NHS has WON the 2005 National Botball Tournament in Jacksonville, FL!! They scored 80 points on their first seeding round because of a judge’s error. They next round they scored the highest score ever to be scored in botball…an astounding 164 points! No one could match it all day. In double elimination, they played some amazing rounds and were undefeated going into the final head to head match. NHS’s robot messed up and missed its target by millimeters, sealing the victory for the other team. Having one loss each meant that the winner of the next match would become the 2005 champions. They light came on and the arm that John designed slipped over the highest scoring object on the field, botguy. Perfect! It then brought it back but….disaster! In the middle of the motion, a piece broke off and the entire arm fell over! This pushed botguy off of the table, making it score 0! Luckily, the arm got the ball(30 points) and “Gibby” a few trash (3 points). The final score was 27 to 33…NHS! These guys did an amazing job on this robot. They spent the night before the competition at the beach. Entirely unlike all the other botball teams, which were working franticly on untested designs. Great job guys!
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