Kettering District!

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A big thank you to the event staff at Kettering. Having gone there for several years now, this was by far the smoothest. Just a couple very minor delays early on, and then the event seemed to be running at lightning speed.
Congratulations to the 3 rookies on site 4382 was highest seed. 4376 had one of the best attitudes in FRC. It was a real pleasure working with this team to get them out on the field. I was glad to see them take home a couple awards. More on 4294 later...

To the finalists... what an exciting finals. 862, 3322, and 3601 were an amazing alliance. There auto-mode with the 3 robots working in concert was a thing of beauty. 30+3 points in auto was amazing. 3322 was a deadly accurrate shooter, and 862 had a very versatile machine, and 3601 was a very complimentary robust 3rd parnter. I love watching good play, and the 66-68 finals match was amazing with several lead changes right at the end.

2337, thank you for having faith and vision of a winning strategy. We had a lot of problems with our shooter on Friday, and it was inspiring that you guys had that much faith in our alliance. 4294, are you guys sure you are rookies? For all of you vetrans out there, this rookie team was one of the first to pass inspection, and was clean on their first pass. NO CORRECTIONS! This continued to be one of the more reliable machines throughout the competition. A special thanks to our friends up in the Crow... er ... Chicken's Nest for some strategic insight. Little changes can make a big difference.

GDC, thank you for an exciting game. Week 1 is often painful to watch as teams learn how to score and get their machines dialed in. The Co-Op bridge is an exciting twist that I expect will have several more turns in its importance and how it is utilized.