# Team 8338: Bear Force

West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Rookie year 2020.

## Who backs them

- School: Mount Boucherie Secondary School
- Sponsors: KF Aerospace, City Of West Kelowna, Gorman Bros. Lumber LTD., Emil Anderson Group, Kelowna Allergy Clinic, Gene Haas Foundation, Boeing Canada, Summit Land Surveying, Porelli Law
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boucherie_bears_robotics

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **26.93**, rank 2262 of 3708 (39.0th percentile)
- Record: 9-11-0 over 20 matches (45% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 6.9, teleop 19.7, endgame 0.4
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 20%, RP2 5%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Canadian Pacific Regional | 2026bcvi | 1 | 20 | 5-5-0 | 20 |  | 41.6 |  | 13 |
| Las Vegas Regional | 2026nvlv | 6 | 29 | 4-6-0 | 20 |  | 26.9 |  | 11 |

## 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: Bear Force
- 2023 – 2024: Boucherie Bears Robotics
- 2020 – 2022: Boucherie Bears

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 1
- Awards: 3, over 2 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Wildcard (no longer given) | 1 | 2024 |
| Winner | 1 | 2024 |
| Finalist | 1 | 2023 |

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 | Las Vegas Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | Canadian Pacific Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | Idaho Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | Canadian Pacific Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Daly Division |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | Canadian Pacific Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2023 | Canadian Pacific Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2022 | Canadian Pacific Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2020 | Canadian Pacific Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 26.9 | 2262 / 3708 | 39.0 | 9-11-0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 20.2 | 2501 / 3687 | 32.2 | 7-12-0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 11.0 | 2199 / 3475 | 36.7 | 9-14-0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 16.4 | 2569 / 3284 | 21.8 | 7-11-1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 7.2 | 2453 / 3053 | 19.7 | 4-10-0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 12.9 | 1607 / 2024 | 20.6 | 5-6-0 | 1 |

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

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