Pink Titans compete at the FIRST Ontario Provincial Championship

     From April 6 to 8, 2023, the Pink Titans competed at the FIRST Ontario Provincial District Championship, at the FIRSTOntario Centre in Hamilton.  The team qualified after finish among the top 80 teams in the Ontario District rankings.  The Pink Titans competed in the Technology Division. 

     Some of the team's best matches of the season were played in the qualification rounds: In match 16, the team autonomously scored a cube on the high node and balanced on the charge station, then scored in the teleoperated period four more cones and a cube - all on the upper node.  In match 78, the team autonomously scored a cube on the high node and balanced on the charge station, scored in the teleoperated period three cones (two on the upper node and one on the middle node), two cubes (one on the middle node and one on the lower node), then balanced on the charge station. 

     After the qualification rounds, the Pink Titans finished in 23rd place out of 40 teams.  For the first time in the team's history, the team competed in the elimination rounds.  The Pink Titans were the second pink of the fourth alliance, captained by FRC 7558 - ALT-F4 and with FRC 1241 - THEORY6.  In the elimination rounds, the alliance won once in match two to stay in the upper bracket.  (The Pink Titans autonomously scored a cube in the upper node and balanced on the charge station.  In the tele-operated period, the team scored six cubes in the lower nodes.)  At the end of the event, and thus the Pink Titans' official 2023 FRC season, the team finished in 54th place out of 127 in the Ontario District rankings.  Thanks FIRST Canada for the opportunity to return to the FRC in 2023!