2009 Long Island Regional

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Originally Posted by Pete B

Well, it was one great regional (my last as a student sadly). On behalf of 329 I would like to thank 527 for selecting us as an alliance partner and 353 for their outstanding performance. I really don't think that anyone was expecting the 22nd and 46th seeded teams to be such a threat, but we sure showed them! We're very happy to have made the finals and even though we lost, we're still happy with the results. With 287 being one of the champions, there's a good chance that they'll get re-sponsored, plus they get to go to nationals! So, congratulations to them and their partners, 496 and 2638, and a special congratulations to 353 for winning Chairman's. We're glad we had the opportunity to present you guys with the plaque. Great job everyone!

It was absolutely our pleasure to pick you guys! I can't say thank you enough to teams 329 and 353!!! Your robots were amazing and your teams are so much fun to work with. We would have not gotten far without your awesome offensive abilities and strategies. I think the finals were made up of a lot of the underdogs from the competition, which just made them even more fun. You had the 4th, 5th, 16th, 22nd, 33rd and 46th teams in the finals. I think we all proved we can go against the big guys and win. Just shows the benefits of effective scouting.

I could not be more happy to lose to teams 287, 496 and 2638. They are all amazing! We had the pleasure to attend the Chesapeake Regional with team 287 and have nothing but the utmost respect for their great team!

On a sportively competitive note, it was nice to see the regional gold come back to Long Island We had so much fun playing with 2010 though, they are another amazing team and do nothing but good things for the Long Island regional. We hope to see you there again next year