Crazy weekend in Gull Lake

This was the first of two district competitions for Petoskey team 3618 in the First Robotics Competition. From check-in at 5pm Thursday through the final competition Saturday afternoon, it was non-stop action. 36 teams from across Michigan met in Gull Lake and played 12 matches each to qualify for the Elimination matches.

The top 8 teams (Petoskey was #7 after 72 Qualification matches!) then had to select 2 other teams to round our their Alliance, who would then work with them to get through a double-elimination bracket to finals. Petoskey ended up being team captain #5.

We ended up being beat out on our first two trials of the Quarter-final Elimination rounds by rookie team Boyne City #4, but it was an exciting time and the kids learned so much.

We took home the Engineering Excellence Award sponsored by Delphi!

Next weekend is Traverse City where 40 teams meet in a similar event.