[waialua359]

A big mahalo to another successful regional event at our 5th annual Hawaii FRC tournament!

Despite lag issues that many teams experienced, it didnt defray from the exciting eliminations that happened today.

Thank you to team 2439 and rookie team 4218 for allowing us to be part of such a great working alliance. We truly had an alliance that relied on teamwork: 1 Shooter, 1 Feeder/Defender, and 1 Balancer. We were not heavily convinced it would work at the beginning, however, trusting each of our strengths, we did quite well.

This had to be one of the best finals for me personally as we didnt have the usual 359-368 alliance, and I cannot recall ever playing against them in our 13 year history (doing soooo many regionals with them).

One of the best joys I got to see was 4218 getting selected last, and their pure joy, tears, and gracefulness in experiencing a regional championship. Not only were they awesome at helping us win, it left a permanent positive experience where I know they will be successful for years to come.
Our other teammate was 2439, and for years they always got so close in both VEX and FRC. To finally see them get above that hurdle and get to experience championships, is even more gratifying than winning ourselves.

Congrats to Team 3008 on another RCA and to Team 3880 on their EI award!

And last but not least, great job to teams 368 and 1056. They both had outstanding robots, evident by their qualification records. 1056 is the best fender bot/dunker I have seen this year, hands down, while 368 will be a force at the Fresno regional during week 6.

Get your popcorn ready!