A-Town: Straughn wins ‘best’ dance line, Florala takes majorettes (with gallery)

Published 11:04 pm Monday, October 6, 2014

Foley High School’s band took the Mayor’s Award and grand championship at Saturday’s A-Town Invitational.
The only competitors in Class 5A, the group also got best in class in each division.
Other Best of Class winners were:
• Class 4A – Daleville (drum major) and Saraland (majorettes, color guard, percussion and band).
• Class 3A – Rehobeth (drum major, percussion, band); Northview of Dothan (majorettes and color guard); and Straughn (dance line).
• Class 2A – Opp (drum major and majorettes); Baker (color guard and band); Elba (dance line) and Headland (percussion).
Class 1A – Escambia County High School (drum major and percussion); Florala (majorettes); and Highland Home (color guard and band).
Scoring follows:
• Georgiana (1A) – drum major – 1; majorettes – 1; color guard – 1; percussion – 1; band – 1-1-1 for a 1.
• Brantley (1A) – drum major – 1; majorettes – 1; color guard – 1; percussion – 2; band – 1-1-1 for a 1.
• Highland Home (1A) – drum major – 1; majorettes – 1; color guard – 1; percussion – 1; band – 1-1-1 for a 1.
• Florala – drum major – 1; majorettes – 1; color guard – 2; percussion – 1; band – 2-2-2 for a 2.
• Red Level (1A) – drum major – 1; majorettes – 1; color guard – 2; percussion – 2; band – 2-2-2 for a 2.
• J.U. Blacksher (1A) – drum major – 1; majorettes – 1; color guard – 1; percussion – 1; band – 1-1-2 for a 1.
• Escambia County (1A) – drum major – 1; majorettes – 1; color guard – 1; percussion – 1; band – 1-1-1 for a 1.
• Opp (2A) – drum major – 2; majorettes – 1; color guard – 1; percussion – 1; band – 1-1-1 for a 1.
• Baker High School (2A) – drum major – 1; color guard – 1; percussion – 1; band – 1-1-1 for a 1.
• Headland (2A) – drum major – 1; majorettes – 1; color guard – 2; dance line – 1; percussion – 1; band – 2-2-2 for a 2.
• Elba (2A) – drum major – 1; color guard – 1; dance line – 1; percussion – 1; band – 2-2-2 for a 2.
• Zion Chapel (2A) – drum major – 1; majorettes – 1; color guard – 1; dance line – 1; percussion – 1; band – 1-1-1 for a 1.
• Luverne (2A) – drum major – 1; color guard – 1;; percussion – 1; band – 2-1-1 for a1.
• Flomaton (2A) – drum major – 1; majorettes – 1; color guard – 1; percussion – 1; band – 1-1-1 for a 1.
• Straughn (3A) – drum major – 1; majorettes – 1; color guard – 1; dance line – 1; percussion – 1; band – 1-1-1 for a 1.
• Rehobeth (3A) – drum major – 1; majorettes – 1; color guard – 1; percussion – 1; band – 1-1-1 for a 1.
• Gulf Shores (3A) – drum major – 1; color guard – 1; percussion – 1; band – 1-1-1 for a 1.
• Northview of Dothan (3A) – drum major – 1; majorettes – 1; color guard – 1; percussion – 1; band – 1-1-1 for a 1.
• Saraland (4A) – drum major – 1; majorettes – 1; color guard – 1; percussion – 1; band – 1-1-1 for a 1.
• Daleville (4A) – drum major – 1; majorettes – 1; color guard – 1; percussion – 1; band – 1-1-1 for a 1.
• Foley (5A) – drum major – 1; majorettes – 1; dance line – 1; color guard – 1; percussion – 1; band – 1-1-1 for a 1.