# Team 8298: Mighty Morphing Banana Slugs

Luverne, Minnesota, USA. Rookie year 2020.

## Who backs them

- School: Luverne Middle High School
- Sponsors (2024): The Argosy Foundation, Gene Haas Foundation, Intuitive Foundation, Professional Ag Marketing, Take 16, Medtronic, POET
- Website: http://frc8298.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/luverne.robo
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frc_team8298

## 2026 season

This team has no 2026 season on this site. It either did not compete that year, or the season is not one this site holds.

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 7, over 4 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Impact | 1 | 2024 |
| Judges' | 1 | 2024 |
| Team Sustainability | 1 | 2024 |
| Leadership | 1 | 2023 |
| Team Spirit | 1 | 2023 |
| Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 1 | 2022 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2020 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2024 | Hopper Division |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Iowa Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Lake Superior Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Iowa Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | Great Northern Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2020 | Great Northern Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2024 | 9.3 | 2441 / 3475 | 29.8 | 8-20-0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 9.8 | 3141 / 3284 | 4.4 | 3-6-1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 11.4 | 1890 / 3053 | 38.1 | 3-7-0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 15.4 | 1456 / 2024 | 28.1 | 4-5-0 | 1 |

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

The same page for a person: [https://www.match13.com/team/8298](https://www.match13.com/team/8298).

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