[Bob Steele]

Team 1018 had a great run at St. Louis.
We finished the qualifications at 17th... after having to tweak our arm a few times...
We were part of a GREAT alliance!!! 1098 and 535 (another Indiana team)

The Quarter was AMAZING... 5 matches and with 1098 disabled two Indiana teams 535 and us held off the #3 alliance twice and finally won in the last match. It was hard fought and it was too bad that in the fifth match of the quarter...both of our opponents were on the ground...

The semi was also wonderful... unfortunately we weren't entirely ready for the physical tactics of the #2 alliance and 1098 was disabled early..
We won the second match but in the third ...the continued pounding took its toll and our pneumatic actuator was bent and we couldn't pick up the ball in the end... if we had... we would have capped the small goal that had 11 balls in it and that would have given the alliance the win...
We felt bad letting the alliance down at the last second like that but there was little we could do with the piston bent...oh well...

All in all a WONDERFUL event...

Indiana did even better as the team we mentored:
1272 out of Bloomington were FINALISTS!!!!!!
and team 1331 ...another Rookie from Bloomington... was a quarterfinalist along with Team 1024 from Indianapolis...

Indiana was well represented in the final matches...
We had 6 chosen to go on out of the 8 there and Team 135 and Team 1020 had great robots too!!!

Indiana had a great Tournament... we can't wait until Cleveland...
We will repair our arm there and with the experience gained from St. Louis, we will try and put in a good showing for Indiana again!!!

thanks to everyone that helped us!!!