Scores published

36th Annual Mud Creek Marching Festival

Final Results

When: Saturday, October 24, 2026
Where: Ray Talley Stadium; Hanceville, AL

Gold Division Winner

Best of 17 bands in Classes AAA, AAAA and AAAAA

Highest average across every judge's sheet in the division.

Hazel Green High School

Hazel Green, AL

Class AAAAA, 1st of 2 I Superior overall

Silver Division Winner

Best of 11 bands in Classes A and AA

Highest average across every judge's sheet in the division.

Holly Pond High School

Holly Pond, AL

Class A, 1st of 7 I Superior overall

At a glance

28

bands competed

21

Superior (I) ratings

5

classes

Rodney Buckelew “Outstanding Pit Crew Award”

Winner

Meek High School

Arley, Class A

Vanessa Watts Memorial Award

Highest drum major score of the day, any class.

Winner

Ardmore High School

Ardmore, Class AAAAA

Tam Easterwood Memorial Award

Highest color guard score of the day, any class.

Winner

West Point High School

West Point, Class AAAA

Paul Anderson Most Outstanding Soloist

Awarded to

Hudson Jenkins, euphonium

of Lexington High School

Lexington, Class AAA

Best in Class

Top band in each caption, within its class. A dash means no winner was named.

Best in Class winners by class and caption
Class	Band	Drum Major	Percussion	Color Guard	Feature Twirler	Dance Line	Majorette
Class A	Holly Pond High School	Falkville High School	Cold Springs High School	Cold Springs High School	No winner	No winner	Carbon Hill High School
Class AA	Madison County High School	Dora High School	Colbert Heights High School	Colbert Heights High School	Wilson High School	Dora High School	Colbert Heights High School
Class AAA	Deshler High School	Scottsboro High School	Deshler High School	Deshler High School	Winston County High School	J.B. Pennington High School	Lexington High School
Class AAAA	Priceville High School	Fairview High School	West Point High School	West Point High School	West Point High School	Brooks High School	Priceville High School
Class AAAAA	Hazel Green High School	Ardmore High School	Ardmore High School	Ardmore High School	No winner	No winner	No winner

Class AAAAA

Band: Hazel Green High School
Drum Major: Ardmore High School
Percussion: Ardmore High School
Color Guard: Ardmore High School
Feature Twirler: No winner
Dance Line: No winner
Majorette: No winner

Results by class

Bands are ranked within their class.

DM Drum MajorCG Color GuardMaj MajoretteTw Feature TwirlerDL Dance LinePerc PercussionB1–B3 Band judgesOverall average of the Band judges — not entered

Showing public ratings. Directors of competing bands and the event’s host and co-hosts see numeric scores when signed in.

Class A

Silver, 7 bands, 4 Superior

1st place: Holly Pond High School

Holly Pond

Drum Major: I

Color Guard: I

Majorette: Not entered

Feature Twirler: Not entered

Dance Line: Not entered

Percussion: I

Band judge 1: I

Band judge 2: I

Band judge 3: I

Overall: I
2nd place: Cold Springs High School

Bremen

Drum Major: I

Color Guard: I

Majorette: Not entered

Feature Twirler: Not entered

Dance Line: Not entered

Percussion: I

Band judge 1: I

Band judge 2: I

Band judge 3: I

Overall: I
3rd place: Cherokee High School

Cherokee

Drum Major: I

Color Guard: I

Majorette: Not entered

Feature Twirler: Not entered

Dance Line: Not entered

Percussion: I

Band judge 1: II

Band judge 2: I

Band judge 3: I

Overall: I
4th place: Falkville High School

Falkville

Drum Major: I

Color Guard: Not entered

Majorette: Not entered

Feature Twirler: Not entered

Dance Line: Not entered

Percussion: I

Band judge 1: I

Band judge 2: II

Band judge 3: I

Overall: I
5th place: Meek High School

Arley

Drum Major: I

Color Guard: I

Majorette: Not entered

Feature Twirler: Not entered

Dance Line: Not entered

Percussion: I

Band judge 1: II

Band judge 2: II

Band judge 3: II

Overall: II
6th place: Brindlee Mountain High School

Guntersville

Drum Major: I

Color Guard: I

Majorette: Not entered

Feature Twirler: Not entered

Dance Line: I

Percussion: I

Band judge 1: II

Band judge 2: II

Band judge 3: II

Overall: II
7th place: Carbon Hill High School

Carbon Hill

Drum Major: I

Color Guard: II

Majorette: II

Feature Twirler: Not entered

Dance Line: Not entered

Percussion: II

Band judge 1: II

Band judge 2: II

Band judge 3: II

Overall: II

Class AA

Silver, 4 bands, 3 Superior

1st place: Madison County High School

Gurley

Drum Major: I

Color Guard: I

Majorette: Not entered

Feature Twirler: I

Dance Line: I

Percussion: I

Band judge 1: I

Band judge 2: I

Band judge 3: I

Overall: I
2nd place: Dora High School

Dora

Drum Major: I

Color Guard: I

Majorette: Not entered

Feature Twirler: Not entered

Dance Line: I

Percussion: I

Band judge 1: I

Band judge 2: I

Band judge 3: I

Overall: I
2nd place: Colbert Heights High School

Tuscumbia

Drum Major: I

Color Guard: I

Majorette: I

Feature Twirler: Not entered

Dance Line: Not entered

Percussion: I

Band judge 1: I

Band judge 2: I

Band judge 3: I

Overall: I
3rd place: Wilson High School

Florence

Drum Major: I

Color Guard: I

Majorette: Not entered

Feature Twirler: I

Dance Line: I

Percussion: I

Band judge 1: II

Band judge 2: II

Band judge 3: II

Overall: II

Class AAA

Gold, 9 bands, 7 Superior

1st place: Deshler High School

Tuscumbia

Drum Major: I

Color Guard: I

Majorette: Not entered

Feature Twirler: Not entered

Dance Line: I

Percussion: I

Band judge 1: I

Band judge 2: I

Band judge 3: I

Overall: I
2nd place: New Hope High School

New Hope

Drum Major: I

Color Guard: I

Majorette: Not entered

Feature Twirler: I

Dance Line: I

Percussion: I

Band judge 1: I

Band judge 2: I

Band judge 3: I

Overall: I
3rd place: Lexington High School

Lexington

Drum Major: I

Color Guard: I

Majorette: I

Feature Twirler: Not entered

Dance Line: I

Percussion: I

Band judge 1: I

Band judge 2: I

Band judge 3: I

Overall: I
4th place: Scottsboro High School

Scottsboro

Drum Major: I

Color Guard: I

Majorette: Not entered

Feature Twirler: Not entered

Dance Line: I

Percussion: I

Band judge 1: I

Band judge 2: I

Band judge 3: I

Overall: I
4th place: Good Hope High School

Cullman

Drum Major: I

Color Guard: I

Majorette: Not entered

Feature Twirler: I

Dance Line: I

Percussion: I

Band judge 1: I

Band judge 2: I

Band judge 3: I

Overall: I
5th place: Winston County High School

Double Springs

Drum Major: I

Color Guard: I

Majorette: Not entered

Feature Twirler: I

Dance Line: Not entered

Percussion: I

Band judge 1: I

Band judge 2: I

Band judge 3: I

Overall: I
6th place: J.B. Pennington High School

Blountsville

Drum Major: I

Color Guard: I

Majorette: Not entered

Feature Twirler: Not entered

Dance Line: I

Percussion: I

Band judge 1: I

Band judge 2: I

Band judge 3: I

Overall: I
7th place: Southeastern School

Remlap

Drum Major: I

Color Guard: I

Majorette: Not entered

Feature Twirler: Not entered

Dance Line: I

Percussion: I

Band judge 1: II

Band judge 2: II

Band judge 3: II

Overall: II
8th place: Cordova High School

Cordova

Drum Major: I

Color Guard: I

Majorette: Not entered

Feature Twirler: Not entered

Dance Line: Not entered

Percussion: I

Band judge 1: II

Band judge 2: II

Band judge 3: II

Overall: II

Class AAAA

Gold, 6 bands, 5 Superior

1st place: Priceville High School

Priceville

Drum Major: I

Color Guard: I

Majorette: I

Feature Twirler: Not entered

Dance Line: Not entered

Percussion: I

Band judge 1: I

Band judge 2: I

Band judge 3: I

Overall: I
2nd place: West Point High School

West Point

Drum Major: I

Color Guard: I

Majorette: Not entered

Feature Twirler: I

Dance Line: Not entered

Percussion: I

Band judge 1: I

Band judge 2: I

Band judge 3: I

Overall: I
3rd place: Fairview High School

Cullman

Drum Major: I

Color Guard: I

Majorette: I

Feature Twirler: Not entered

Dance Line: Not entered

Percussion: I

Band judge 1: I

Band judge 2: I

Band judge 3: I

Overall: I
4th place: Lamar County High School

Vernon

Drum Major: I

Color Guard: I

Majorette: I

Feature Twirler: Not entered

Dance Line: Not entered

Percussion: I

Band judge 1: I

Band judge 2: I

Band judge 3: I

Overall: I
5th place: Brooks High School

Killen

Drum Major: I

Color Guard: I

Majorette: II

Feature Twirler: Not entered

Dance Line: I

Percussion: I

Band judge 1: I

Band judge 2: II

Band judge 3: I

Overall: I
6th place: Brewer High School

Somerville

Drum Major: I

Color Guard: I

Majorette: Not entered

Feature Twirler: Not entered

Dance Line: Not entered

Percussion: I

Band judge 1: II

Band judge 2: II

Band judge 3: II

Overall: II

Class AAAAA

Gold, 2 bands, 2 Superior

1st place: Hazel Green High School

Hazel Green

Drum Major: I

Color Guard: I

Majorette: Not entered

Feature Twirler: Not entered

Dance Line: Not entered

Percussion: I

Band judge 1: I

Band judge 2: I

Band judge 3: I

Overall: I
2nd place: Ardmore High School

Ardmore

Drum Major: I

Color Guard: I

Majorette: Not entered

Feature Twirler: Not entered

Dance Line: Not entered

Percussion: I

Band judge 1: I

Band judge 2: I

Band judge 3: I

Overall: I

Final Results

Gold Division Winner

Silver Division Winner

At a glance

Rodney Buckelew “Outstanding Pit Crew Award”

Vanessa Watts Memorial Award

Tam Easterwood Memorial Award

Paul Anderson Most Outstanding Soloist

Best in Class

Class A

Class AA

Class AAA

Class AAAA

Class AAAAA

Results by class

Class A

Holly Pond High School

Cold Springs High School

Cherokee High School

Falkville High School

Meek High School

Brindlee Mountain High School

Carbon Hill High School

Class AA

Madison County High School

Dora High School

Colbert Heights High School

Wilson High School

Class AAA

Deshler High School

New Hope High School

Lexington High School

Scottsboro High School

Good Hope High School

Winston County High School

J.B. Pennington High School

Southeastern School

Cordova High School

Class AAAA

Priceville High School

West Point High School

Fairview High School

Lamar County High School

Brooks High School

Brewer High School

Class AAAAA

Hazel Green High School

Ardmore High School