# Team 4237: Team Lance-A-Bot

Stevensville, Michigan, USA. Rookie year 2012. District FIM.

## Who backs them

- School: Lakeshore High School
- Sponsors: Lakeshore Excellence Foundation, BOSCH, Griffin Tool Inc., Whirlpool Corporation, American Electric Power, Niles Steel Tank, Supreme Casting, Inc., Lakeshore Lions Club, Apollo-Seiko, Ltd., LECO, Edward Jones, Honor Credit Union, Boelke Heating, Hanson International, Oselka Construction, Tigmaster Precision Fabrication, Frederic & Kimberly's Aveda Salon, Product Design Services, LLC (PDS), Cahill Family, Ace Hardware, Midwest Glass & Mirror, Stencil Plus.com, Art & Image, Culligan of Coloma, Tyler Honda, Culver's Restaurant, Silver Beach Pizza
- Website: http://www.lakeshorerobotics.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lance_a_bots_4237
- GitHub: https://github.com/sirlanceabot

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **190.42**, rank 90 of 3708 (97.6th percentile)
- Record: 52-16-0 over 68 matches (76% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 37.8, teleop 152.4, endgame 0.2
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 99%, RP2 55%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FIM District Lakeview Event | 2026milak | 1 | 3 | 9-3-0 | 40 | 2 | 123.1 | 60 |  |
| FIM District Berrien Springs Event presented by Edgewater Automation | 2026miber | 3 | 3 | 9-3-0 | 40 | 1 | 189.4 | 71 |  |
| FIM District Battle Creek Event presented by BlueOval Battery Park Michigan | 2026mibat | 4 | 1 | 12-0-0 | 51 | 1 | 216.2 | 73 (not counted) |  |
| FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Aptiv Foundation Division | 2026micmp4 | 7 | 13 | 6-6-0 | 32 | 2 | 190.4 | 129 |  |

### Awards in 2026

- District Event Winner (2026mibat)
- District Event Winner (2026miber)
- District Event Finalist (2026milak)
- District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026milak)
- Judges' Award (2026miber)
- Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation (2026milak)
- Autonomous Award sponsored by Google.org (2026mibat)

## CAD

Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform.

- 2018, Comp Robot, STEP: https://grabcad.com/library/frc-2018-bot-team-4237-1

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 4
- Awards: 41, over 14 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finalist | 7 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2022, 2020, 2018, 2017 |
| Innovation in Control | 7 | 2025, 2023, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 |
| Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 6 | 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013 |
| Safety (no longer given) | 5 | 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014 |
| Winner | 4 | 2026, 2025, 2024 |
| Autonomous | 2 | 2026, 2020 |
| Creativity | 1 | 2026 |
| Judges' | 1 | 2026 |
| Leadership | 1 | 2026 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2025 |
| Team Spirit | 1 | 2024 |
| Team Sustainability | 1 | 2024 |
| Imagery | 1 | 2023 |
| Industrial Design | 1 | 2018 |
| Quality | 1 | 2018 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2012 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Aptiv Foundation Division | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2026 | FIM District Battle Creek Event presented by BlueOval Battery Park Michigan | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2026 | FIM District Berrien Springs Event presented by Edgewater Automation | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2026 | FIM District Lakeview Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2025 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Aptiv Division | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FIM District Berrien Springs Event presented by Edgewater Automation | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2025 | FIM District St. Joseph Event presented by Whirlpool | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2024 | Daly Division |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Hemlock Semiconductor Division | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIM District St. Joseph Event presented by Whirlpool | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2024 | FIM District Berrien Springs Event presented by Edgewater Automation | Alliance 2 · captain | Won the event |
| 2023 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship presented by DTE Foundation - CONSUMERS ENERGY Division |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | FIM District St. Joseph Event presented by Whirlpool Corporation | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | FIM District Calvin University Event presented by Amway | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | FIRST in Michigan State Championship - DTE Energy Foundation Division | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2022 | FIM District Jackson Event presented by Spring Arbor and Consumers | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | FIM District St. Joseph Event presented by Whirlpool | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2020 | FIM District St. Joseph Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2019 | FIM District Lincoln Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | FIM District St. Joseph Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2018 | Michigan State Championship - Dow Division | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | FIM District Gaylord Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2018 | FIM District St. Joseph Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2017 | Carson Division | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | Michigan State Championship - Consumers Energy Division | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2017 | FIM District - Gull Lake Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2017 | FIM District - St. Joseph Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2016 | FIM District - Lansing Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | FIM District - St. Joseph Event |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | FIM District - St. Joseph Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | FIM District - Gull Lake Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2014 | St. Joseph FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2014 | West Michigan FIRST Robotics District Competition |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | St Joseph FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2013 | Gull Lake FIRST Robotics District Competition |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | Niles FIRST Robotics District Competition |  | Not picked |
| 2012 | Gull Lake FIRST Robotics District Competition | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 190.4 | 90 / 3708 | 97.6 | 52-16-0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 71.2 | 201 / 3687 | 94.6 | 41-22-1 | 4 |
| 2024 | 34.0 | 239 / 3475 | 93.1 | 37-26-0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 37.4 | 902 / 3284 | 72.6 | 19-22-1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 21.8 | 883 / 3053 | 71.1 | 28-23-1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 39.4 | 521 / 2024 | 74.3 | 9-9-1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 20.2 | 1031 / 3763 | 72.6 | 16-12-1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 124.7 | 200 / 3617 | 94.5 | 43-19-0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 111.6 | 258 / 3331 | 92.3 | 37-26-0 | 5 |
| 2016 | 34.6 | 607 / 3114 | 80.5 | 13-14-0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 35.0 | 566 / 2873 | 80.3 | 0-0-28 | 2 |
| 2014 | 14.9 | 2207 / 2697 | 18.2 | 10-16-1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 12.0 | 1564 / 2510 | 37.7 | 12-12-2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 8.7 | 786 / 2332 | 66.3 | 10-16-0 | 2 |

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

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