| JUNE--1997 | |||||||||||
| 6/14 | RECAP | 6/14 | RECAP | 6/15 | RECAP | 6/21 | RECAP | ||||
| Toledo, OH | Red Bank, NJ | Parma, OH | Red Lion, PA | ||||||||
| 1 | Phantom Regiment | 69.6 | 1 | Syracuse Brigadiers | 69.6 | 1 | Cadets | 66.0 | 1 | Hawthorne Caballeros | 70.4 |
| 2 | Cadets | 66.7 | 2 | Hawthorne Caballeros | 68.3 | 2 | Glassmen | 61.2 | 2 | Bushwackers | 68.7 |
| 3 | Cavaliers | 66.4 | 3 | Bushwackers | 65.0 | 3 | Colts | 57.5 | 3 | Sunrisers | 67.0 |
| 4 | Glassmen | 61.2 | 4 | Sunrisers | 64.6 | 4 | Pioneer | 51.2 | 4 | Westshoremen | 65.5 |
| 5 | Colts | 60.1 | 5 | Connecticut Hurricanes | 59.1 | 5 | Golden Lancers | 41.6 | 5 | Reading Buccaneers | 55.1 |
| 6 | Empire Statesmen | 56.6 | 6 | Rochester Crusaders | 57.7 | 6 | Marion Cadets | 40.2 | |||
| 7 | Pioneer | 51.8 | 7 | New York Skyliners | 56.8 | 7 | Bluegrass Brass | 34.3 | |||
| 8 | Golden Lancers | 38.4 | 8 | Coachmen | 21.4 | ||||||
| 6/21 | RECAP | 6/21 | RECAP | 6/22 | RECAP | 6/22 | RECAP | ||||
| Streator, IL | Waukesha, WI | Lafayette, IN | Wausau, WI | ||||||||
| 1 | Phantom Regiment | 74.5 | 1 | Cadets | 73.9 | 1 | Glassmen | 69.4 | 1 | Cadets | 75.4 |
| 2 | Blue Knights | 64.6 | 2 | Madison Scouts | 73.8 | 2 | Colts | 66.1 | 2 | Madison Scouts | 74.1 |
| 3 | Colts | 64.1 | 3 | Glassmen | 66.4 | 3 | Marion Cadets | 42.4 | 3 | Pioneer | 60.7 |
| 4 | Kiwanis Kavaliers | 58.8 | 4 | Minnesota Brass | 49.7 | 4 | Cincinnati Glory | 39.7 | 4 | Minnesota Brass | 51.8 |
| 5 | Capital Sound | 47.6 | 5 | Kilties | 47.8 | 5 | Bluegrass Brass | 35.8 | 5 | Blue Stars | 48.4 |
| 6 | Phantom Regiment Cadets | 43.5 | 6 | Blue Stars | 47.0 | 6 | Mirage | 29.9 | 6 | Kilties | 46.6 |
| 7 | Bluegrass Brass | 33.3 | 7 | Americanos | 40.3 | 7 | Americanos | 43.6 | |||
| 8 | Coachmen | 28.6 | 8 | Govenaires | 35.7 | 8 | Govenaires | 40.1 | |||
| 6/25 | RECAP | 6/27 | RECAP | 6/28 | RECAP | 6/28 | RECAP | ||||
| Harrison, OH | Mankato, MN | Alexandria, MN | Bridgeport, CT | ||||||||
| 1 | Cadets | 77.3 | 1 | Madison Scouts | 75.8 | 1 | Glassmen | 72.5 | 1 | Hawthorne Caballeros | 74.0 |
| 2 | Glassmen | 70.9 | 2 | Glassmen | 71.1 | 2 | Blue Knights | 71.1 | 2 | Bushwackers | 72.8 |
| 3 | Blue Knights | 67.3 | 3 | Blue Knights | 70.6 | 3 | Pioneer | 62.8 | 3 | Westshoremen | 71.6 |
| 4 | Kiwanis Kavaliers | 61.0 | 4 | Colts | 66.8 | 4 | Capital Sound | 49.8 | 4 | Sunrisers | 70.1 |
| 5 | Marion Cadets | 48.5 | 5 | Pioneer | 58.8 | 5 | Kilties | 47.0 | 5 | Connecticut Hurricanes | 66.5 |
| 6 | Golden Lancers | 44.3 | 6 | Minnesota Brass | 51.6 | 6 | Phantom Regiment Cadets | 46.6 | 6 | New York Skyliners | 61.0 |
| 7 | Cincinnati Glory | 40.2 | 7 | Blue Stars | 46.5 | 7 | Govenaires | 45.5 | |||
| 8 | Bluegrass Brass | 33.7 | 8 | Americanos | 41.9 | ||||||
| 9 | Govenaires | 37.3 | |||||||||
| 6/28 | RECAP | 6/29 | RECAP | 6/30 | RECAP | ||||||
| Endicott, NY | Rochester, MN | Moorhead, MN | |||||||||
| 1 | Empire Statesmen | 73.6 | 1 | Madison Scouts | 77.7 | 1 | Madison Scouts | 77.9 | |||
| 2 | Syracuse Brigadiers | 73.0 | 2 | Glassmen | 72.7 | 2 | Pioneer | 64.8 | |||
| 3 | Kingston Grenadiers | 62.6 | 3 | Blue Knights | 70.9 | 3 | Capital Sound | 52.3 | |||
| 4 | Reading Buccaneers | 61.6 | 4 | Minnesota Brass | 51.4 | 4 | Phantom Regiment Cadets | 48.4 | |||
| 5 | Rochester Crusaders | 60.9 | 5 | Kilties | 48.0 | 5 | Govenaires | 48.1 | |||
| 6 | Chieftains | 46.8 | 6 | Blue Stars | 47.7 | 6 | Edmonton Strutters | 35.2 | |||
| 7 | Capital Sound | 46.7 | |||||||||
| 8 | Decorah Kilties | 23.5 | |||||||||
| JULY--1997 | |||||||||||
| 7/4 | 7/4 | 7/5 | 7/5 | RECAP | |||||||
| New Berlin, WI | Saint Peter, MN | Rockford, IL | Michigan City, IN | ||||||||
| 1 | Marion Cadets | 47.0 | 1 | Minnesota Brass | 64.5 | 1 | Phantom Regiment | 80.2 | 1 | Cavaliers | 80.2 |
| 2 | Delta Brigade | 45.4 | 2 | Americanos | 57.8 | 2 | Madison Scouts | 78.8 | 2 | Glassmen | 75.6 |
| 3 | Bluegrass Brass | 35.2 | 3 | Govenaires | 56.8 | 3 | Colts | 71.0 | 3 | Marion Cadets | 53.8 |
| 4 | Wabash Crusaders | 28.4 | 4 | Capital Sound | 55.9 | 4 | Pioneer | 65.3 | 4 | Golden Lancers | 51.2 |
| 5 | Bandettes | 23.0 | 5 | Edmonton Strutters | 39.8 | 5 | Blue Stars | 51.3 | 5 | Delta Brigade | 48.2 |
| 6 | Phantom Regiment Cadets | 50.7 | 6 | Bluegrass Brass | 39.4 | ||||||
| 7 | Kilties | 49.9 | 7 | Coachman | 38.7 | ||||||
| 8 | Capital Sound | 49.7 | |||||||||
| 7/5 | RECAP | 7/5 | RECAP | 7/6 | 7/12 | RECAP | |||||
| Islip, NY | Elmira, NY | East Troy, WI | Belleville, Ontario | ||||||||
| 1 | Bushwackers | 74.4 | 1 | Empire Statesmen | 76.2 | 1 | Delta Brigade | 47.3 | 1 | Empire Statesmen | 79.6 |
| 2 | Hawthorne Caballeros | 72.9 | 2 | Syracuse Brigadiers | 75.9 | 2 | Marion Cadets | 46.7 | 1 | Syracuse Brigadiers | 79.6 |
| 3 | Sunrisers | 71.0 | 3 | Westshoremen | 70.6 | 3 | Bluegrass Brass | 42.4 | 3 | Rochester Crusaders | 65.1 |
| 4 | Connecticut Hurricanes | 64.4 | 4 | Rochester Crusaders | 63.0 | 4 | Edmonton Strutters | 37.2 | 4 | Kingston Grenadiers | 64.6 |
| 5 | Kingston Grenadiers | 60.9 | 5 | Memorial Lancers | 34.5 | ||||||
| 6 | Wabash Crusaders | 26.2 | |||||||||
| 7 | Bandettes | 25.2 | |||||||||
| 7/12 | RECAP | 7/12 | RECAP | 7/13 | RECAP | 7/19 | RECAP | ||||
| Stroudsburg, PA | DeKalb, IL | Bayonne, NJ | Fair Lawn, NJ | ||||||||
| Drum Corps Midwest | |||||||||||
| Senior Division Prelims | |||||||||||
| 1 | Hawthorne Caballeros | 77.6 | 1 | Minnesota Brass | 60.8 | 1 | Hawthorne Caballeros | 78.2 | 1 | Syracuse Brigadiers | 80.9 |
| 2 | Bushwackers | 75.5 | 2 | Kilties | 54.1 | 2 | Bushwackers | 78.0 | 2 | Hawthorne Caballeros | 80.3 |
| 3 | Westshoremen | 74.5 | 3 | Govenaires | 51.2 | 3 | Sunrisers | 74.6 | 3 | Bushwackers | 76.1 |
| 4 | Reading Buccaneers | 67.0 | 4 | Bluegrass Brass | 39.7 | 4 | Connecticut Hurricanes | 70.1 | 4 | Connecticut Hurricanes | 68.4 |
| 5 | New York Skyliners | 64.9 | Senior Division Finals | 5 | New York Skyliners | 65.3 | 5 | New York Skyliners | 65.5 | ||
| 6 | Chieftains | 52.0 | 1 | Kilties | 62.1 | 6 | Chieftains | 55.2 | 6 | Chieftains | 53.0 |
| 2 | Minnesota Brass | 61.3 | |||||||||
| 7/19 | RECAP | 7/20 | 7/26 | RECAP | 7/26 | RECAP | |||||
| Rochester, NY | LaCrosse, WI | Johnstown, NY | Cumberland, MD | ||||||||
| 1 | Empire Statesmen | 83.7 | 1 | Boston Crusaders | 76.2 | 1 | Empire Statesmen | 87.0 | 1 | Syracuse Brigadiers | 85.1 |
| 2 | Sunrisers | 77.7 | 2 | Blue Stars | 67.2 | 2 | Connecticut Hurricanes | 75.6 | 2 | Hawthorne Caballeros | 83.7 |
| 3 | Westshoremen | 76.5 | 3 | Americanos | 63.5 | 3 | New York Skyliners | 72.2 | 3 | Bushwackers | 80.6 |
| 4 | Rochester Crusaders | 71.0 | 4 | Govenaires | 60.4 | 4 | Rochester Crusaders | 70.2 | 4 | Sunrisers | 79.6 |
| 5 | Capital Sound | 59.7 | 5 | Generations | 56.4 | 5 | Westshoremen | 77.1 | |||
| 6 | Decorah Kilties | 42.5 | 6 | Reading Buccaneers | 69.9 | ||||||
| AUGUST--1997 | |||||||||||
| 8/2 | RECAP | 8/2 | RECAP | 8/9 | RECAP | 8/9 | |||||
| Waterbury, CT | East Providence, RI | Scranton, PA | Ridgeway, PA | ||||||||
| American Legion Championship | |||||||||||
| 1 | Westshoremen | 83.6 | 1 | Syracuse Brigadiers | 88.0 | 1 | Empire Statesmen | 90.1 | 1 | Sunrisers | 86.7 |
| 2 | Connecticut Hurricanes | 80.0 | 2 | Hawthorne Caballeros | 86.8 | 2 | Hawthorne Caballeros | 89.7 | 2 | Westshoremen | 85.0 |
| 3 | Reading Buccaneers | 75.6 | 3 | Bushwackers | 83.5 | 3 | Syracuse Brigadiers | 89.6 | 3 | Kingston Grenadiers | 70.8 |
| 4 | Chieftains | 63.1 | 4 | Sunrisers | 82.7 | 4 | Bushwackers | 84.8 | 4 | Chieftains | 59.1 |
| 5 | Grey Knights | 56.1 | 5 | New York Skyliners | 73.2 | 5 | Connecticut Hurricanes | 81.1 | 5 | Grey Knights | 52.5 |
| 6 | Reading Buccaneers | 79.1 | |||||||||
| 7 | Rochester Crusaders | 77.8 | |||||||||
| 8 | New York Skyliners | 75.6 | |||||||||
| 8/16 | RECAP | 8/23 | RECAP | 8/23 | RECAP | ||||||
| Kingston, NY | Ansonia, CT | Syracuse, NY | |||||||||
| 1 | Empire Statesmen | 93.7 | 1 | Hawthorne Caballeros | 92.3 | 1 | Empire Statesmen | 93.8 | |||
| 2 | Syracuse Brigadiers | 92.5 | 2 | Sunrisers | 88.6 | 2 | Syracuse Brigadiers | 93.1 | |||
| 3 | Hawthorne Caballeros | 92.1 | 3 | Connecticut Hurricanes | 87.3 | 3 | Bushwackers | 88.3 | |||
| 4 | Connecticut Hurricanes | 85.2 | 4 | Westshoremen | 85.5 | 4 | Rochester Crusaders | 82.9 | |||
| 5 | Rochester Crusaders | 81.6 | 5 | New York Skyliners | 78.1 | 5 | Reading Buccaneers | 82.2 | |||
| 6 | Kingston Grenadiers | 75.8 | 6 | Generations | 63.3 | 6 | Kingston Grenadiers | 76.4 | |||
| 7 | Chieftains | 69.1 | |||||||||
| OPEN CLASS/CLASS A | |||||||||||
| CHAMPIONSHIPS | |||||||||||
| 8/30 | RECAP | 8/31 | RECAP | ||||||||
| Allentown, PA | Allentown, PA | ||||||||||
| Open Class Prelims | Open Class Finals | ||||||||||
| 1 | Syracuse Brigadiers | 96.0 | 1 | Syracuse Brigadiers | 96.3 | ||||||
| 2 | Empire Statesmen | 95.7 | 1 | Empire Statesmen | 96.3 | ||||||
| 2 | Hawthorne Caballeros | 95.7 | 3 | Hawthorne Caballeros | 95.4 | ||||||
| 4 | Bushwackers | 91.5 | 4 | Sunrisers | 92.0 | ||||||
| 5 | Sunrisers | 91.3 | 5 | Bushwackers | 89.6 | ||||||
| 6 | Connecticut Hurricanes | 89.0 | 6 | Connecticut Hurricanes | 87.6 | ||||||
| 7 | Westshoremen | 88.8 | 7 | Westshoremen | 87.2 | ||||||
| 8 | Minnesota Brass | 86.5 | 8 | Minnesota Brass | 86.9 | ||||||
| 9 | Reading Buccaneers | 85.1 | 9 | Reading Buccaneers | 83.4 | ||||||
| 10 | Rochester Crusaders | 83.4 | 10 | Rochester Crusaders | 81.6 | ||||||
| 11 | Kilties | 82.9 | |||||||||
| 12 | Kingston Grenadiers | 82.6 | |||||||||
| 13 | New York Skyliners | 81.8 | |||||||||
| Class A Finals | |||||||||||
| 1 | Chieftains | 71.2 | |||||||||
| 2 | Heat Wave | 70.6 | |||||||||
| 3 | Grey Knights | 63.7 | |||||||||