Updates to this web article will follow throughout the afternoon
On Thursday, March 13, the B-B-E Resistance Robotics team gathers for a group photo at their pit station in the Alerus Center, Grand Forks, during the F.I.R.S.T. Great Northern Regional competition. (**Swipe right to view a video from that day.)
(HD VIDEO) Courtesy of the F.I.R.S.T. Robotics with a video from the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota, as B-B-E's robot (4238) competed in a qualification match.
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Resistance Robotics team is already rolling with the punches for the Great Northern Regional in Grand Forks. The night before they departed B-B-E high school for the Alerus Center on Wednesday, March 12, Coach Reed Adrian found out that the region match schedule was greatly altered due to an impending snowstorm slated to arrive in the region on Saturday. Altogether, across Thursday and Friday this week, B-B-E's team will compete in 9 qualification matches: four on Thursday and five on Friday.
The team arrived on Wednesday night after the four-hour drive into eastern North Dakota and unloaded the equipment and robot in the Alerus Center. On Thursday morning, they returned to the Alerus Center to get the robot rolling. The team's first qualification match is set for approximately 2 p.m., and they are paired with a team from Cando, ND and from Moorhead.
To follow the schedule for today, robotics fans can click here to see the full list in the upcoming queue: https://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2025ndgf.
This link should work to be able to watch a livestream from Grand Forks: https://www.thebluealliance.com/gameday#chat=funroboticsnetwork&layout=0&view_0=2025ndgf-0. The 2025 F.I.R.S.T. robotics competition is called Reefscape, and it is based on the principle idea of utilizing automated robots to clean and improve coral reef areas of our earth's oceans. You can read more about the 2025 robotics competition at this website: https://frcnorthland.org.
Thursday updates
B-B-E's first qualification match started at about 2:10 p.m., and their Red Alliance lost by a score of 79-70. The winning Blue Alliance included UC-Botics (Upsala high school), Armada (from Stillwater) and TopperBots (from Duluth Marshall high school). This was the fourth qualification match overall at regions, which started at about 1:40 p.m.
In the fifth qualification match today, Red Alliance won a wild one by a score of 129 to 123, with the score of 129 being a tournament high (so far).
For B-B-E's team, their second qualification match is set for 3:04 p.m. For that match, B-B-E is in the Blue Alliance along with Bigfork Backwood Bots and the JukeBots (from Lac qui Parle Valley high school).
Update after B-B-E's second match on Thursday: B-B-E's Blue Alliance won a great match by a score of 69-37 over their Red Alliance opponents. The Blue Alliance earned three ranking points compared to none by Red Alliance, which consisted of teams from Delano, Fargo (North, South and Davies high schools) and Minneapolis (Henry high school).
B-B-E's third qualification match at regions is coming at approximately 4:30 p.m. today. They will be in the Red Alliance with teams from Jamestown, North Dakota and Roseau.
Update after B-B-E's third match on Thursday: B-B-E's Red Alliance lost a tough battle by a score of 71-62. The score was tied 12-12 after the autonomous period, during which the robots move and operate on a pre-programmed set of directions. Once that is over, they enter the "tele-op" stretch where the students drive the robots themselves. The Blue Alliance pushed out to a 50-37 lead later in the match, and they ultimately earned 5 rankings points to 2 by Red Alliance, which brought the final nine-point difference in scoring. The loss puts B-B-E's record at 1-2. The fourth match of the day is set to begin at about 6:17 p.m., and it will be the 31st overall match in the qualifications round.
Update after B-B-E's fourth match on Thursday: in what was the second-to-last qualification match overall of Thursday in Grand Forks, B-B-E's Blue Alliance took it on the chin in a 111-44 loss. After the autonomous period, Blue Alliance trailed 18-12. The Red Alliance quickly expanded that lead to 33-22 and then 38-24 with 1:30 left. The scoring gap widened to 87-48 at the final buzzer. This loss puts their day one record at 1-3 overall, and they currently sit in 37th place heading into tomorrow.
A video was posted to this web article from B-B-E's third qualification match of today.
Friday morning scheduling update: B-B-E's Friday schedule includes matches at about 10 a.m. and then 10:37 a.m. Their third match of Friday is set for approximately 11:04 a.m., and the final match is set for approximately 1:04 p.m.
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