DeKalb 3A Sectional Preview

DeKalb 3A Sectional Preview

DeKalb 3A Sectional Preview

 

Some of the top teams in the entire state are set to face each other in the uber-talented 3A field at DeKalb.

Here are the top-scoring routines by these teams based on available info (minimum score = 85.00):

TEAM	SCORE	CATEGORY	COMPETITION	PLACEMENT
Stevenson	96.30	lyrical	Rolling Mdws	1st
Stevenson	95.17	lyrical	Fremd	2nd
Stevenson	94.93	lyrical	CL Central	1st
Stevenson	94.50	lyrical	Waub Vall	1st
Barrington	93.53	jazz	Mundelein	1st
Huntley	91.60	hip hop	Oswego E	2nd
South Elgin	90.73		Lake Zur	1st
Barrington	90.33		Stevnsn	t-2nd
Stevenson	90.33	lyrical	Stevnsn	t-2nd
Barrington	89.60	lyrical	Mundelein	3rd
Mundelein	89.37		Mundelein	4th
Jacobs	89.13	jazz	CL Central	2nd
Barrington	88.87	lyrical	Stevnsn	4th
Mundelein	88.53	lyrical	Waub Vall	6th
Mundelein	88.47	hip hop	Waub Vall	7th
South Elgin	87.96	lyrical	Upstate8	6th overall
Mundelein	87.87		Lake Zur	2nd
Huntley	87.53	hip hop	Grays C	5th
Warren	87.30	hip hop (black costume)	Stevnsn	6th
Stevenson	87.23	jazz	Waub Vall	10th
Stevenson	86.57	jazz	Roll Mdws	12th
South Elgin	86.47	lyrical	Roll Mdws	13th
Lake Zurich	86.37		Lake Zur	3rd
Lake Zurich	86.20		Fremd	6th
Lake Zurich	86.20		Lake Zur	4th
Stevenson	85.93	jazz	CL Central	3rd
South Elgin	85.77	lyrical	Stevnsn	8th
Jacobs	85.63	pom	Roll Mdws	15th
Warren	85.60	hip hop (black costume)	Roll Mdws	16th

You might have the urge to freak out considering the top half of the list is dominated by Stevenson and Barrington. But those two stellar squads would take up just two of the six qualifying spots. Huntley’s been strong all season with their hip hop, and one of their performances is the highest-scoring non-Barrington/Stevenson routine on this list. Also surging at recent competitions have been Jacobs and South Elgin.

It’s pretty amazing that 29 routines from these teams have scored at least an 85. If that score was the cut-off under a different rules system, that would leave a couple of worthy teams on the outside looking in–a situation as rigorous as IHSA’s “Top 6” standard, but perhaps a little less heart-breaking and more familiar.

Check out the number of routines that scored better than a 90.  7 out of these 9 elite performances belong to Stevenson and Barrington. Almost 45% of these over-85.00 routines was performed by those two teams.

Of the 16 teams in this section, 11 are double-routine teams that have the luxury of picking which dance to bring to DeKalb. 10 of the teams have either a jazz or lyrical in their arsenal.

These 29 performances have an average score of 89.10, which is a score that’s nearly enough to have won at several competitions this year. If anyone’s in doubt about which 3A sectional is the toughest, that stat should settle it. It wouldn’t surprise me if half of the qualifiers who come out of this group end up dancing on Day 2 in Bloomington.

And then there’s this bit of hyperbole I blurted out after Sunday’s action:

After sorting out these scores, maybe it wasn’t too much of an exaggeration, after all!