As Week 4 wrapped up, the team reached the halfway point of our competition season. For Team 930, we competed in our local regional in Milwaukee, WI The Wisconsin Regional. Walking into a competitive event with multiple FIRST Championship qualifiers, we were ready for some tough competition. Going through the qualification matches, the team kept up their intense and continuous hard work and was able to secure the overall #1 seed position for the upcoming playoff elimination bracket. Friday night was spent discussing valuable strategy and how to efficiently approach the selection process, discussing various features of teams to ensure the most points scored.
Completing alliance selection, Team 930 with the overall first pick selected 8096 (Cache Money) and 8029 (Steel Bronco Robotics) as their second pick. Walking into the first round of the elimination bracket the team was up for an intense match against the 8th seed alliance. Despite some unfortunate luck of one of our elevator belts coming loose, we still put up a close match but lost 127-133, knocking us down to the lower bracket. With some amazing quick fixes from our pit crew team, we walked into our next match ready for anything. With a hard fought match from the 5th seed alliance, Team 930 along with their amazing partners came out on top setting a playoff high score, winning 152-99. Against the second seed alliance, our alliance was ready for an intense match. However, our alliance partner was hit with an unfortunate break causing them to spend the majority of the match on 3 wheels. The match would result in a loss and the end of our elims run, but the team was so proud of all the amazing progress we made and are very grateful for our alliance partners' continued perseverance!
Team 930 was also able to earn the Gracious Professionalism award, the first team attribute award in the 930 history. This award marks the team's approach at spreading core values of FIRST both on and off the field. The team is so grateful to have won this award, and we are always happy to help any teams in need no matter the task at hand.
With the Wisconsin Regional concluded, 930 looks ahead to Week 6 where our third and final regional takes place over in Pittsburgh, PA. The team is excited for this regional and to meet teams from many different states. Along with that, the team is preparing for the FIRST World Championship down in Houston, TX. While the competition is going to be our toughest yet, the team is diligently preparing assuring the most success possible out of our team.
With such an intense event a lot of fundraising is required. Our team is accepting donations to help fund our trip to Houston and give our students the greatest experience and further their skills to help become leaders of tomorrow. This fundraiser can be found on our donation page of our website or on our social media (@team930). Whether it’s helping donate funds or just sharing the donation page to friends and family, anything helps and we appreciate all the help!