2009 Connecticut Regional

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Originally Posted by smurfgirl

It's always frustrating seeing some of the alliances randomly selected- take matches 57 (178/177/228 vs. 1902/999/2785) and 58 (126/230/176 vs. 1665/2265/1403) for example- look at the disparity between the years the teams on the red alliance vs. the years the teams on the blue alliance have existed. I know that older does not always mean better, but it came as no surprise to me that the red alliance won both of those matches.

Also, what was your team getting filmed for in the morning Saturday? I didn't want to interrupt to ask, and I didn't get the chance to come visit your pits later in the day.

Ellen,

We were fortunate enough to be chosen as one of two teams (Aces High was the other) being filmed in live remotes for WTNH. They went on at 6:00, 6:30, 7:00 and 7:30 that morning, with us and Aces alternating. The crew was so taken with the whole event that they ended up staying and filming some of the competition, as well as additional interviews with one of our team members and one of Aces High's students. You can see some of the video on the WTNH site.

Sorry that you didn't get a chance to come visit us, but I'm sure volunteering kept you plenty busy. And just say a little prayer for us that the algorithm gods favor us in Atlanta. It will be only our second time down there (2007 after we won the regional with you guys being the other), and I'd really like it to be an exceptional experience for our 6 seniors in every way possible.