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I had a great time at Buckeye and our team really walked away with one of the best regional experiences we have had in a very long time.

The refs were awesome, the 1126 crew plus Dante meant not having to worry about weird calls in a game that has had that issue at almost every level. We finished with 0 fouls on any of our alliances in the entire competition in large part due to how clear the refs were about anything and everything and how consistent they were on those calls. I think the reffing at Buckeye is something a lot of other regionals can look to to see how this game can be called properly.

With regards to alliance selections I also just heard oooo more than anything and wasn't bothered at all and neither was our student on the field, I just hope 263 took no offense to our decline and understood that we were just trying to work what we thought was our best possible strategy.

I had a blast this weekend and I hope 694 can cross paths with more of the teams from Buckeye in the future.
Huge congrats to 846 who really earned their first win after years of deserving it, you guys were awesome all weekend long, 910 who we had so much fun playing with in our qualification match together, and 639 who was so kind as to help us out in quarter finals and lend us their spring scale even though we were playing against them. That's what I call playing the game the right way. You guys were awesome and it was a thrill to play against you.

303 and 4269, it was a short but wild ride. It was great playing with you guys and I am proud that our alliance was the only one to give the #1 alliance a loss.

Also huge congrats to 217 on Chairman's, it was so much fun getting to play a match with such a legendary team. Your last shot in the last qualification match of the day is what put us over the edge to be alliance captain because of the 10 assist points that ball carried.