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The Northern Arizona Regional FLL Tournament is now filled to the brim with Flagstaff area FLL teams. Out of 32 available spots at the tournament, there should be at least 31 teams by the end of registration, with 29 teams coming from Flagstaff alone. Considering that the Flagstaff Unified School District has pulled funding for the FUSD STEM Initiative, and each public school is paying for their team(s) by themselves, so seeing this much growth (or retention thereof) from 16 teams in 2008 is truly a testament to the efforts of the CocoNuts.
This year the CocoNuts have spent considerable effort on creating teams outside of FUSD: this year there have been numerous community teams, home-schooled teams, and private/charter school teams established, while still maintaining a large base of FLL teams in public schools.
This year’s tournament should be a blast, with over great FLL turnout alongside the AZ State FTC Championship. It shows just how far Flagstaff has come since the establishment of FIRST in Flagstaff in 2007 with the CocoNuts.
Wow! I’m so proud of my CocoNuts! You guys are incredible. Keep up the good work, and GO NUTS!
~Your very proud coach
Great tournament!!!! The Coco-Nuts are the best. I don’t know how you find time to do this as well as school. Special thanks to Jacob for mentoring the Straighlines as well as DeMiguel team.