GSD blog post (#37)

Granite State competition blog post

Author: j-dxg

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+Title: 'Granite State Competition' 
+Date: 2026-03-15 
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+This weekened we competed at the Granite State Qualifier in Bedford, New Hampshire for our first competition of the season. After qualifiers we were ranked 15th out of 34 teams with a record of 4-7-0. We were the first pick of alliance 7 captained by Team 7674 RaiderBots, and the second pick Team 126 Gael Force. We lost both of our playoff matches; however, the team was able to bring home the **Judge's Award**, this award is given to the team who the judges thought had unique efforts, but did not fit into a set catagory. The judges said this "This team impressed the judges with their spirit, professionalism, and technical acumen. This team had a unique approach to insert themselves into the center of things. Judges a-Massed behind recognizing them as a team worthy of recognition for the obvious gravity to pull students into ***FIRST***". In addition our Woodie Flowers nomination was announced, congratulations to Jon M, we thank you for all you do for this team! We earned a total of 29 district point at Granite State and hopefully continue this with our week 5 competition at WPI!
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