Good luck in Sac! From what I've read, it's "the most defensive-heavy regional in California" (New Cool). Although one of the defense-heavy teams (668, The Apes of Wrath) won't be there this year, since they won't be competing without a lead mentor (They'll be back next year). We have adopted them into our robotics family, so now 668 and 256 are one (sorta). I think 1868 won't be doing Sac, so I see your rookie team going very far.