DCA By the Decade - 2010s

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DCA - The 2010s

In the nine seasons of the 2010s:

Open Class

The Champions - Open Class

Three corps have won it all in the 2010s:

• The Buccaneers won seven championships with a four-in-a-row streak from 2012-2015.

• Minnesota Brass won one championship in 2011.

• Cadets2 won one championship in 2016.

 

The Medalists - Open Class

Six corps have medaled in the 2010s:

• The Buccaneers is the only corps to medal every year.

• Minnesota Brass has the second most medalist years with seven.

• Cadets2 has the third most medals with four.

• Caballeros has three medalist years.

• Atlanta CV and Empire Statesmen have two medalist years.

 

Corps	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total Medals	Weighted Total
Reading Buccaneers	7	2	0	9	25
Minnesota Brass, Inc.	1	3	3	7	12
Cadets2	1	2	1	4	8
Hawthorne Caballeros	0	1	2	3	4
Atlanta CV / CorpsVets	0	1	1	2	3
Empire Statesmen	0	0	2	2	2

 

The Finalists - Open Class

Twenty corps have performed in Finals in the 2010s:

• Three corps have appeared in every DCA Finals: Atlanta CV/CorpsVets, Buccaneers, and Caballeros.

• Fusion Core is the highest average-placing corps yet to make Finals.

• Two corps have appeared in DCA Prelims without making Finals: Skyliners, Windsor Regiment.

 

Corps	Prelims Appearances	Finals Appearances	Average Finish (includes non-finals placements)
Reading Buccaneers	9	9	1.2
Minnesota Brass, Inc.	8	8	3.1
Cadets2	7	7	3.3
Hawthorne Caballeros	9	9	4.0
Empire Statesmen	4	4	4.0
Atlanta CV / CorpsVets	9	9	5.8
Fusion Core	7	7	6.0
Kidsgrove Scouts	4	4	6.5
White Sabers	4	4	6.8
Cincinnati Tradition	1	1	8.0
Connecticut Hurricanes	9	7	8.2
San Francisco Renegades	3	3	8.7
Bushwackers	9	6	8.9
Alliance	4	3	9.0
Sunrisers	6	4	9.8
Tampa Bay Thunder	1	1	10.0
Govenaires	1	1	10.0
Chops, Inc.	1	1	11.0
Carolina Gold	5	2	11.2
Kilties	5	1	11.6
Windsor Regiment	1	0	12.0
Skyliners	4	0	12.0

 

A Class

 

The Champions - A Class

Five corps have won it all in the 2010s:

• Carolina Gold (2012, 2018), Cincinnati Tradition (2016, 2017), Govenaires (2011, 2015), White Sabers (2013, 2014) won two championships each.

• Fusion Core won one championship in 2010.

 

The Medalists - A Class

Thirteen corps have medaled in the 2010s:

• Govenaires has the most medalist years with seven.

• Carolina Gold has the second most medalist years with four.

 

Corps	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total Medals	Weighted Total
Govenaires	2	5	0	7	16
Carolina Gold	2	0	2	4	8
White Sabers	2	0	0	2	6
Fusion Corps	1	1	0	2	5
Cincinnati Tradition	2	0	0	2	6
Erie Thunderbirds	0	1	1	2	3
Alliance	0	1	0	1	2
Kingston Grenadiers	0	1	0	1	2
Sun Devils	0	0	2	2	2
Chops, Inc.	0	0	1	1	1
Kilties	0	0	1	1	1
Skyliners	0	0	1	1	1
Windsor Regiment	0	0	1	1	1

 

The Finalists - A Class

Fourteen corps have performed in Finals in the 2010s:

• Govenaires has performed in the most DCA A Finals with eight.

• Carolina Gold and Cincinnati Tradition have appeared in the second-most DCA A Finals with four each.

• Fusion Core has appeared in Finals every year of the decade: two in A class and seven in Open class.

• Govenaires has appeared in Finals every year of the decade: eight in A class and one in Open class.

 

Corps	Prelims Appearances	Finals Appearances	Average Finish (includes non-finals placements)
Fusion Core	2	2	1.5
Govenaires	8	8	2.0
Carolina Gold	4	4	2.0
Alliance	1	1	2.0
Skyliners	1	1	3.0
Kilties	2	1	3.5
Windsor Regiment	3	3	3.7
Sun Devils	3	2	4.0
Cadence	1	1	4.0
White Sabers	5	3	4.2
Erie Thunderbirds	4	2	4.25
Chops, Inc.	3	1	4.33
Southern Knights	2	1	4.5
Sunrisers	2	0	5.0
Tampa Bay Thunder	1	0	5.0
Vigilantes	1	0	5.0
Cincinnati Tradition	8	4	5.3
Heartliner	1	0	6.0
Highland Regiment	1	0	7.0
SoCal Dream	1	0	7.0
High Country Brass	3	0	7.7
Excelsior	7	0	8.0
Columbus Saints	1	0	8.0
Shenandoah Sound	4	0	9.0
New England Centurions	1	0	11.0