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Originally Posted by FoleyEngineer

What a great weekend!

To anyone from FIRST reading this... the new Michigan District Structure is IT! After having been from everything from tons of off-season competitions to playing on Einstein, I can say that this new structure is absolutely bar-none the way to go! We played in over 50 matches for $5,500! That's crazy talk! What fun! The Troy venue was wonderful - lots of room in the pits, HUGE practice field with multiple tables with power and hubs, lots of seating, huge cafeteria, and well, how can I put it, just the best darn group of refs, judges and volunteers you could ever ask for - anywhere! We finished early every day and things were as smooth as clockwork!

To 217 - Knocking the king (67) off of their 37 0 1 throne was a blast! Congrats on your win and the chairman's. Awesome bot guys! So versatile!!!

To 67 - Setting the high score with us 2 against 3 was exhilarating to say the least! Your bot is so smooth and well driven - it's poetry in motion. Congrats on your third #1! Now Tom has to shave half his mustache off! Can't wait to see that one at states! "Remember us when you're rich and famous eh?"

To 3119 - Working with you at our place and helping you get started could not have been more rewarding! Your semifinal place at Detroit and now first place at Troy lock you in for states! I know you might not be able to afford it, but we'd sure love to see you there - what a great group of people! Plus, your drive team was SUPER in those finals, and your human player hit that awesome supercell to win it! Way to go your guys! Congrats!

Thanks SO MUCH to all the volunteers, judges, of of course the refs. Really professional job. I never heard or had one complaint the entire event. Awesome!

Thank you very much also. You guy really helped us in getting our robot together and I also saw your team cheering for us when we were in the finals. We really wanted to win that district so much on account of what happened that week before. We are really praying and keeping our hopes up that we will be able to afford the state championship. I really hope to see you guys there ad we really give it the best we have. Shout out to your team also. You guys have like such a awsome robot and such and organized team. I envy teams like you guys and 67 and 217. We want to just do our best and win. We will see you guys thursday or friday.