FIRST Team 3173: The IgKNIGHTers

We were saddened to here about the loss of Woodie Flowers. He inspired us to climb higher and shoot further. His spirit of Gracious Professionalism lives on, and we strive to carry his legacy on through our team. Rest In Peace, Woodie. Team 3173, the IgKnighters

You can donate here to support Kendrick Castillo's family and his team, FIRST Team 4418. https://give.firstinspires.org//team-4418-victim-s/c234591

Our prayers are with your team and the whole community. Kendrick, you are a hero and it is a tremendous loss to the FIRST family.

We are extremely pleased to announce that we have won the Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Delphi!

We were eliminated in the semifinals 2-0. Thank you to our alliance partners team 271 and team 4567 for a great time here at SBPLI #1!

We're through to the semifinals after a hard fought 2-1 series!

We're honored to be the 3rd alliance captain, joined by team 271, the Mechanical Marauders, and team 4567, The Mechanized Mafia. We'll be playing in eliminations against the 6th seeded alliance after lunch!

We finish up qualification matches ranked 4th out of 37 teams! Stay tuned for alliance selection results soon.

Our final qualification match ends in a loss, 78-55, but we pick up a ranking point for climbing and maintain our now 4th place ranking. Five more qualification matches to watch before alliance selection, so stay tuned!

Our second to last qualification match ends in a win with a score of 73-50, keeping us in 5th position!

First match of day 2 ends in a loss with a score of 44-36, but we do gain a ranking point from habitat climbing, and we only fall to rank 6.

Last match of the day puts us to 5-4 with a 77-68 win! This means we end day 1 in 5th place! Good luck to everyone as we finish up qualification matches and enter eliminations tomorrow!

A win puts us back at a record of 4-4. The score this time is 55-33, which gives us 3 ranking points and a current ranking of 8th.

A very very close match drops us to 3-4 after a 53-52 loss. Even with the loss we are still ranked 11th out of 37 robots. Two more matches before the day is over!

We have fallen to 3-3, losing our 6th match with a score of 53-45, which drops us down to 8th place in the rankings. We have three more matches today to leave our mark here at SBPLI #1.