It’s the season for throwing sabers, rifles, and flags. Winter guard started November 1^st and ends sometime in March.  
There are twenty members of Winter Guard this year. Winter Guard is a combination of beauty and grace, it's dance and strength. Effortlessly spinning equipment, and flowing moving bodies.  When you become a Veteran you start on weapons such as rifles and sabers.  A Veteran is a person who has been in guard for more than one season. “While using rifles and sabers you do the same thing as the flags but it’s much more difficult, spinning the rifle and sabers is very hard and it takes a lot of practice,” said Color Guard Instructor Devin Greenlee.   
 “I have been in guard a year, a total of three seasons and I’m looking forward to participating in more seasons. Since I’m starting weapons I am a little scared but I expect to have a good season. Being a Vet I expect a lot from the team, including myself. We have a strong team this year with lots of talent so I’m really excited to see what we can achieve as a team,” said Junior Crysta Clow 
   “I have personally been in guard for two years. As soon as my senior year hit it’s the end for me. I plan to have two and a half years under my belt by the time I’m done. In winter guard we become more flexible by learning new dance skills, and we also gain great strength and coordination by spinning our flags, sabers, and rifles. In guard I expect to have a big, strong team,” said Junior Amanda Quinn.
Guard practices every Tuesday and Thursday at 5:00pm. In their own free time they have to practice at least an hour on what they messed up on in practice, or what they need to improve on. Like any other sport, Guard does exercises “You have to be fit to do what we do in practice. What we do is stretch everything in our body to catch and throw flags, sabers, and rifles the right ways to avoid injury,” said Junior Traevena Parks.