NE Region Championships Boston MA April 10-12 2014

 This week we headed to Boston:

Team photo!!

Going to St. Louis!!

Aces High 176 qualified to go to Championships located in Boston, Massachusetts. The team started off yesterday 4/1/14 with a very early morning leaving the school at 5am. We arrived in Boston and won our first qualifying round of the day around 3pm. After that we had an uphill battle loosing two rounds and having to replay one of them. After some trouble shooting we got to dinner at 8pm and got some rest at the hotel.
This morning is showing great promise. Last nights work paid off as we won our first round of the morning with a victory of 204 to 104. We have 6 more matches today. Currently we are ranked 21 in a field of 54 teams. After a long day of many physical and tough matches our losses out weighted our wins ending the evening in 28th place. We sere hoping to place in the top 25 to be able to go to Worlds in St. Louis. Saturday is another day and another chance to score points!
Friday offered other exciting venues..Woodie Flowers, the co-founder of FIRST paid us a visit signing autographs and taking pictures with the kids. We are also proud of our mentors that marched in the mentor parade which highlighted our strong support team of:
7 mentors marched in the 3 year category,
-Stephen & Shelly Johnson
-Ron & Linda Horn
-Mike Garnanski
-Shahil Kantesaria

1 mentor in the 7 year category
-Peter Davis

1 mentor in the 16 year category
-Mark Goodstein

1 marched in the 19 year category.
-Bill Pease
Day three started off with two big wins for both of our qual rounds. We ended the qual rounds with a 6-6-0 record placing us in 33rd place. Unfortunately we did not get an alliance pick for the finals but stayed and cheered our fellow teams on! Closing ceremonies were fantastic even though Aces High 176 went home empty handed. The last order of business was to announce the teams that qualified for Worlds in St. Louis in just 10 days...low and behold, team 176 appeared on the screen listed very last!! We made it!! WE ARE GOING TO WORLDS!!! What a fantastic way to end the Boston Region Championships!!!


Robot selfie!!!

Woodie Flowers-co founder of FIRST