Fifth at state

For the second year in a row, Just Treble is a top-five show choir in the state.

Patriot Edition was also a state finalist.

In what they hope will become a habit, the Jay County High School show choirs finished their year Saturday at the Indiana State School Music Association (ISSMA) Small School Finals at Franklin Central in Indianapolis.

Just Treble, the school’s all-girl group, finished fifth in the women’s division. They trailed the champion Starlights of Northridge, runner-up Viking Volume of Huntington North and groups from New Palestine and Pendleton Heights that were tied for third.

It had finished in fourth place last season.

Patriot Edition, Jay County’s co-ed show choir, was eighth out of the nine state qualifying groups in the mixed division. It finished ahead of the Jubilaires of Beech Grove while Northern Lights of Northridge won the championship.

The group had finished sixth last season and was also eighth in 2019. (The 2021 and ’22 ISSMA state events were called off because of the coronavirus pandemic.)

Saturday’s efforts capped strong seasons for both groups, as Just Treble and Patriot Edition both earned championships at East Noble Knight Edition on March 4. Just Treble was also the runner-up at the Bishop Luers Midwest Show Choir Invitational and the Columbia City Cup while Patriot Edition finished second at the Carroll Classic and Homestead Classic Showcase.

The JCHS indoor percussion ensemble also finished its season in the Indiana Percussion Association state preliminaries at Avon.

It scored 66.875 points for last out of 21 groups in Scholastic A.