[Adam Freeman]

Well that was an interesting weekend. After our cRIO/code issue between match 40 and 55 (3 matches missed), where 33 helped us collect 6 of our 8 qualifying points by winning a match without us and deciding to Coop balance with our short handed alliance, we barely edged out 469 for the #1 seed.

The Troy district is always a fun event. With such great teams signed up, we knew we wanted to have this on our schedule to make sure we were prepared heading into MSC. The teams this weekend did not disappoint.

Some Thanks/Notes:
- #1, even before 469...I have to give a huge THANK YOU! to 217. We were struggling with our camera aim, due to the lighting in the gym, and we were planning to switch to manual mode and see how well our drivers could do. 217 offered to give us their crosshair program to install onto our driver's station. As I said before, this was a huge revalation and really helped push our machine to the next level. I always look forward to being at a competition with the Thunderchickens. You are great friends and great competitors.

- 469: It took a long time for us to get to play together, but now we are 2 for 2 together this year. Your robot is incredible, an awesome scorer and balancer. We have so many options available to us when we play together. I love having the flexibility to change things on the fly, even though we didn't really need to this time. I can see our teams becoming closer and closer. Hopefully we will be able to continue that in the future.

- 244: We came to you with a bunch of different ideas on what we could do to maximize out Hybrid score, and you guys were open and willing to try anything we asked. You worked really hard getting that motor swapped out and writing new hybrid code. That was some awesome defense in the finals! Thanks for being great partners.

- 217, 548 and 2604, congratulations on being Finalists. I knew we were going to meet in the finals. We were really afraid of the combination of 217 shooting from the key and 548 scoring from the fender.

- Congratulations to the Killer Bees on the District Chairman's award. You are a great team and that was an awesome video. Thanks again for all the help this weekend.

- Congrats to all the teams that qualified for MSC. It going to be another amazing competition, I can't wait. See you in a couple of weeks.