To the teams:
Thank you for showing the rest of the regionals how to play good defense. The quality of play was on par with last year. To the Finalists, you made them earn it. 1418 I knew was gonna make it to the semis just from their play on practice day. 2383's robot was different design that impressed me. 435 brought their usual solid performance up from Carolina. Triple Helix, your robot, I still maintain was one of the best ones to take the field. 1086, congrats on the Judges Award. It remains my favorite award just for it's nature. Talons, thank you for the TuTu loan. 422, you got the big one and it was well earned.
2607 thank you for the pick and to 384 Sparky, great team and great robot.
As a Volunteer:
Thank you all to the teams that provided help. Some of you provided help to many other teams in need. To all of you that help 3361 in their hour of need, words do no exist for me to thank you. I walked over to help more than once and saw they were in great hands. The robot that resulted was easily rival to the average of the season. I call it the Robot in One Day build. I've seen it happen before but never a robot of that caliber come out of the mix.
Thank you one and all. Walking out last night after we sent the truck on to DC, can honestly say I have never felt prouder of not just one group but everyone.
And the icing on the cupcake is this.
