On Saturday, Nov. 2, Oregon high school dance teams began the first of their two competitive seasons. Performing stylized routines, teams participated at competitions hosted by David Douglas, Gladstone and Putnam high schools.

Dance teams have the opportunity to qualify their fall routines for the 2019 Dance Drill Coaches Association of Oregon (DDCA) Category Championships by placing first or second and earning an average score of 34 points.

During the fall competition season, dance teams are judge in five subcaptions: Technique/Control, Precision, Choreography, Complexity, and Projection. Each subcaption is worth 10 points. The total points from each of the three judges are averaged together to determine a team’s final score and placement.  

Results from this weekend’s competitions:

*denotes team qualified their routine for the 2019 DDCA Category Championships

David Douglas Competition (Division followed by first & second place):

• Small Jazz: Reynolds High School* (35.83), Century High School (33.27)
• Large Jazz: Lincoln High School* (39.90)
• Modern: Canby High School* (39.40)
• Small Contemporary: Lincoln High School* (39.50), Sheldon High School* (38.60)
• Large Contemporary: Sunset High School* (38.60), Sam Barlow High School* (38.47)
• JV Contemporary: Sheldon High School* (35.27)
• Kick: Sheldon High School* (36.83), Canby High School (33.47)
• Pom: Lincoln High School* (38.30), Sheldon High School* (34.63)
• Small Hip Hop: Sheldon High School* (38.73), Sunset High School* (38.20)
• Large Hip Hop: Lincoln High School* (35.10)
• Novelty: Sheldon High School* (37.90), Sam Barlow High School* (36.60)

Gladstone Competition (Division followed by first & second place):

• Jazz: Pendleton High School* (39.33), Valley Catholic* (37.90)
• Modern: Glencoe High School* (37.60)
• Small Contemporary: Clackamas High School* (42.03), South Albany High School* (40.63)
• Large Contemporary: Valley Catholic High School* (40.53), Pendleton High School* (39.43)
• Kick: Scappoose High School (33.13)
• Small Pom: Gladstone High School* (39.40), Milwaukie High School* (37.10)
• Large Pom: Pendleton High School* (41.10), Cleveland High School* (37.50)
• Hip Hop: West Albany High School* (39.50), Pendelton High School* (39.13)
• Novelty: Sprague High School* (38.00), Mountainside High School* (36.43)

Putnam Competition (Division followed by first & second place):

• Jazz: Stayton High School* (42.90), Silverton High School* (37.77)
• Modern: Liberty High School* (37.93), Parkrose High School* (37.53)
• Contemporary: Stayton High School* (44.27), Silverton High School* (38.33)
• Kick: Sweet Home High School (29.60)
• Pom: Centennial High School* (35.43): Liberty High School (33.23)
• Hip Hop: Crook County High School* (37.77): Parkrose High School* (35.90)
• Novelty: Crook County High School* (40.67), Centennial High School* (39.03)

Dance teams return to competition on Nov. 9 with events hosted at Clackamas and Wilsonville High Schools.