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Re: Portland 2012

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Originally Posted by frasnow View Post
Congratulations indeed. The drama of the second finals match was really exciting to watch. 3711 looked dead, just like in the first finals match. A push from their alliance partners appeared to get them moving, but things still weren't working right. This happened a couple more times. In the end, 3711 was pushed over to the bridge, 3711 lowered the bridge with their arm, and 360 & 956 pushed 3711 up the bridge for the triple balace. Six triple balances, six victories. Great work!
We really wanted to beat them even with the triple balance but after finals match 1 our hybrid started shooting balls over the backboard instead of into the hoop, and we couldn't make up enough points in tele-op. Still though, it was incredibly close, exciting and painfully nerve-racking.

Congratulations to teams 360, 956 and 3711 you all did a fantasic job and were a real cinderella story. I esspecially liked how 956's bridge manipulator hooked onto 3711's bumper to keep them from falling off during the triple balance