KEARNEY – Kearney High School won Class AA, the Sweepstakes Trophy and was named the top band overall at Saturday’s 2018 UNK Band Day Parade competition.
The KHS Bearcat Band swept all top honors, as it also was recognized as the outstanding drum line and outstanding color guard winner.
Eighteen Nebraska bands marched in the University of Nebraska at Kearney parade, which celebrated its 60th year.
Grand Island Northwest won Class A.
Other first-place honors went to Holdrege, Class B; Kearney Catholic, Class C; and Ravenna, Class D.
In the middle school division, first place went to Lexington Middle School.
UNK Band Day Competition
Sweepstakes Trophy
Kearney High School
Outstanding Drum Line
Kearney High School
Outstanding Color Guard
Kearney High School
Class AA
1st – Kearney High School
2nd – Hastings High School
3rd – North Platte High School
Class A
1st – Grand Island Northwest
Class B
1st – Holdrege
2nd – Cozad
Class C
1st – Kearney Catholic
2nd – Elm Creek
3rd – Cambridge
Class D
1st – Ravenna and Alma
2nd – Kenesaw
Middle School
1st – Lexington Middle School
2nd – Kearney 8th Grade
3rd – Ogallala Middle School
Photos by Corbey R. Dorsey, UNK Communications
