# Team 9554: Portage Pythons

South Bend, Indiana, USA. Rookie year 2024. District FIN.

## Who backs them

- School: The Portage School of Leaders
- Sponsors: T-SLOT by Bonnell Aluminum, NASA, BAE Systems, Argosy Foundation, GoldStone Automotive, Harbor Freight Tools

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **13.07**, rank 3033 of 3708 (18.2th percentile)
- Record: 11-17-0 over 28 matches (39% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 1.8, teleop 11.3, endgame -0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 14%, RP2 4%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FIN District Mishawaka Event | 2026inmis | 1 | 25 | 4-8-0 | 18 |  | 16.1 | 11 |  |
| FIN District Washington Event presented by Toyota IN & VU CARA | 2026inwas | 5 | 19 | 5-7-0 | 20 | 7 | 13.1 | 24 |  |

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 0
- Awards: 3, over 2 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Imagery | 1 | 2025 |
| Rookie All Star | 1 | 2024 |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2024 |

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

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | FIN District Washington Event presented by Toyota IN & VU CARA | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2026 | FIN District Mishawaka Event |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | FIN District Washington Event presented by Toyota Indiana and Vincennes University | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | FIN District Mishawaka Event |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | FIN District Washington Event presented by Toyota Indiana and Vincennes University | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | FIN District Mishawaka Event |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 13.1 | 3033 / 3708 | 18.2 | 11-17-0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 22.4 | 2309 / 3687 | 37.4 | 12-14-0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 7.3 | 2785 / 3475 | 19.9 | 11-15-0 | 2 |

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