[G_rupp]

All I can say from this competition is WOW. Thank you to the Crossroads Regional Planning Committee and all of the great volunteers that helped make this a great event.

As Luke mentioned above, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, FRC Team 1024 for the timeout to allow us to determine how much was left of our robot wiring harness. The 18 gauge power line to the LED ring was pinched and shorted out. The effect of this was about 2 feet of 18 gauge wire that was on top of most of the control system wiring bundle melt into the the rest of the controls. It took most of the timeout time just to make sure that we did not have any other unapparent damage that might have additional shorts in the wiring that was remaining.

We were able to apply power as time expired and when the system was enabled, all of the relay lights for all 8 relays lit up. At that time, the drivers moved our robot to the goalie zone and I headed to the pits. I picked up a new sidecar, ribbon cable, 3 cRIO modules and a screwdriver. We replaced the sidecar during the cool down period, powered the robot and the signal light started to flash. The drive station was connected robot enabled and the compressor started to run. They are now counting down 30 seconds to the match. The drive team rolled the robot forward to the starting line and placed the ball in the robot. Auto started and the robot crashed into the wall due to the A-B wires on the encoder being backward. Our role in teleop was to play defense since we did not know the status of the rest of the systems.

I want to congratulate 1024, 324 and 3147 for fight and resolve to make this a memorable experience.

To our alliance partners, 135, 5188 and 4269, I look forward to seeing you in St. Louis. Thank You for a very humbling and memorable experience.

I also need to thank Jeff S. and Cameron L. (the Coach and Driver) from Team Titanium (1986) for the "sage" advice on what it takes to play and win Aerial Assist.

I want to thank all of Team 1108, the Members, Mentors, Helpers and Alumni for a very rewarding experience. Four members of the team did not get enough robot experience in Terre Haute and drove 50 miles to help FRC Rookie Team 5119 finalize their preparations for the Greater Kansas City Regional and then return to unload the trailer and prep the crate for shipment to Championships.

My final thanks goes to Kate S., our Team President for submitting me for the Woodie Flowers Finalist Award. Kate, you are a very special team member. Keep doing what you are doing. You make the City of Paola and the entire Kansas City Region FIRST program proud to have you as a member.

Gregg Rupp
Mentor, Team 1108