Saturday, March 21, 2015

Bringing Home Medals, A Banner, and a Trip to Champs

These past two weeks have been ecstatic for our team. At the Central Valley Regional 2 weeks ago, we ranked 3rd, creating the 2nd seeded alliance with 2102, Team Paradox, and 1662, Raptor Force Engineering. We became regional finalists. Since 1678, the captain team of the winning alliance, already won a regional, we became the wild card team and received a trip to the FIRST World Championships in St. Louis. Now at the Sacramento Regional this weekend, we ranked 5th, being the 2nd pick of the 4th seeded alliance with captain 2085, the RoboDogs, and 568, the Nerds of the North, from Alaska. We became finalists once again. Citrus Circuits won again as the 1st seeded alliance. Our whole alliance is headed to world championships. On top of that, we won the Engineering Inspiration Award. We were shooting for the prestigious Chairman's award, but we will take this any competition.

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Out of the Valley, We're Going to Champs!!!

We performed exceptionally well at the 2015 Central Valley Regional at Madera South High School. We placed 3rd overall in qualifications, and captained the #2 seeded alliance with 2102, Team Paradox, and 1662, Raptor Force Engineering. We were #2 through quarterfinals and semifinals. We lost in the final matches to 1678, Citrus Circuits, and 254, the Cheesy Poofs, but since Cheesy Poofs already won a regional, we advance to the FIRST World Championships as a wild card team since we were the captain of the alliance that went to finals.