Aces High 176 Laying Down The Cards

Aces High's robot, Pokerface, was a regional finalist at this weekend's Granite State Regional.

Our programmer: Roger Ignazio, pit team: Mark Goodstien, Dave Leenhouts, Rich McDonald, Shahil Kantesaria and others, and drive team: Pat Pease, Justin Foss, and Melanie Chapman worked very hard all weekend to make this happen.

Our scouts and spirit teams were a big help in the effort, keeping our spirits up and providing valuable scouting information to all the teams at the event.

Special thanks to our alliance captians: Team 319, Prospect Mountain High School, Alton, NH and their robot "Big Bob". Without them we would not have made it to the finals.
Our alliance partners: Team 562, Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School, Fitchburg, MA "Team SPARK". Who worked with us to compliment "Big Bob"
And our friends at BAE including Team 811 Raytheon Company & Bishop Guertin High School and Team 175 "Buzz Robotics" UTC Hamilton Sundstrand Space, Land & Sea & Enrico Fermi High School who cheered for us throughout the elimination rounds.

See you at the UTC New England Regional Next week!
Go Aces High

This year 19 teams attended the Scrimmage hosted by Aces High. Although the weather was a little on the cold side, everyone still managed to have a great time. Aces High would like to thank all the teams that came out and we would also like to recognize the awards winnings of the day.

Spirit Award

The Spirit Award is given to the team that demonstrated the highest over all enthusiasm and excitement for themselves and their alliance partners. The Winter War Zone Spirit Award was awarded to Team 173
Drive Team Award

The Drive Team is given to the team exibiting the best operational expertise and strategic skill. The Winter War Zone Golden Joystick Award was given to team 230.
Human Player Award

The Human Player Award is given to the team containing a non robotic player who shows the greatest skill and dexterity in their appointed task. The Human Player Award was awarded to team 126.
Safety Award

The Safety Award is given to the team who shows the most care in their actions, in and out of the pit area. The golden band-aid award was awarded to team 809.
The Winter War Zone Championship Awards

The Championship Award is given to the winning alliance of the 2006 UTC Winter War Zone Scrimmage. The Championship Award was given to teams 173, 716, and 1784.