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Monday, March 19, 2018

FURY MAKES ITS FURIOUS DEBUT

Team members in the stands rose to their feet with shouts of delight as Nemesis took to the field.

On Friday and Saturday, March 17th and 18th, mentors, parents, and team members awoke early for the FIRST Mid-Atlantic Bridgewater-Raritan District Event at Bridgewater-Raritan High School. Robbinsville High School’s FIRST Robotics Team FRC 2590, Nemesis made their competitive debut with their 2018 robot: Fury.

Throughout 72 exhilarating qualification matches, Nemesis’ drive team and pit crew worked around the clock, on and off the field. Fury propelled quickly to a #1 ranking and maintained the position throughout the competition. The scouting and strategy teams worked diligently to scout other robots in order to select the best possible alliance partners for elimination rounds. They tenaciously devised specific match strategy to maximise scoring. During alliance selections, Nemesis partnered with FRC 1923, The MidKnight Inventors and FRC 6860, Equitum Robotics to form the number one alliance. Tensions increased between the eight opposing alliances as they all implemented their strategy and slowly eliminated their opponents. The finals round, down to alliances one and two, left the audience in a frenzy, with many members screaming until their throats were sore. After splitting the first two finals matches, Nemesis and their partners ended the competition as finalists.

While Fury was on the field, Nemesis’ Marketing members were in the pits presenting their entrepreneurial skills. Rookie team members got the chance to impress the judges for the first time. Josh Lichtenstein spoke of his experience with excitement: "Bridgewater was my first competition on Nemesis and I was thrilled to explain to judges why my team is so great.”  Thanks to the Marketing Team’s efforts, Nemesis did not go home empty-handed: they won the prestigious Entrepreneurship Award. First year member Zach Harris recounts, “It was an incredible experience to see my team's hard work come into fruition for the first time of the season.”