[JohnFogarty]

This experience is dear to me because I've worked with 1772 on and off for the past two years up until this year when I started my rookie team with Billfred.

This year 1772 was good, far better than my team is yet. 1772 was playing on the level of powerhouse teams. We had worked together at Palmetto before going to Orlando and our students knew each other to a good extent. We never got to play in elims together as much as I or some of the students wanted to. After, in the end we had,to eliminate their alliance to continue in the elims at Orlando they all were somewhat dissapointed. Once finals ended they all came down to the floor pits and hugged and congradualted all of us and my students whom had become friends over the course of the events. It was a cool thing to see and I'm glad I got to witness it. Its not going to be the same without them competing in the SE regionals.