Our robotics team has just come back from West Virginia where they participated in the South West Qualifier. The students, determined to make it to States, demanded we go to this qualifier (the last opportunity this year). And so, the team traveled a long 7 hours evening to get to our hotel where we stayed before our qualifier.
The day was filled with ups and downs; we had matches where our robot lost connection and others where we outscored the other team in the last seconds. Although we lost our first two matches, the team was resilient and came back to win our final 4 which boosted us from 20th place to 7th place. We were selected to as an alliance member and our team helped our alliance make it to the finals match.
Our high point of the day was winning the most prestigious award, The Inspire Award. (This award's description can be found here). This award is given to the team that embodies the 'challenge' of the FTC program and that best represents a 'role model' FTC team. We also were finalists for the Motivate Award as well as the Connect Award.
Go Team Thunder Stone! Go Saints!
