Antonio Super Regional) also won Class AAA. Argyle won Class AA in San Antonio and Cascade won Class A in Memphis.

Can an adapted library show win at UIL State or Bands of America? Yes. In 2025, Mineola won 3A State gold and Davenport and Panther Creek medaled in 4A with shows from my library. Harlingen South, Goshen and Cascade won BOA class titles with them, and Mountain Ridge (Arizona) and South Lafourche (Louisiana) won state titles. See how adapted shows work.

About the author

I’m Evan VanDoren, a composer and arranger based in Austin. I spent nine years as band director at Cedar Park High School, where we won three UIL State Championships, and I now write for Santa Clara Vanguard. My work is published through RWS Music and Alfred Music, and I write adaptable and custom marching band shows for programs across the country.

Results compiled from official BOA, USBands, UIL and state association recaps and score lists. Compiled in 2026.