# Team 2228: CougarTech

Honeoye Falls, New York, USA. Rookie year 2007.

## Who backs them

- School: Honeoye Falls Lima High School & Rush Henrietta Senior High Sch
- Sponsors: Jessica Chevrolet, General Motors, Bob Johnson Auto Group, LSI Solutions, Xerox, Safran Federal Systems, SouthCo, Pittsford Federal Credit Union, Lattimore Physical Therapy & Sports Rehabilitation, Weiders ACE Hardware, and 10+ other amazing local sponsors.
- Website: http://www.hflrobotics.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frc2228
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/cougartech2228
- X: https://twitter.com/frc2228
- GitHub: https://github.com/cougartech2228

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **118.04**, rank 485 of 3708 (86.9th percentile)
- Record: 12-10-0 over 22 matches (55% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 19.0, teleop 86.0, endgame 13.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 84%, RP2 22%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Finger Lakes Regional | 2026nyro | 2 | 11 | 7-2-0 | 26 | 7 | 68.2 |  | 32 |
| Miami Valley Regional | 2026ohmv | 5 | 22 | 5-4-0 | 24 | 5 | 118.0 |  | 31 |
| Flower City Frenzy | 2026nyro2 | 14 | 12 | 3-4-0 | 15 | 4 | 85.5 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation (2026nyro)
- Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation (2026ohmv)

## Name history

Every name FIRST recorded for this team, newest first. A span states the first and last season the name was on the team.

- 2013 – now: CougarTech
- 2009 – 2012: Cougar Tech
- 2007 – 2008: Courgar Tech

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 30, over 15 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Excellence in Engineering | 3 | 2024, 2020, 2014 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 3 | 2023, 2017, 2016 |
| Team Spirit | 3 | 2022, 2019 |
| Safety (no longer given) | 3 | 2017, 2016, 2012 |
| Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 3 | 2016, 2012, 2011 |
| Creativity | 2 | 2026 |
| Team Sustainability | 2 | 2025 |
| Leadership | 2 | 2019, 2014 |
| Autonomous | 1 | 2024 |
| Winner | 1 | 2022 |
| Innovation in Control | 1 | 2019 |
| Imagery | 1 | 2018 |
| Industrial Design | 1 | 2015 |
| Judges' | 1 | 2015 |
| Coopertition (no longer given) | 1 | 2011 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2007 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2007 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Engineering Inspiration, Finalist, Impact, Impact Finalist, Quality, Rising All-Star, VOTY, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Miami Valley Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | Finger Lakes Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | Finger Lakes Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2024 | Finger Lakes Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2024 | Greater Pittsburgh Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | Finger Lakes Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | Buckeye Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | Finger Lakes Regional | Alliance 1 · backup robot | Won the event |
| 2019 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Finger Lakes Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Buckeye Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Finger Lakes Regional  |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2017 | Finger Lakes Regional  |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Finger Lakes Regional  |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Greater Toronto East Regional  |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Hopper Division |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Finger Lakes Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | Greater Toronto East Regional | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2014 | Finger Lakes Regional  | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four |
| 2014 | New York Tech Valley Regional | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2013 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2013 | Finger Lakes Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2012 | Finger Lakes Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2011 | Finger Lakes Regional | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2010 | North Carolina Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2010 | Finger Lakes Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2009 | Connecticut Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2009 | Finger Lakes Regional | Alliance 5 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2008 | Buckeye Regional | Alliance 3 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2008 | Finger Lakes Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2007 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2007 | Finger Lakes Regional | Alliance 1 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 118.0 | 485 / 3708 | 86.9 | 12-10-0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 70.3 | 218 / 3687 | 94.1 | 22-15-0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 28.7 | 449 / 3475 | 87.1 | 9-15-0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 45.2 | 529 / 3284 | 83.9 | 12-12-0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 20.7 | 947 / 3053 | 69.0 | 14-10-0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 28.3 | 165 / 3763 | 95.6 | 14-11-0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 86.3 | 1522 / 3617 | 57.9 | 6-24-0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 91.7 | 888 / 3331 | 73.4 | 11-12-0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 28.5 | 1165 / 3114 | 62.6 | 10-9-1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 49.8 | 233 / 2873 | 91.9 | 0-0-38 | 4 |
| 2014 | 26.0 | 1341 / 2697 | 50.3 | 19-13-0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 35.0 | 379 / 2510 | 84.9 | 14-9-0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 16.9 | 172 / 2332 | 92.7 | 12-13-1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 16.5 | 476 / 2053 | 76.9 | 7-5-0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2.1 | 303 / 1801 | 83.2 | 9-11-1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 18.1 | 617 / 1675 | 63.2 | 7-11-1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 17.6 | 343 / 1498 | 77.2 | 10-14-0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2.3 | 1137 / 1295 | 12.2 | 9-9-1 | 2 |

A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL.

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