[Breakaway3937]

I would like to thank all the volunteers and companies that make the Bayou Regional possible. This was my sixth time at the Bayou, and I have enjoyed every single one of them. We come back year after year because of the well organized event and the great and smiling faces of the volunteers.

We would like to also thank our alliance partners 3039 and 3946. Our regional win was nothing short of a team effort. Taking the 10th place team and the 42nd place team may have shocked other people, but we knew from our scouting reports how great these teams really are. 3039 was a clone of our bot and without 3946 getting that RC off the step, we would have went out in the semis. We spent the entire day on Thursday (12 hours) upgrading and rewiring our entire robot and changing our strategy for the Bayou Regional. We knew we were going to have to raise our level of play in order to win this tough event. 456, 364 and 1927 were a powerhouse alliance in the finals. They were putting up five RCs while we were only capping four. The last match could have gone either way. That alliance was amazing and made some of the best regional finals matches I have ever seen. I would also like to send out a congrats to both 1477 and 3337 who will be heading to St. Louis in April. Your programs are amazing, and I have loved getting to see what you guys are doing and trying to emulate it in our program. Keep touching lives and inspiring our next generation.

We hope to join the Bayou Regional again next year to meet new teams and revisit with some old friends.