Hello, everyone!
This will be a recap of everything that happened at our last competition, States, hosted in Houston.
Students left school Wednesday, either at lunch or after school based on their roles. We arrived around 4:00-8:00 PM, where we set up our pits and prepared our robot for inspection. We really got there too late to do anything, so we regrouped and slept.
Thursday morning, the team woke up at 6:30 to go get breakfast, and we met in the lobby at 7:45. We left the hotel at 8:00, and opened up our pit at 8:30. From then to 10:00, the drivers met on the field to discuss strategy coming into competition. We participated in some practice matches from 10:00 to 12:30, and ate lunch after that. At 1:30, we returned to practice matches, and kept it that way until 3:00. After that and an introductory speech, we started qualification matches. It stayed that way until 6:00, and as people filtered out we closed our pit. At 8:15, we had dinner, and we returned to the hotel to regroup. At 10:15, we had a team meeting to discuss strategy and methods going into the second day of competition.
Friday was much of the same. The only difference was that much of it was earlier, so we got to the hotel to discuss scouting at only 10:00.
Saturday was similar, but differed in that this was playoffs day. At 10:45 AM, alliances were selected. After lunch, we regrouped with our newfound alliance and got ready for playoff matches, which happened from 12:30 to 4:00. After that was the awards ceremony. Unfortunately, we were unable to take home any awards, but we did nominate our Woodie Flowers candidate for Worlds, which was a massive success. After awards were distributed, we loaded into our respective cars and departed towards home. We were back at 11:30, and although we didn’t quite qualify for Worlds, we were proud we got the chance to prove ourselves and learn how FRC competitions function.
With that, we bid you adieu. Until next season!
