[Jon Jack]

Wow! What an event!

First off, I'd like to thank our alliance partners:

Team 2485: Our two teams have a lot of history together both on and off the field. It was great to be partnered with you guys when you won your first regional - it's been a long time coming. At San Diego, you showed people you could score a lot of points by being a full court shooter, at Inland Empire you showed people you could win matches by running cycles. It was this versatility that convinced us to pick you guys. During our scouting meeting Friday night it became clear that the mismatches you guys would create, would make a pairing of our two teams hard to beat. Keep up the great work, you guys are quickly becoming one of the top teams in California.

Team 968: We wanted 2485 for their full court shooting, so we could clean up their misses. However, we knew picking 2485 would mean seeing 84" tall robots in every match. We couldn't have asked for more in a 3rd robot. You guys were able to score in auto, able to climb and were able to keep blockers away from 2485 so they could make their full court shots.

Congrats to team 3880 on the Regional Chairman's Award and team 399 on the Engineering Inspiration Award.

I'd also like to congratulate 3476 on receiving a wild card birth to the Championships. You're always a class act and we always enjoy competing with you guys. You guys built another great robot this year and were very very close to being our first pick. Good luck in St. Louis!

-Jon