Choirs finish 3rd in opener

The show choirs had a strong start to their seasons.

Patriot Edition and Just Treble, Jay County High School’s show choirs, each finished third Saturday as they opened their season at the Northrop Classique 2025 in Fort Wayne.

The JCHS winter guard was also in competition Saturday, finishing 14th overall in Regional A Class in the Indiana High School Color Guard Association competition at Westfield.

Patriot Edition started strong as it won Mixed Division – Tier II ahead of Churubusco’s New Era to advance to the evening’s finals. The group went on to take third overall behind champion Magic of Carroll and runner-up Class Royale of Homestead.

Competing in the Treble Division, Just Treble took third place in both the preliminaries and finals. It trailed Select Sound of Carroll and Elite of Homestead.

The Jay County winter guard posted a score of 48.52 to finish fifth in its round at Westfield. That total was good for 14th overall, just 0.05 points ahead of Breman Emerald and less than a point behind Western. Carroll’s junior varsity won with 58.02 points with Warren Central (57.3) second and Delta (56.6) third.

The choirs have this weekend off before heading to Ohio to compete in the Kenton Cup on Feb. 15.

Jay County’s winter guard will compete again Saturday at the Snider contest in Fort Wayne.