Thread: The Rise and Fall of FIRST Teams through time.
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Re: The Rise and Fall of FIST Teams through time.
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Originally Posted by AcesPease
Here are a couple examples of disappearances:

The team from Plymouth Mass (124?) used to host a big off season event called the Rumble at the Rock. I believe they tried very hard for a Chairman's award, didn't win for a couple years running and then pulled up stakes and joined the battle bots.

(This team is my reason why I get a little nervous when we discuss what we should do to do better in the Chairman's award race. I think they got burned out . I would prefer to stay in FIRST than to stress out over awards)
I think you are referring to team 23, Plymouth North High School. They hosted Rumble at the Rock, and did win the Chairman's Award in 1998. Also, lead teacher Mike Bastoni won the WFA the same year. After 2000, this team left FIRST to try other things. Bastoni still wanders into ChiefDelphi, as shown in this thread..

Team 23 was an inspiration to many other teams, and greatly deserved the recognition that the Chairman's Award gave them back in 1998.

Andy B.
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