# 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: **115.56**, rank 484 of 3708 (87.0th percentile)
- Record: 12-10-0 over 22 matches (55% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 18.3, teleop 82.5, endgame 14.8
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 68%, RP2 15%

### 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 | 57.0 |  | 32 |
| Miami Valley Regional | 2026ohmv | 5 | 22 | 5-4-0 | 24 | 5 | 115.6 |  | 31 |
| Flower City Frenzy | 2026nyro2 | 14 | 12 | 3-4-0 | 15 | 4 | 67.9 |  |  |
| Rah Cha Cha Ruckus | 2026nyrr | 33 | 14 | 3-4-0 | 15 | 6 | 78.2 |  |  |

### 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 | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Excellence in Engineering | 3 | 2024, 2021, 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 | 115.6 | 484 / 3708 | 87.0 | 12-10-0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 71.2 | 224 / 3687 | 94.0 | 22-15-0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 27.4 | 519 / 3475 | 85.1 | 9-15-0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 45.0 | 521 / 3284 | 84.2 | 12-12-0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 18.3 | 1063 / 3053 | 65.2 | 14-10-0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 29.3 | 175 / 3763 | 95.4 | 14-11-0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 89.5 | 1359 / 3617 | 62.4 | 6-24-0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 92.0 | 874 / 3331 | 73.8 | 11-12-0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 28.3 | 1172 / 3114 | 62.4 | 10-9-1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 50.4 | 218 / 2873 | 92.4 | Not applicable (qual average) | 4 |
| 2014 | 27.1 | 1162 / 2697 | 56.9 | 19-13-0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 33.0 | 403 / 2510 | 84.0 | 14-9-0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 16.4 | 198 / 2332 | 91.5 | 12-13-1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 13.9 | 522 / 2053 | 74.6 | 7-5-0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1.7 | 435 / 1801 | 75.9 | 9-11-1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 18.1 | 594 / 1675 | 64.6 | 7-11-1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 15.2 | 460 / 1498 | 69.3 | 10-14-0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2.6 | 1158 / 1295 | 10.6 | 9-9-1 | 2 |

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