[AndyB]

First off: Big thank you to every volunteer, judge, referee, and planning committee member for what was probably the best regional ever. Big congratulations to Laurie Vertz for winning volunteer of the year. You worked your butt off so hard this whole year to make this regional a success and Ii can't think of anyone who deserves it more.

Thank you to teams 2062 and 2549 for the great alliance. You don't need to be thankful for us picking you; you both earned your way into this alliance and when the time came, you both demonstrated that you were the right teams for the alliance. The amount of professionalism and sportsmanship you guys had was amazing and I can't think of a decision that paid off more.

Thank you to teams 2169, 93 and 1652 for being such gracious opponents. You worked so well together throughout the eliminations to get to the finals and we cheered you on the whole way. Congrats as well to 93 for the Engineering Inspiration Award. You guys define Wisconsin Robotics and I'm happy to see you were recognized for it.

Congratulations to 1714 on the Chairman's Award. You guys deserved it last year at Buckeye and I'm so proud of you for not just the award, but for the reason you won it.

Lastly, thank you to team 2194, Fondy Fire for sharing scouting duties with us during the qualifiers. We have a smaller team and you were more than willing to show us a helping hand. I'm so happy to see you guys make it to the finals and I can't wait to see you again in Minnesota.