Eisenhower 3A Sectional Preview

Eisenhower 3A Sectional Preview

Eisenhower 3A Sectional Preview

Teams from the southwestern suburbs lead the 3A group that are set to battle at the Eisenhower sectional.

Fast Facts

Two of last year’s final-round 3A teams will compete in the 3A Eisenhower Sectional.

The top of the field has tons of lyrical and jazz talent, though pom and hip hop are represented as well.

Teams in this group have scored a routine over 85.00 at competitions 22 times this season.

 

Here are routines by these teams that scored at least an 85.00 during the season:

TEAMSCORECATEGORYCOMPETITIONPLACEMENT
Neuqua Valley96.87lyricalMinooka1st
Neuqua Valley95.00lyricalStevnsn1st
Neuqua Valley94.27pomMinooka2nd
Neuqua Valley92.50lyricalFremd4th
Plainfield North91.03Oswego E3rd
Waubonsie Valley90.73lyricalGrays C1st
Neuqua Valley90.72lyricalUpstate83rd overall
Naperville North90.60lyricalRoll Mdws4th
Waubonsie Valley89.83lyricalWaub Vall3rd
Naperville Central89.17lyricalWaub Vall5th
Naperville North89.00lyricalGrays C2nd
Sandburg88.70jazzSWSConf1st
Neuqua Valley88.38
pomUpstate85th (overall)
Naperville Central88.07lyricalRoll Mdws7th
Stagg87.37jazzWaub Vall9th
Waubonsie Valley87.36lyricalUpstate87th overall
Naperville Central86.97lyricalGrays C7th
Waubonsie Valley86.87lyricalRoll Mdwst-10th
Waubonsie Valley86.53jazzWaub Vall12th
Neuqua Valley86.27pomStevnsn7th
Plainfield North86.07hip hopMinooka5th
Plainfield Central85.07Oswego E6th

This group’s record bears a striking resemblance to the accomplishments of the DeKalb sectional’s lineup, especially with an average score of 89.43 among these 22 routines. Neuqua Valley leads the way with a stratospheric score of 96.87, and they take up half of the top 10 of this list.

Waubonsie Valley has 5 performances that crossed the 85.00 threshold, and with their win last Sunday at Grayslake Central, are peaking at the right time of the season. Both Naperville North and Central have been very consistently in the upper-80s almost all winter.

Just 5 teams out of the 16 in this sectional are two-routine teams. 12 (and probably more, but the data is incomplete) of these top routines are lyrical dances, or about 55%. When you count jazz and lyrical routines together, they make up nearly 64% of these routines that scored better than an 85.00.

Half of the 16 teams in the Eisenhower sectional have a routine on this “>85” list. About 41% of the time, these routines placed in the top 3 at their competitions. Also impressive is that 8 of them (36%) scored in the 90s.