[ChrisA]

I'm liking the regional so far. It's pretty small which means more matches for everyone and much less confusion. It's a much different atmosphere from other regionals, but I could get used to it. There's a lot of good teams and the facility is great. Unfortunately there's not much room for expansion so there could never be very many teams there, but it's definitely a worthwhile experience.

Lots of good matches though many seem to be uneventful. Many good teams none-the-less.

Killer bees have been doing an excellent job at small ball handling though some teams have found ways to stop them. Chief has a great bot, but they seem to have been having mechanical problems with their bot. Probots drive train is killer and won them an award (I forgot which one already lol). Juggies seem to have been having some troubles with their ball mechanisms, but the last few matches looked as though most of the bugs were dealt with. 515 has a killer big ball grabber. 1447 (Panther Robotics) has an amazing robot for being a rookie team. In fact, all the rookies seemed to have some great looking bots (and there's a lot of them). I can't think of any other teams in specific that I have watched at this moment.

Oh yeah, and Paul from 217 Thunder Chickens won the Woodie Flowers award. He's the MC btw and is doing a great job at it.