Troopers made major competitive noise in 2022, using a last-second scoring surge to earn the corps' first spot in the DCI World Championship Finals since 2009.
Take a look back at the Casper, Wyoming corps' road back to the DCI Tour's finale event.
2009 | "Western Side Story"
12th Place, 85.100
12th Place: Troopers | Troopers earned the 12th and final spot in 2009's DCI Finals by just 0.30 points over Colts, snapping a drought of more than 20 years without an apperance at the season-ending event.
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2010 | "Wanted"
15th Place, 83.350 » 3.150 points from Top 12
12th Place: Glassmen | Troopers spent most of the 2010 season in close competitive races with The Academy and Colts, finishing just 0.20 points behind the Dubuque corps at a key late-season event in Atlanta, Georgia. Ultimately, Colts surged to a comfortable 13th that season, while Troopers were just 0.70 points behind The Academy for 14th in the Semifinals competition.
2011 | "The Road Home"
14th Place, 83.200 » 3.350 points from Top 12
12th Place: Spirit of Atlanta | The Casper corps found a bit of improvment in 2011, sliding up one spot in the overall standings to 14th. Troopers went back and forth with Glassmen, outscoring the Ohio-based corps by just 0.05 points at that season's Atlanta reginal event. Ultimately Glassmen earned 13th place in Semifinals, ahead of Troopers by just 0.20 points. On the scoresheets, Troopers finished among the Top 12 in the visual ensemble caption.
2012 | "This Was the Future"
18th Place, 77.650 » 7.250 points from Top 12
12th Place: Crossmen | Troopers were found in a close race with 2012's Open Class champion, Oregon Crusaders the DCI World Championships. Ultimately the Casper corps outscored Oregon Crusaders by 0.20 points in Semifinals, while scoring as high as 16th in the percussion caption.
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2013 | "Magnificent 11"
13th Place, 86.050 » 0.150 points from Top 12
12th Place: Blue Stars | 2013 saw drastic competitive improvement for the Wyoming corps, which rose five spots in the overall rankings and ended up just a stone's throw outside of the Top 12 finalist pool. Troopers' close call for 12th place came on the wings of a last-second push. The corps took 14th place in Prelims, 1.90 points behind 12th-place Blue Stars and 0.15 points behind 13th-place Crossmen, but pushed ahead of the San Antonio corps in Semifinals, nearly passing Blue Stars in the process.
2014 | "A People's House"
14th Place, 84.775 » 0.675 points from Top 12
12th Place: Crossmen | Troopers remained within close striking distance of the Top 12 in 2014, landing in 14th place at the end of a closely-contested, three-corps race for the 12th finalist spot. Troopers' music captions were 13th overall in total, while its music ensemble score finished among the Top 12.
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2015 | "Wild Horses"
13th Place, 83.800 » 0.075 points from Top 12
12th Place: Crossmen | Troopers came about as close as it gets to notching a Top 12 spot in 2015, with less than one tenth of a point separating the corps from 12th-place Crossmen. In the Semifinals competition, Troopers outscored the San Antonio corps in general effect and brass, but a close deficit in music captions and a significant gap in visual made the difference.
2016 | "Hero"
14th Place, 83.275 | 2.250 points from Top 12
12th Place: Boston Crusaders | 2016 marked a fourth-consecutive Top 15 finish for Troopers. The Casper corps finished as high as 13th at 2016's Atlanta regional event, but was leapfrogged by Boston Crusaders, whose late surge earned the corps a finalist position at season's end.
2017 | "Duels & Duets"
17th Place, 81.275 » 5.200 points from Top 12
12th Place: Madison Scouts | Troopers spent much of the 2017 season jostling for position with Colts, The Academy and Spirit of Atlanta. The Casper corps finished 15th earlier in the season in San Antonio, ahead of the Dubuque, Iowa corps, and ultimately fended off Spirit of Atlanta for 17th in Semifinals competition.
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2018 | "The New Road West"
17th Place, 81.787 » 5.463 points from 12th
12th Place: Crossmen | In Troopers' 65th anniversary season, the corps matched its 2017 final placement and improved upon its final score by about half a point. The corps scored 18th in 2018's Prelims event, but passed Vanguard Cadets for 17th the next day in Semifinals.
2019 | "Beyond Boundaries"
18th Place, 81.663 » 6.112 points from Top 12
12th Place: Phantom Regiment | Troopers finished about half a point behind Madison Scouts at 2022's Semifinals, and earned 18th place at major events in San Antonio and Atlanta. The Casper corps finished the season in 17th place in the visual proficiency and visual analysis captions.
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2021 | "Unleashed"
The 2021 edition of Troopers caught audience's attentions with an energetic and high-intensity production on DCI's non-competitive "Celebration Tour." "Unleashed" featured, among other rich music, Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door."
2022 | "VorAcious"
12th Place, 86.425
Troopers' 13-year Finals drought came to a resounding halt in 2022, with the corps clawing its way into the Top 12 at season's end. The Casper corps was nearly 1.5 points outside of the Top 12 as of the summer's midpoint event in San Antonio, but snuck into 12th at Prelims by just 0.05 points over Crossmen. That advantage held serve in Semifinals, by half a point, to secure the corps' spot in the season's final competitive event.