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a mellophone is definitely one of the "trumpets on steroids". Along with flugelhorn. It's typically keyed in F. There is ALSO a marching french horn that has a more circular winding like a normal french horn so it looks like you're marching with a big donut. Most of the time though it's...

I grew up in the low desert in SW Arizona. We had a uniform cleaning budget. They were cleaned after every performance. They had to be, they were almost always sopping wet since marching season here is in the fall and it doesn't cool off until November. Horrifying.

And itchy wool uniforms. Always a crowd-pleaser in hot weather.

Do you do orchestra too? Do you swap to a french horn for orchestra season? We had 3 frenchies in our band and they all 3 swapped to mello for marching season. Bigger sound on the field from a mellophone, but still keyed in f like a frenchie.

I didn't really consider band a sport. Looking back on the crap we got up to though, you're probably right. I can immediately think of at least a half dozen injuries and one stampede. Brass for the win.

I ran 100/200/400 and all those relays. I was good enough to get a full ride offer to a couple of colleges but I turned them down. Not the schools I wanted to be at. I was an idiot. However, it worked out in the end. edit: Also did long jump.