Rising above all expectations, the Lebanon Trail High School Marching Band won eighth place at the 5A state competition on November 5. 

After winning first place in the area competitions with their show, Rain, band was off to San Antonio to compete at state.

At State, 34 schools and 254 bands competed and 12 groups made it to the finals. 

“It started with only a few first steps, but ended with hundreds more,” Senior Elio Castanuela III, baritone section leader, said.