

THE MECHANICATS "MOTIVATE" THE JUDGES AT THE FTC REGIONAL
At the Wylie East FTC Regional we did not receive enough Ranking Points to qualify for alliance selections. This meant that our team was not ranked high enough to achieve the Super Regional in Athens, Georgia. However, we graciously received the MOTIVATE Award for inspiring other teams to take on the culture of FIRST.

THE RED SCARE PICKED FOR ALLIANCE SELECTIONS AT THE FTC REGIONAL
For the Red Scare, the Dallas Regional FTC competition was a series of successes and defeats. At the beginning of the day, we started experiencing technical difficulties with the connection to our robot. This led to us being about as effective as the Nazi invasion of Russia. With a 3-2 record and a rank of 12 coming into selection, we were chosen as the third partner for the third alliance. It was at this point that we consulted our squad and discovered that we were using a f