On April 22 Team Dave went to the FRC World Championship event at the Edward Jones Dome in St Louis, MIssouri. By the end of qualification matches in the Galileo division on April 24 Team Dave ranked 21st overall out of 100 teams with a record of 7 wins and 3 losses. The team was chosen to alliance with teams 1717, 2122 and 193 ending the season to a tough battle against the first seeded alliance in the quarter finals.

Fun at St. Louis

After a long 13 hour drive to St. Louis from Waterloo, Team Dave made sure to make the most out of their visit! On Tuesday soon after the team arrived at their hotel, they ate dinner at Dave & Busters next door and thoroughly enjoyed the arcade earning a giant stuffed banana as a team. On Wednesday the team learned all about St. Louis and the Gateway to the West through a boat tour on the Mississippi. On Thursday the team ate at St. Louis’ very own BBQ from Pappy’s Smokehouse and on Friday and Saturday the team experienced the delightful food at local St. Louis restaurants.

Galileo Division

From Thursday to Saturday the team competed in the Galileo Division and overall had a record of 7-3 and ranked 21st out of 100 teams within the division. In the elimination matches the team was picked by Goleta, California’s team 1717, the D’Penguineers and team 2122, Team Tators from Boise, Idaho, completing the 8th alliance with team 193 MORT Beta from Mount Olive, New Jersey. In the quarter finals, the alliance ended their season to a tough and exciting game against 1756, 148, 558 and 3098 the first seeded alliance. The second match ended with a score of 211 to 212, initially being a tie of 211 to 211, but due to a foul from the D’Penguineer’s alliance the other alliance earned one point as a tiebreaker.

Einstein Final Eliminations

After qualification matches in the Galileo Division, Team Dave enjoyed watching the final elimination rounds on the Einstein field. The winners from each of the four divisions, Curie, Archimedes, Galileo and Newton competed against each other to be this year’s world champions. After intense matches on the field, the Curie Division winners, Team 254 (Cheesy Poofs) and their alliance partners 469, 2848, and 74 won against Newton’s winning alliance(1114, 1678, 1640 and 5136). The crowd exploded in cheers as team 254’s alliance became World Champions and broke the Curie curse.

Thank you!

Team Dave would like to thank all of their sponsors and supporters. If it wasn’t for them, the team would not have been able to experience such a thrilling and wonderful event! This week will surely always be remembered and will remain as an inspiration to continue as a great team and hopefully return to St. Louis for a second time.