Still in the top 10!

We've slipped to #9 with 73% of the games played in the state now.

I wonder why I got stuck in the minivan when I got home tonight?

Yet another AWESOME robotic weekend!

Finalists in Gull Lake!

We've played our two District events this season for Michigan, finishing in the second place alliance again!  After these two weekends, our standing puts us #2 in the state of Michigan (out of 207 teams!).  This is a little early to say where we'll end up, but about 36% of the games have been played for the state (4 of the 11 district events). The remaining teams have the next 3 weekends to make their standings, then we'll see where it all shakes out.

We are certain to attend the State championship in Ypsilanti, Michigan at Eastern Michigan University.  Between our standing in the state and how we compete there April 11-13 will dictate if we have the ability to attend the world event in St. Louis MO,

We'll be keeping an eye on this spreadsheet that FIRST of Michigan will update after each weekend's games!

Go Paladins 3618!

We had a good weekend in Traverse City:

• We won 8 of the 12 matches we played
• We were ranked 10th (of 39 teams) at the end of the Qualification rounds, and had the highest amount of Tele-Operated points of all the teams
• We were selected into the 3rd ranked alliance by 3602 the "RoboMos" from Escanaba (and were joined by 2nd year team 4392 "The Deceivers" from Brimley)
• Our alliance won the Quarter Finals and the Semi's
• Thus our alliance were Regional Finalists
• The Paladins took home the Creativity Award sponsored by Xerox

Next weekend: Gull Lake in Richland, MI!