Looking forward to seeing all of these teams at the second annual Minnesota State High School League Championship! The event takes place on May 18th at Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus.
I believe 2175 The Fighting Calculators will be live streaming the event here.
We’ll have three division alliance captains competing - 2169 Finalists on Galileo, 2512 Quarter finalists on Galileo and 2052 Quarter finalists on Newton. 2175 was the second pick for 2169 in the Galileo division at champs.
Team # - Team Location - Team Name - Number of Qualifying Points
2169 Prior Lake/Savage KING TeC 71 2052 New Brighton KnightKrawler 54 3313 Alexandria Mechatronics 53 3276 New London NSR 51 2705 Eden Prairie WE ROBOT 46 2177 Mendota Heights The Robettes 43 3277 Thief River Falls ProDigi 42 2175 Woodbury The Fighting Calculators 42 3007 Oakdale Robotitans 42 2220 Eagan Blue Twilight 42 3056 Crookston Pirates 40 4607 Becker Coalition of Independent Students (C.I.S.) 40 4539 Frazee KAOTIC Robotics 39 3130 Woodbury The East Ridge Robotic Ominous RaptorS - the ERRORS 39 2977 La Crescent Sir Lancer Bots 38 1816 Edina The Green Machine 38 2531 Chaska Hawks 38 3747 Mankato Chaotech 37 2526 Maple Grove Crimson Robotics 36 4624 Owatonna Rebel Alliance 36 2518 Inver Grove Heights Spartans 35 2538 Morris The Plaid Pillagers 34 2225 Anoka R.U.S.T (Robotics Uniting Students Together) 34 3244 St. Cloud Granite City Gear Heads 33 3038 North Branch ICE 32 2502 Eden Prairie Talon Robotics 30 2512 Duluth Duluth East Daredevils 29 4656 Two Harbors Rock Solid Robotics 28 2501 North St. Paul Bionic Polars 27 3102 Nevis TNT 27
We are really looking forward to it! Hopefully it won’t be 95 degrees inside this time. Since it’s snowing today it seems unlikely, but you never know in Minnesota!
To clarify for those unfamiliar with the MN system, teams only earned qualifying points from their first Regional event.
Can’t wait for the MN State Championship! 2705 will have a small group of students competing since it’s the same day as our prom, it will still be fun! Can’t wait to play against and with some of our favorite teams again!
They did their best to equalize things between regional events.
I’m looking forward to the event, like always… We get 4 hours Friday night this year to get everyone set up, radios encrypted, connected to the field, and inspected. Those are by far the most important things to do that friday night (more important than working on the robot!) There are no practice matches, so Saturday morning you’ll be right into Quals, and need everything inspected and connected to make that happen!
Out of the 26 students on our team I believe we’ll have 5 or 6 that chose to go to State. I’m one of the only seniors that will be attending (of course I can’t skip out on my last FIRST event as a student!)
2175’s school also has Prom on that date. It is tricky, but most of us are choosing to do both :eek:. It will be interesting, but we plan to have at least 25 people there (mainly because most of our team is 9th/10th graders).
Please remember to bring a water bottle, last year it was extremely warm in the arena and we do not want anyone to overheat or become dehydrated. Even if you think it is going to be a cool day outside please bring one just in case.
A quick reminder to all MN teams: States is a Bag and Tag event! If your team is on the list Wiifi posted, your robot should be in a bag right now (unless you happen to be using your 8 hours of unbag time right now, in which case stop reading CD and go work on the robot!)!
If you’re reading this and realizing the robot sitting next to you isn’t in a bag and hasn’t been for a while, it’s an issue. Let myself or Mark Lawrence know immediately if you have a Bag and Tag problem! It’ll be an even bigger issue if you wait until loading in at States to let us know.
Do you have opportunities for demo’s or sponsor visits in the next couple of weeks before States? Request a Bag and Tag exemption from myself or Mark Laurence ahead of time! Community outreach and sponsor relations are one of the most important aspects of FIRST, and we want to make sure that every team can have their robot there if they need to, while still being compliant with all of the rules. If you take the robot out of the bag for demo’s and exceed the unbag time without talking to us first, you’ll have a problem when you load in!
I only bring this up to help everyone in Minnesota (especially me!) avoid Bag and Tag issues at States
Good luck to all teams there! 3081 is not competing this year but we are planning on showing up just to cheer on everyone else! It was super fun and intense last year and we know it will be just is fun this year!
Just some fun irony:
Last year: Competed at state. Prom was on the same day.
This year: Will not be competing at state. Prom is a week earlier.
Hmmmm… I think Bloomington should schedule prom on the same day as the MSHSL championship again!
Ok, so here’s the deal, our team (2512) is trying to put together a scouting sheet for everyone to use much like the ones that were put together for the divisions at worlds. We have created a google docs spreadsheet for anyone to edit and contribute to. All we are asking is that you post reliable data and not just your best guess. It doesn’t have to be for just your team either, so if you know any data for other teams you have competed with add that in as well! So, the goal is to fill up this entire sheet with the proper data before the 17th.
Really wish our team would have made it again to try and defend the title. Last year was my Sr. year on the team and it was an amazing way to end my 2 years (team started my Jr. year) as a student member of the team, but could not stay away from the team and came back to help out when I was not in college classes. Hope to get there and be able to watch more then a couple matches and not be stuck in the pits or behind the glass. 2175 if you guys end up winning its because of the velcro our team lent you at North Star, it was only because of your teams batteries last year that we were able to take home the victory!
Since it’s snowing today it seems unlikely, but you never know in Minnesota!
