The Spartans' brass ranked 22nd of 25 at Semifinals. Year two in World Class starts with the hornline
In their first World Class summer the Spartans finished 19th at Prelims and Semifinals. Brass, at 15.6, ranked 23rd of 33 and 22nd of 25, while Color Guard ranked 15th, above the finish. Brass is where the places are.
The Spartans finished their first World Class summer in the same spot twice. They placed 19th at Prelims with an 81.125 and 19th at Semifinals with an 80.788.
Behind that steady finish sits an uneven sheet. One caption held the corps back, and one pulled the other way.
The hornline sat below the finish
Brass scored 15.6 at both rounds. That ranked 23rd of 33 at Prelims and 22nd of 25 at Semifinals.
The score did not move between rounds. The rank improved by one place because the field shrank from 33 to 25.
A corps that finishes 19th and ranks 22nd in a caption has that caption working against it. Brass sat three places below the overall finish at Semifinals.
The guard sat above it
Color Guard scored 16.7 at Prelims and 16.6 at Semifinals. It ranked 15th at both rounds.
That is four places better than the 19th-place finish. The guard was the strongest placement on the sheet among the captions compared here.
The gap between the two captions is the story. Brass and Color Guard sat 1.1 points apart at Prelims and 1.0 apart at Semifinals, and the guard held a rank lead of seven to eight places.
What year two asks
Placements in a young World Class corps move where the points are cheapest to find. The archive shows the Spartans already have a guard that ranks in the middle of the field.
The hornline is the caption with the most room to climb. Brass is where the places are.
What the corps announces for 2027 will show whether it sees the same sheet. The next release on brass staff or design is worth reading against these numbers.
Sources
- Spartans @ 2026 Lawrence Show · 2026-08-01
- Corps news and announcements · 2026-07-31