[Yaaarc] FIRST - St. Louis competition results

[Keith Mc. (Route-To YAR)]

A couple of local teams went to St. Louis.

Huron High (Team 830) 
  My old team came in 29th.  They started out with only a drivetrain
  running, but had their ring handler working by late afternoon Friday.

  They were chosen by the 7th Alliance captain (Team 2177) and Team 1094
  (13th seed) as their third partner for the Elimination Tournament. Their 
  alliance made it as far as the semifinals before being eliminated. (Cool!)

  Huron will be at Great Lakes in Ypsi this week.  Since they're 
  "all tuned up" now, I expect they'll do well.

Chelsea HS (Team 1502)
  My current team had a totally Defensive Bot.  It had a VERY strong 
  drivetrain, plus a teeter-totter ramp capable of lifting two robots 
  over 12" at the end, for 60 points.  No ring handler at all.

  In the qualifiers we were able to lift two bots once, and single 
  bots several times. The double lift took a lot of teams by 
  surprise, for it LOOKED like a single ramp robot.  From then on,
  we were hounded at the end of every round by opponents, which
  limited the number of bots we could lift. (We still lifted single bots
  repeately. :-)

  In the end, we came in FIFTH place out of 45 teams. (Yea!) We ended 
  up as the 5th Alliance captain for the Elimination Tournament.  
  We chose Team 931 (8th seed) and team 1182 (22nd seed) as partners.
  Both were low and mid level ring handler machines.  Though we were 
  eliminated, we were still very happy to get that far, the first 
  time out of the box.  (We also learned some good tricks for later
  regionals. :-)

  Chelsea will be competing again NEXT week at the Detroit Regional, 
  (held at Wayne State University), and at the Championships in Atlanta
  next month.

BTW:  If any YAAARC members wish to visit the pits at either Great 
Lakes or Detroit, bring safety goggles, closed toe shoes, and your camera.
Page me at the Pit announcer's station. If I'm available I'll be happy
to give you a tour of the pit area, introduce you to some teams, and 
help enable you to get some close-up pics of their robots.

- Keith Mc.
FIRST Liaison Officer, YAAARC