# Team 5900: The Fighting Mongooses Dalton, Georgia, USA. Rookie year 2016. District PCH. ## Who backs them - School: Northwest Georgia College & Career Academy - Sponsors: Shaw Industries, Haas Foundation, Argosy Foundation, Dalton-Whitfield Joint Development Authority, Novelis, Dalton Utilities, State Farm, Hi-Tech Controls, Technicraft Services, Kendall Electric, Floor Productions, Fantasy Factor - Website: https://sites.google.com/wcsga.net/team5900 - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frcteam5900 - X: https://twitter.com/careerblazers - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frcteam5900 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **25.61**, rank 2367 of 3708 (36.2th percentile) - Record: 24-23-0 over 47 matches (51% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 8.9, teleop 12.0, endgame 4.7 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 16%, RP2 5% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | PCH District Dalton Event presented by Shaw Industries | 2026gadal | 1 | 18 | 6-6-0 | 20 | 1 | 26.8 | 43 | | | PCH District Columbus Event presented by Muscogee County School District (CTAE) and Columbus Development Authority | 2026gacol | 3 | 9 | 7-5-0 | 26 | 6 | 26.6 | 38 | | | Peachtree District Championship presented by Mercer University | 2026gacmp | 7 | 40 | 3-9-0 | 12 | | 25.6 | 21 | | | GRITS 2026 | 2026gagr | 33 | 43 | 1-7-0 | 5 | | 23.9 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District Event Winner (2026gadal) - Team Sustainability Award sponsored by Dow (2026gacol) ## 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. - 2026 – now: The Fighting Mongooses - 2022 – 2025: Career Blazer Robotics - The Fighting Mongooses - 2016 – 2020: Career Blazer Robotics Team - The Fighting Mongooses ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 1 - Awards: 26, over 10 seasons | Award | Won | Years | | --- | --- | --- | | Gracious Professionalism | 4 | 2025, 2024, 2018, 2017 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 4 | 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018 | | Team Sustainability | 3 | 2026, 2025, 2023 | | Imagery | 2 | 2023, 2019 | | Engineering Inspiration | 2 | 2022 | | Team Spirit | 2 | 2019, 2017 | | Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 2 | 2016 | | Rookie All Star | 2 | 2016 | | Winner | 1 | 2026 | | Creativity | 1 | 2024 | | Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2023 | | Finalist | 1 | 2017 | | Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2016 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Judges', Leadership, Quality, Rising All-Star, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Peachtree District Championship presented by Mercer University | | Not picked | | 2026 | PCH District Columbus Event presented by Muscogee County School District (CTAE) and Columbus Development Authority | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four | | 2026 | PCH District Dalton Event presented by Shaw Industries | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2025 | Peachtree District Championship presented by Mercer University | | Not picked | | 2025 | PCH District Statesboro Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | PCH District Dalton Event presented by Shaw Industries | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2024 | Peachtree District Championship | | Not picked | | 2024 | PCH District Carrollton Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2024 | PCH District Dalton Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | Peachtree District Championship | | Not picked | | 2023 | PCH District Carrollton Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | PCH District Dalton Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four | | 2022 | Roebling Division | | Not picked | | 2022 | PCH District Carrollton Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | PCH District Dalton Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2020 | PCH District Dalton Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2019 | Peachtree District State Championship | | Not picked | | 2019 | PCH District Columbus Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | PCH District Dalton Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Peachtree District State Championship | | Not picked | | 2018 | PCH District Columbus Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | PCH District Dalton Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Peachtree State Championship | | Not picked | | 2017 | PCH District - Dalton Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2017 | PCH District - Gainesville Event | | Not picked | | 2016 | Newton Division | | Not picked | | 2016 | Peachtree District State Championship | | Not picked | | 2016 | PCH District - Kennesaw Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2016 | PCH District - Dalton Event | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 25.6 | 2367 / 3708 | 36.2 | 24-23-0 | 4 | | 2025 | 21.9 | 2327 / 3687 | 36.9 | 16-25-0 | 4 | | 2024 | 14.7 | 1689 / 3475 | 51.4 | 19-21-0 | 4 | | 2023 | 26.3 | 1582 / 3284 | 51.8 | 18-23-1 | 3 | | 2022 | 16.8 | 1200 / 3053 | 60.7 | 12-26-0 | 4 | | 2020 | 13.8 | 1568 / 2024 | 22.5 | 5-9-0 | 4 | | 2019 | 19.3 | 1229 / 3763 | 67.4 | 18-32-0 | 5 | | 2018 | 67.8 | 2489 / 3617 | 31.2 | 16-25-0 | 4 | | 2017 | 70.5 | 1827 / 3331 | 45.2 | 19-21-1 | 3 | | 2016 | 24.9 | 1554 / 3114 | 50.1 | 17-31-0 | 4 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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