Team 3785 Gila Monster Introduction Thread

[Don Knight]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

I have mixed feelings about having a "new" team called the Gila Monsters from Arizona. But I'm a grumpy old man who's early memories of FRC are colored by watching Team 64 (The Gila Monsters from Mesa, AZ) absolutely dominate the NASA/VCU Regional in 2001.

Sean, Yes 2001 was a very good year for the Gila Monsters, one of our rare trips to the East Coast.

This may have been answered already but the primary sponsor of those "Gila Monsters" Team 64 and these "Gila Monsters" Team 3785 is the same. The General Motors Desert Proving Ground. We moved from our Mesa, AZ location to Yuma, AZ and have resurrected the team here in Yuma.

We have a great group of new mentors/engineers involved for the first time in FIRST hence the rookie number from last year. Also awesome mix of students from the local high schools blended to make what we believe will do justice to the Gila Monster name and heritage.

The bolded letters may give you a hint how the original Gila Monster students came up with the Gila Monster name back in 1998.