The Tupelo High School Band placed second overall at the Conquistador Classic and finished first in three major categories: General Effect, Visual Performance and Percusion.
The band also wished participants good luck ahead of this Saturday’s Pirate Classic.
Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."
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