# Team 7530: Raiders of the Lost Spark

Watertown, Minnesota, USA. Rookie year 2019.

## Who backs them

- School: Watertown-Mayer High School
- Sponsors: Watertown Lions Club, Gene Haas Foundation, Midwest Motion Products, Wilson Development Services LLC, Cargill, American Legion - Watertown Post 121, Mike DeNomme Construction Inc., Argosy Foundation, Progressive Systems, SpeedPro Imaging, Wi-Ha Tools

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **17.05**, rank 2801 of 3708 (24.5th percentile)
- Record: 13-15-0 over 28 matches (46% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 9.4, teleop 7.9, endgame -0.3
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 17%, RP2 5%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Becker Week Zero Scrimmage | 2026cisw0 | 0 |  |  |  |  | 17.0 |  |  |
| Get Ready for Week one Scrimmage | 2026cisw1 | 0 |  |  |  |  | 17.0 |  |  |
| Great Northern Regional | 2026ndgf | 2 | 31 | 4-5-0 | 16 | 4 | 23.8 |  | 28 |
| Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional | 2026mnmi | 4 | 32 | 4-5-0 | 16 | 3 | 17.0 |  | 34 |

### Awards in 2026

- Regional Finalists (2026mnmi)

## 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.

- 2025 – now: Raiders of the Lost Spark
- 2024: B.O.S. Robotics
- 2019 – 2023: Brotherhood of Steel

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 5, over 3 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finalist | 2 | 2026, 2025 |
| Winner | 1 | 2025 |
| Highest Rookie Seed (no longer given) | 1 | 2019 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2019 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Judges', Leadership, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2026 | Great Northern Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2026 | Get Ready for Week one Scrimmage |  |  |
| 2026 | Becker Week Zero Scrimmage |  |  |
| 2025 | Minnesota Granite City Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2025 | Great Northern Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2024 | Northern Lights Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2022 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2020 | Northern Lights Regional | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2019 | Daly Division |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | Northern Lights Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 17.1 | 2801 / 3708 | 24.5 | 13-15-0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 20.5 | 2460 / 3687 | 33.3 | 16-15-0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 8.6 | 2570 / 3475 | 26.1 | 4-5-0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 27.9 | 1497 / 3284 | 54.4 | 7-7-0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 18.3 | 1144 / 3053 | 62.5 | 5-6-0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 43.6 | 387 / 2024 | 80.9 | 7-7-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 15.7 | 1956 / 3763 | 48.0 | 4-15-0 | 2 |

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

The same page for a person: [https://www.match13.com/team/7530](https://www.match13.com/team/7530).

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