Wow. That's all I've got to say (not completely true). Great refs, great volunteers, great game. 4536 went out and did great, and I am so proud of all of them. We decided to forgo any kind of shooter on day 2 of build, and instead build an awesome picker-upper/passer/assister/catcher/low goal scorer, and we succeeded at this. We ended up tying 2052 for total ASSIST points (400).
We had a spectacular alliance that realistically could have beaten out the 2-seed had 3202 not broken down. Still though, it was a blast. 2705 was an absolutely amazing high goal scorer. I think I only saw them miss one ball the entire eliminations, and that was because someone hit them right as they were shooting. I was pleasantly surprised that they were still around for the 4th pick, and again surprised when they actually accepted our invitation. 2705 has come so close to winning so many times now, I really hope they get the recognition they deserve in the near future. 3202 was an awesome second pick. They consistently caught the ball in their net, and pushed it out without issue every time. In the downtime, they played great D in our near zone.
My biggest surprise of the entire event was finding out that 2502 was picked 14th overall. 14th! Seriously, they were one of the top 5 shooters without a doubt, and their drive train blew everyone's mind. We didn't even put 2502 on our list because we were so sure that someone would pick them. Lesson learned there (since we could have had them as the 12th pick).
We are currently scrambling to see if we can afford to go to champs, since we qualified from 2052's wildcard. I hope we can go. Either way, we should be able to go to the state championship (assuming we qualify), which will be a ton of fun.
Shout out to Logan Mildenberger, one of the Dean's List Finalists. Logan is absolutely the best, and he has helped 2052 to continue to succeed even after they had major brain-drain last year.
That's all for now, but I might post another whole page later.
