[Botwoon]

An excellent regional, and so close to home. It was a great change of pace for us; the smaller venue is a nice break from the chaos of Long Beach. Being an easy daily drive for us, I can see IE becoming a yearly destination for the Metalcrafters.

Congratulations to the winning alliance; you had some of the best scorers I've seen anywhere and perfect synergy. A well deserved victory to excellent teams. I'd also like to offer my thanks to 696 for their match videos and for answering all the questions I had regarding the mechanics of their robot.

Special thanks also go out to the organizers of the regional. They had to put in a lot of work to accommodate us at the last minute, and we're very glad we had the chance to be a part of this great new regional.