# Team 3618: Petoskey Paladins

Petoskey, Michigan, USA. Rookie year 2011. District FIM.

## Who backs them

- School: Petoskey High School
- Sponsors: DTE Foundation, Public Schools of Petoskey, McLaren Northern Michigan, Bear River Electric, Lanzen, Petoskey District Library, The Julie and Murray Cotter Family Fund, Bill's Standard Auto Repair, Brown Motors, Christmas Barn Farm, Northern Anesthesia Providers
- Website: http://www.petoskeypaladins.org
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/petoskey.paladins.3
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@petoskeypaladins7535
- X: https://twitter.com/paladins3618
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paladins3618
- GitHub: https://github.com/petoskeypaladins

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **54.14**, rank 1316 of 3708 (64.5th percentile)
- Record: 24-18-0 over 42 matches (57% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 7.1, teleop 46.4, endgame 0.6
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 38%, RP2 8%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FIM District Traverse City Event presented by Cone Drive | 2026mitvc | 3 | 5 | 9-3-0 | 35 | 4 | 63.8 | 37 |  |
| FIM District Ferris State Event presented by Ferris State University | 2026mibig | 6 | 6 | 10-2-0 | 37 | 4 | 58.4 | 36 |  |
| FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Hemlock Semiconductor Division | 2026micmp3 | 7 | 39 | 3-9-0 | 19 |  | 54.1 | 18 |  |
| FIRST in Michigan State Championship | 2026micmp | 7 |  |  |  |  | 54.1 |  |  |
| Ferris State Roboday | 2026mibr | 29 | 22 | 1-6-0 | 5 | 3 | 46.5 |  |  |
| Grand Rapids Girls Robotics Competition | 2026miwyo | 30 | 11 | 3-3-0 | 12 | 4 | 71.4 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026mibig)
- FIRST Leadership Award Finalist (2026micmp)
- Gracious Professionalism Award (2026mitvc)
- Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation (2026mibig)

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 8
- Awards: 40, over 14 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Impact | 7 | 2022, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 6 | 2026, 2025, 2023, 2022, 2014 |
| Leadership | 4 | 2026, 2019, 2018 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 4 | 2019, 2018, 2017 |
| Finalist | 3 | 2024, 2013 |
| Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 3 | 2018, 2016, 2015 |
| Creativity | 2 | 2026, 2013 |
| Team Sustainability | 2 | 2025, 2024 |
| Team Spirit | 2 | 2024, 2013 |
| Innovation in Control | 2 | 2016, 2014 |
| Winner | 1 | 2024 |
| Judges' | 1 | 2019 |
| Safety (no longer given) | 1 | 2014 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2012 |
| Industrial Design | 1 | 2012 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship |  |  |
| 2026 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Hemlock Semiconductor Division |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | FIM District Ferris State Event presented by Ferris State University | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | FIM District Traverse City Event presented by Cone Drive | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FIM District Traverse City Event presented by Cone Drive | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FIM District Mt. Pleasant Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - DTE Energy Foundation Division |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FIM District Lake City Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2024 | FIM District Kettering University Event #1 presented by The Gene Haas Foundation | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2023 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship presented by DTE Foundation - CONSUMERS ENERGY Division |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FIM District Traverse City Event presented by "Cone Drive by Timken" | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FIM District Lansing Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four |
| 2022 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - DTE Energy Foundation Division |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | FIM District Traverse City Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2022 | FIM District Muskegon Event presented by Renk | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2020 | FIM District Traverse City Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Darwin Division |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | Michigan State Championship - Dow Division |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | FIM District Traverse City Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2019 | FIM District Muskegon Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2018 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Michigan State Championship - Dow Division | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four |
| 2018 | FIM District Forest Hills Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2018 | FIM District Gaylord Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2018 | FIM District Traverse City Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | Daly Division |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | Michigan State Championship - Consumers Energy Division | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | FIM District - Traverse City Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2017 | FIM District - Gaylord Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2016 | Curie Division | Alliance 1 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | Michigan State Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | FIM District - Lake Superior State University Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | FIM District - Midland Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2016 | FIM District - Standish-Sterling Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2015 | Galileo Division | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2015 | FIRST in Michigan District Championship | Alliance 16 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | FIM District - Great Lakes Bay Region Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2015 | FIM District - Traverse City Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2014 | Michigan FRC State Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | Traverse City FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2014 | Escanaba FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2013 | Michigan FRC State Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Gull Lake FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2013 | Traverse City FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2012 | Michigan FRC State Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | Traverse City FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2012 | Gull Lake FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2011 | Niles FIRST Robotics District Competition |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | Traverse City FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 54.1 | 1316 / 3708 | 64.5 | 24-18-0 | 6 |
| 2025 | 28.1 | 1848 / 3687 | 49.9 | 14-15-0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 21.6 | 984 / 3475 | 71.7 | 22-24-0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 34.3 | 1061 / 3284 | 67.7 | 20-21-1 | 4 |
| 2022 | 22.8 | 820 / 3053 | 73.2 | 21-20-1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 25.0 | 1004 / 2024 | 50.4 | 8-7-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 18.3 | 1384 / 3763 | 63.2 | 24-31-0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 95.8 | 1099 / 3617 | 69.6 | 38-33-0 | 6 |
| 2017 | 92.8 | 839 / 3331 | 74.8 | 31-28-0 | 4 |
| 2016 | 45.4 | 169 / 3114 | 94.6 | 47-26-0 | 5 |
| 2015 | 56.5 | 136 / 2873 | 95.3 | 0-0-60 | 4 |
| 2014 | 47.1 | 429 / 2697 | 84.1 | 24-17-1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 35.4 | 366 / 2510 | 85.5 | 29-23-0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 10.9 | 561 / 2332 | 76.0 | 27-14-1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 7.1 | 1083 / 2053 | 47.3 | 11-14-1 | 2 |

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