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This past weekend, Team 4909 competed at the week 4 Greater Boston District Event in Revere, Massachusetts, continuing to build on the strong momentum from earlier in the season. With another strong showing on the field, the team finished the event with an overall record of 11-6-0 across qualification and playoff matches. At the end of qualification matches, Team 4909 ranked 6th overall and went on to serve as the captain of Alliance 4.  Throughout the qualification matches, we focused on consistency, adapting match by match, and continuing to improve our performance in a competitive field. That approach helped us put together a qualification record of 8-4-0 and secure the sixth seed heading into alliance selection.
During alliance selection, Team 4909 formed Alliance 4 alongside Team 8013, Boston Lions, and Team 3323, Potential Energy. Together, our alliance made a strong playoff run and finished with a playoff record of 3-2-0. After opening the playoffs with a win, battling through the bracket, and advancing to round five, our run came to an end against Alliance 2.
Greater Boston was another important step forward for our team. Between a strong qualification performance, captaining an alliance, and making a deep playoff push, the event gave us valuable experience and more momentum as the season continues. We are proud of the effort our team put in all weekend and thankful for the support from our mentors, families, sponsors, and everyone cheering us on.
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This past weekend, Team 4909 competed in the Week 3 Waterbury District Event in Connecticut, continuing the momentum from an already strong season. Coming off a successful Week 2 performance, the team entered ready to compete, improve, and build on that progress. With strong match play and great teamwork, Waterbury became another exciting event for the team. At the end of qualification matches, Team 4909 was third overall and went on to serve as the second alliance captain.
Throughout the qualification matches, we focused on improvement, fixing emerging issues, and adapting match by match. This approach allowed us to perform consistently throughout the event, earning us a record of 10-2-0.
During alliance selection, we started as the third alliance captain before moving up to the second alliance captain position. Once in this position, our first pick was Team 7127, LongMetal Robotics, followed by Team 4572, Barlow Robotics. Together, our alliance advanced through the brackets almost undefeated, suffering only one loss in playoff match 11, which sent us to the lower bracket. Despite that setback, we battled our way back to the finals, where our run came to an end.
We were also honored to receive the Autonomous Award sponsored by Google.org. This award recognizes the work a team puts into developing an effective, consistent, and high-performing autonomous routine. Overall, we finished Waterbury as finalists with a 13-5-0 record. It showed how much progress we have already made this season while also giving us more experience to carry into the weeks ahead.
We are incredibly proud of the effort our members, mentors, and drive team put in throughout the weekend. Thank you to everyone who supported us at Waterbury and followed along as the event unfolded. We are excited to keep building on this momentum as we prepare for the Greater Boston Competition in Revere, Massachusetts.
This past weekend, we completed the Week 2 Granite State District Event at Bedford High School in New Hampshire. After a strong start to the season at our first district event, we were excited for another opportunity to compete, continue improving, and build on the momentum we established. 
During alliance selection, we were selected as the first pick by the seed one Team 3467, Windham Windup, and then went on to pick Team 1277, The Robotomies, as the second pick. Team 11157, Winnacunnet, later served as the backup robot. In the playoffs, our alliance advanced through the bracket with strong performances and ultimately won the event, going undefeated and earning the District Event Winner title.
We were also honored to receive the Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent. This award recognizes an innovative control system or application of control components used to provide unique machine functions. Our team earned this for our ability to shoot while on the move and for automating the aiming system. This minimized the workload on the driver, and no matter where we were on the field, our robot automatically targets the scoring zone. During judging, we explained how the system worked and how it improved the robot’s performance on the field, and we were proud to have that work recognized with this award.
Overall, we finished the event with a 16-1-0 record and earned 71 district points. Week 2 was an exciting and rewarding step forward for our team. It showed how much progress we have already made this season while also giving us more experience to carry into the weeks ahead.
We are incredibly proud of the effort our members, mentors, and drive team put in throughout the weekend. Thank you to everyone who supported us at Granite State and followed along as the event unfolded. We are excited to keep building on this momentum as we prepare for the Waterbury District Competition.  This weekend, we competed at the Week 1 MinuteMan event, held at Billerica Memorial High School. Competing on our home field made this event especially exciting. We were proud to have the opportunity to open the season with our community and invite other schools to share this moment.
Throughout the qualification matches, we focused on maxing our score, working closely with our alliance partners, and executing a strong match strategy, with the overall goal of improving match after match. We were able to maintain the seed 1 position for most of the event, but towards the end. We ended the qualification matches as 2nd overall. This gave us the opportunity to be an alliance captain. Our alliance selected Team 1768 and Team 1735, with Team 3182 joining as a backup robot.
 We were also honored to receive the Autonomous Award sponsored by Google.org. This award recognizes the work a team puts into developing an effective, consistent, and high-performing autonomous routine. Overall, we finished the event with a 14-4-0 record and earned 61 district points. A strong start to the official season. More importantly, Week 1 gave us valuable experience, showed us where we are already succeeding, and highlighted the areas we can continue to improve as we prepare for the rest of the season.  We are incredibly proud of the efforts our members, mentors, and drive team put in throughout the weekend. Thank you to everyone who came to support us at BMHS and followed along with our season opener. We are excited to keep bundling on this momentum going as we head into the next event.
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