Highest Seed not Chosen for Finals

[George A.]

Here's a "sob story" for you all. My freshman year (2001) the competition with the balancing ramp. We were ranked 6th in our division at nationals going into our last match. Once the match started another team and ourselves piggybacked over the bridge and as a result the bridge popped off its fulcrum. We stopped the clock and got as many points. We checked the final standings and we were in 9th place by .5 points! We didn't get picked. Needless to say I was crushed. To see us going from the allaince with the 2nd seed, to being knocked out of competition was more than I could take. Oh well, I used that as a sringboard to launch the rest of my FIRST high school experience.