The build team made some modifications to our robot in the days leading up to our fourth competition on Thursday at Birmingham Seaholm High School. The modifications made were fixes of minor issues. The first was a repair of LEDs that were damaged in the previous competition. The second was the reworking of a set of small flaps attached to the top roller. They were originally added in an attempt to allow the robot to manipulate the green ball, but were not successful in that regard. However, they did increase the distance the yellow balls are launched out of the roller, and that has had a very positive impact on our scoring capability.

The Thursday competition went well for us, though we got our lowest ranking so far this season, coming in third place with 82 points. The matches were some of the most exciting yet, with defensive robots fighting harder than ever. Unfortunately, our robot tipped over during our third game, but the damage was minimal and we were still able to pull off a win, continuing our winning streak. We won all of our matches on Thursday.

Congratulations to the first place team, Team 51 from Pontiac High School, and Team 33 from Notre Dame Prep, who came in second place. Both teams played exceptionally, and both pulled off a stunning performance in their first game (when they played together), getting over 30 points in a single match. Team 51 were also able to break our record for highest overall score in a single competition by 2 points with a score of 102. Competition is certainly increasing as we come closer to the final competition next Saturday, and it will be no easy task for any team to come out on top at the end of the season.

We were also honored to take home the Spirit of the Competition Award Thursday. It was one of our most spirited nights, with many great dances, a roller coaster, and trial runs of some new cheers. Overall, even though we were not as statistically successful, it was one of our best competitions.

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Because there was no school on Tuesday and there was a competition Thursday, there were no student workshops this week. Workshops will resume next week.

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