MMA Fusileers Drill Team Earns 4 First Place Finishes at Leavenworth High School

MMA Fusileers Drill Team Earns 4 First Place Finishes at Leavenworth High School

On Saturday, Feb. 25, the Missouri Military Academy Fusileers Drill Team traveled to Leavenworth High School for an Army JROTC competition, competeting against 16 other schools. 

The team placed as followed:

  • Overall Championship, 3rd place
  • Armed Division Overall, 1st place
  • Armed Color Guard, 1st place
  • Armed Regulation, 3rd place
  • Armed Exhibition, 1st place
  • Unarmed Color Guard, 2nd place
  • Unarmed Regulation, 3rd place

In addition, Cadet Gage Blanton, from Newburg, MO, won 1st place in the Final Individual Drill Down. 

The Fusileers have been a staple of MMA’s excellence in military leadership, structure, discipline and class. Cadets compete in different classifications in each of the following divisions: Armed Regulation Drill, Unarmed Regulation Drill, Armed Color Guard, Unarmed Color Guard, Armed Exhibition and Unarmed Exhibition.

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