Second, advancing

    Zoe Romine dons a graduation gown for Patriot Edition’s “A Little More Homework To Do.” Both choirs will close their competition seasons Saturday at the Columbia City Cup. (The Commercial Review/Bailey Cline)
  

The choirs both finished in second place.

The color guard advanced to the next level of the state series.

Jay County High School’s Patriot Edition and Just Treble show choirs both took the runner-up slot Saturday at the Churubusco Show Choir Invitational 2025 while the winter guard placed 29th in Regional A Class at the Indiana High School Color Guard Association state preliminaries at Franklin Central High School.

Just Treble finished second in the Treble Division behind Elite of Homestead, adding to its run of top-three efforts. The group was also the runner-up the previous week at the Huntington North Midwest Showcase, won the Kenton Cup on Feb. 15 and was third at the Northrop Classique on Feb. 1.

Patriot Edition took the runner-up spot in the Mixed Division, trailing only Class Royale of Homestead. It was the group’s best finish this year after it had placed third at both the Northrop Classique and the Kenton Cup. Senior Austin Curtis earned the award for best bass soloist.

Jay County’s Winter Guard scored 69.32 points for sixth in its round at the IHSCGA state preliminaries. It finished 29th overall while Carroll posted a winning score of 81.2.

The choirs will close their competition season Saturday at the Columbia City Cup.

The winter guard will compete in the IHSCGA Week 2 State Event on Saturday at Mount Vernon.