The last of this year’s national competitions looms in Branson, and John Burroughs hosts a veritable slew of choirs in Burbank.

Los Alamitos takes a two-caption win at HOA Orlando, Marysville and Northwest Rankin continue their hot streaks, and Carlsbad takes the win at Cypress from the top rope.

The southern and northeastern circuits see their final contests of the year, Heart of America Orlando brings arguably the best national lineup of the season, and Cypress presents even matchups in both advanced and intermediate.

Two California choirs swipe wins off some of the best in the Midwest, plus Franklin Central takes a signature victory at the end of their season and Davenport Central triumphs in Florida.

John Burroughs takes a key early-season win, Loveland gains momentum at the right time, Gretna East outsings everyone at Sioux City East and Broken Arrow takes a comeback win at Southlake Carroll.

Many Western groups gather at Burbank, the country travels to Fairfield, three states clash at Sioux City East, and Texas sends off its season at Southlake Carroll.

Regional powerhouses prevailed in all four featured contests this week, with Homewood, Linn-Mar, Center Grove and Carmel notching multiple-caption wins over quality competition.

Franklin Central held serve at Center Grove, Clinton cleaned up at Jackson Prep, Westside sang their way to the top at Omaha South and Bloomington Kennedy continued its 2026 tear.

Several circuits coalesce around big events, as Indianapolis gathers at Center Grove, Mississippi gathers at Jackson Prep, Nebraska gathers at Omaha South and Minnesota gathers at Hastings.

Clinton, Linn-Mar, Carmel, Marysville and Bloomington Kennedy all stood over the rest of the competition.

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Ankeny Centennial stayed undefeated, West Jones pulled off a gigantic upset, Gretna dominated, and middle mixed at Fishers exceeded all expectations.

The Indianapolis metro season kicks off with a big contest, Oak Mountain brings battles in every division, Waukee Northwest features yet another Des Moines throwdown, and Papio South rings true to the name of Titan Classic.

Across the Midwest, from Ohio to Nebraska, established regional powers showed why they are exactly that, but in South Dakota, an outsider came in and took all the glory.

A consistently deep field gathers in the Cornhusker capitol, two national powers reprise last year’s meeting a bit earlier in the season, several quality choirs make their way to Sioux Falls, the Minnesota season starts at Bloomington Kennedy, and a late addition makes Ankeny Centennial a sleeper field to watch.

Linn-Mar starts their competition slate off with a sweep, Urbandale shows that they haven’t missed a beat, De Pere goes back-to-back to start 2026 and ATSC shows vintage form at Millard West.

Des Moines heavyweights face off at Johnston, a Midwest mix of choirs collides at Milton, and Nebraska fields two good lineups at Gretna East and Millard West.

A no-caption win, a one-caption win, a two-caption win and a three-caption sweep all find their way into the recap this week.

Ohio’s first large mixed gathering brings plenty of heat, the season’s only Kansas showdown has plenty of power, Linn-Mar turns into a Quad-State Showcase, and Gretna rises above as the best of Nebraska’s first competition weekend.

Choirs dominated their events to start the season, with all four Comps of the Week winners taking captions for both vocals and choreography over their competitors.