Week 6 marked Team 930’s final regional before the FIRST Championship down in Houston, TX. Team 930 traveled to Pittsburgh, PA for the Greater Pittsburgh Regional. Starting off Friday, the team went through some intense qualification matches going 9-0-1 at the end and securing the overall #1 seed!
Friday night, 930 spent our time creating our picklist of teams of potential partners, going through every possible factor from our scouting data. Walking into Saturday, we had a confident picklist and were ready for the upcoming elimination rounds. At the end of alliance selection, Team 930 selected 1591 (Greece Gladiators) and 2656 (Quasics).
Our first match was against the 8th seed alliance which included 1559 (Devil Tech), 3139 (Falco Tech), and 1708 (AMP’D). While the other alliance put up a thrilling fight, Team 930 and the rest of the #1 alliance took the win setting a new regional record of 171 - 73. The next few matches followed the same intense competition, but our match strategy and alliance robot abilities overcame the obstacles. After setting another regional high score of 182, the team found themselves in the final rounds. After an upset in the lower bracket, it would be alliance 1 against alliance 7 featuring 8393 (BrainSTEM), 1781 (Lindblom Electric Eagles) and 2638 (Rebel Robotics). After getting 3 pieces away from a full grid and a complete triple balance in the endgame, the team would win the first finals match 180 - 148. The second match, we would go 3 pieces away from filling up the full grid, though this time we had a bit more of a time crunch and weren’t able to get our full alliance balanced but only engaged. Thankfully, having scored more grid pieces throughout the match we were able to bring home a Finals 2 win 157 - 150 which meant the team had earned their second blue banner of the season!
After the celebration concluded, the team gathered to hear the judged awards that would be handed out to the amazing participating teams. For the first time in the team’s history, 930 won the Engineering Inspiration Award! This award marks one of the most prestigious awards that can be earned within FRC, as it marks the sustained impact of spreading STEM your team has placed on your community both locally and beyond. This award marked such a substantial milestone for the team and truly rewarded everyone on the team and the hard work they put in everyday with more than just the robot.
With the conclusion of the final regional, Team 930 finished with 2 regional wins, a Quality Award, the Gracious Professionalism Award and winner of the Engineering Inspiration Award. This marked one of Team 930’s most successful seasons ever and we are ready for the competitiveness that is coming with the FIRST World Championship. The team will be departing to Houston on the April 17th, but beforehand, we have our classmunity page accepting donations till the April 14th.
On April 13th we will be hosting a fundraising night at Mukwonago’s Qdoba to gain additional fundraising for our Championship adventure. We appreciate everyone who has graciously donated towards our trip, the experience gained will benefit all our students in a combination of ways and will truly play an impact throughout their lives.