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Originally Posted by Lavapicker

Thanks Glenn, 17/17 perfect 10's in hybrid and only one missed shot the entire tournament, if you call our dunk's a shot??? Too bad we can't show it and our lifting robot bridge dropper at worlds but thats how FIRST goes I guess. It was definitely the most interesting alliance selection I've seen in 10 years! Congrats to you and Baldwin and.....sorry, forgot your third partner....I'm really happy for Baldwin!!! First trip to worlds....very very deserved!! You've had so many finalist over the last rwo years. Best of luck to you both at Worlds!!

Thanks Waiakea! You guys were always great to us. Baldwin appreciates this very much. Two years we were with you in elims last year being soooo close. Sorry it couldn't have been the both of us going to cmp. Hopefully next year

Originally Posted by TKM.368

Congratulations to all on a highly exciting Hawaii Regional. Thanks go out to our partners Punahou 2090 and WHEA 3881.

Baldwin 2439 - congratulations on going all the way. Great job, Jun. You deserve the trip to St. Louis in this, your senior year.

Waialua 359 - we did it without you in 2009 and now you've done it without us in 2012. Can't say we didn't give it our best shot. Yoshi's gonna be a monster when he's a senior in 3 years with 2 for 2 under his belt already.

Island Pacific 4218 - you are just a gem to behold and a rookie inspiration, indeed! We all knew before the matches began that you would be going to the Championship one way or another. No matter how successful you are in the future, you will never have another year quite like this one so enjoy it to its fullest!

Despite the highly competitive elimination matches, I must say Match 61 will be one of the most memorable with Punahou 2090 (our eventual first pick), Kapolei 2445, and ourselves all scoring 12 points in hybrid, having Punahou up on the Coopertition Bridge with Baldwin, and then our last second shot from the key.

We will try to get match video up onto YouTube as soon as we can, but we failed to capture about 1/3 of the Friday matches. Not sure if we'll be able to get it up before we depart next weekend for the Central Valley Regional.

Again, congratulations to all and thanks also to teams that helped with volunteers for the event. Without them, this all would not be possible.

Thank you Mr. Tui, Hawaii regionals was great. Hope to stick around for a while and good luck at CVR.

Originally Posted by 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!

Thanks Mr. Lee! Finally after 4 years our first win, glad it was with the hawaiian kids. This was by far my favorite regional i've ever attended. Thanks for everything You are one of my biggest heros in the FIRST community