[Nuttyman54]

There are definitely friendly rivalries all over FIRST, but a lot of the times, the teams would rather play with each other than against each other. I think one of the coolest aspects in FIRST is when teams from rival schools end up playing and winning together. Back in 2007, team 1516 picked 1280 to be their partners at SVR. California HS and San Ramon HS have a big rivalry in traditional sports, but they won the regional together. Word was their coaches had a tough time explaining when asked if they beat the other school.

Or when Palo Alto rivals 192 Gunn and 8 Paly are locking arms behind the driver station belting out the famous 192 ali-ali-acha chant as they prepare to face 254 and 100 in the finals.

This happens all the time in FIRST, and it's pretty great.