[Steven Sigley]

Congratulations to all the teams that competed this weekend and especially those in the eliminations; usually the eliminations at Davis fall into a defensive showdown but I remember seeing scores of 80+ for each alliance in certain elimination matches as teams simply tried to overpower each other with offense. It made for some of the most interesting matches I've ever seen.

Additionally congratulations to the Space Cookies for winning the Regional Chairman's Award. They do so much and deserve to go all the way through to Championship, and I hope they do walk away with it. Good luck in St Louis!

Finally thank you to our GREEN ALLIANCE! I've never seen teams cheering for an alliance other than red or blue in the final. 2489, 3189, and 701 all bonded so well we were cheering together from the first quarterfinals matches and it just felt so special. Myself and many of the other alumni of team 701 were impressed by how our alliance handled itself and complemented itself. If one of us was missing shots or being blocked the others would step it up and put points on the board so we could succeed. It was a hard fought regional and I'm blessed to have been there to see our team win our first and second ever blue banners. It's been a long time coming for this team and was a really special day for those who've been involved for so long.