1902 was part of a 3 way collab with 1251 and some other team this year too. If I were a Floridian I'd remember, whoops.
I'd argue 987 pushing a tube onto 71's ramps in the last seconds of Einstein Final 3 is also a contender for best strategic use of a game object (if that was intentional, sure looked like it).
Highest score ever:
710 points as far as I know.