[Alex Golec]

I'll admit it was nice having balls back on the field again, after a full year of tubie and tetra experimentation. The multifaceted nature of the game allowed for multiple strategies to be played out, and I'm glad to see defense back on the field.

The robots were amazing in design, strategy, and teamwork. I think I'll remember the championship lunch break when all of the Killer Bees came over to Roeper's pit and quickly drilled and bolted on two hooks to their arm- that was impressive cooperation. The feud between the roller/storage robots and the foreceps robots was interesting to watch; both robots could manipulate different strategies to accomplish what they needed to do. Also, the growth of hanging between the first regional and the championships surprised me- by the end of the day, close to about every robot could hang. An excellent eason overall.

Now on the order of congrats:
Waterford and Juggernauts- your defensive plays were amazing, and the cooperation between your two robots on the field was a true alliance. Congrats on winning the championship!
ChiefDelhpi- I apologize for all the strange and unusuall events that occured during our matchs (A little square dance here, fused robots there..), and thank you very much for pulling it off without us being there at full strength. Working with your teams was wonderful, and I hope we'll play some matched together in FIRST.
North Farmington- Awesome robot and great strategy! Thank you for the website you put together and for the scorekeeping program, and congrats on making it to the finals.
All OCCRA teams- congrats on a season well played, I had a great time talking to as many of the teams as possible, and I hope you can all come back next year.
Refs & Judges- Thank you so much for volunteering your time to make the games and awards possible!

The OCCRA season has been great so far, and I'm looking forward to next year, but before next OCCRA season begins, I'm also looking forward to seeing as many oakland county teams as possible out participating in the FIRST robotics competition.

_Alex