# Team 977: Cometbots South Boston, Virginia, USA. Rookie year 2002. District FCH. ## Who backs them - School: Halifax Co High School - Sponsors: Hitachi Energy South Boston, Bo's Hydraulics Rental and Sales South Boston - Website: http://www.team977.com - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cometbots - GitHub: https://github.com/team977 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **87.16**, rank 773 of 3708 (79.2th percentile) - Record: 12-17-0 over 29 matches (41% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 11.1, teleop 76.5, endgame -0.4 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 74%, RP2 17% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FCH District Glen Allen VA Event presented by Porvair Filtration | 2026vagle | 2 | 24 | 5-7-0 | 17 | 7 | 27.2 | 16 | | | FCH District Blacksburg VA Event presented by Ball | 2026vabla | 4 | 13 | 6-6-0 | 29 | 8 | 87.2 | 31 | | | Rumble 11 | 2026vagle2 | 34 | | | | | 87.2 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX (2026vabla) ## 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. - 2005 – now: Cometbots - 2004: Astro-Nomicals ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 1 - Awards: 14, over 8 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Finalist | 6 | 2025, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2003 | | Excellence in Engineering | 2 | 2019 | | Engineering Inspiration | 1 | 2026 | | Judges' | 1 | 2025 | | Quality | 1 | 2016 | | Driving Tomorrow's Technology (no longer given) | 1 | 2004 | | Winner | 1 | 2004 | | Team Spirit | 1 | 2003 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Leadership, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | FCH District Blacksburg VA Event presented by Ball | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FCH District Glen Allen VA Event presented by Porvair Filtration | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2025 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by Qualcomm | | Not picked | | 2025 | CHS District Blacksburg VA Event presented by Volvo | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2025 | CHS District Portsmouth VA Event presented by Newport News Shipyard | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | | Not picked | | 2024 | CHS District Glen Allen VA Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2024 | CHS District Blacksburg VA Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | | Not picked | | 2023 | CHS District Glen Allen VA Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2023 | CHS District Blacksburg VA Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2022 | CHS District Greater Richmond Event #2 Day 2 | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2022 | CHS District Greater Richmond Event #1 Day 1 | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2020 | CHS District Richmond VA Event sponsored by Dominion Energy | Alliance 4 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Tesla Division | | Not picked | | 2019 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | CHS District Blacksburg VA Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2019 | CHS District Portsmouth VA Event sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | CHS District Richmond VA Event sponsored by Dominion Energy | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2018 | Darwin Division | | Not picked | | 2018 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship | | Not picked | | 2018 | CHS District Southwest Virginia Event sponsored by Anton Paar | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2018 | CHS District Hampton Roads Event sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2017 | CHS District - Central Virginia Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | NC District - UNC Asheville Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2017 | CHS District - Southwest Virginia Event | | Not picked | | 2016 | FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton | | Not picked | | 2016 | CHS District - Central Virginia Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | CHS District - Southwest Virginia Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2010 | Virginia Regional | | Not picked | | 2009 | NASA VCU Regional | Alliance 8 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four | | 2006 | NASA / VCU Regional | | Not picked | | 2005 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2004 | Curie Division | | Not picked | | 2004 | NASA / VCU Regional | | Won the event | | 2003 | Galileo Division | | Not picked | | 2003 | NASA / VCU Regional | | Finalist | | 2002 | NASA Langley / VCU Regional | | | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 87.2 | 773 / 3708 | 79.2 | 12-17-0 | 3 | | 2025 | 46.7 | 855 / 3687 | 76.8 | 21-23-0 | 5 | | 2024 | 15.0 | 1683 / 3475 | 51.6 | 20-25-3 | 5 | | 2023 | 31.5 | 1240 / 3284 | 62.3 | 19-24-0 | 4 | | 2022 | 25.7 | 648 / 3053 | 78.8 | 6-15-3 | 5 | | 2020 | 45.0 | 344 / 2024 | 83.0 | 9-5-0 | 1 | | 2019 | 26.9 | 255 / 3763 | 93.2 | 44-30-1 | 7 | | 2018 | 91.6 | 1297 / 3617 | 64.2 | 27-27-1 | 4 | | 2017 | 92.2 | 867 / 3331 | 74.0 | 19-26-2 | 4 | | 2016 | 21.5 | 2056 / 3114 | 34.0 | 22-22-1 | 3 | | 2010 | 0.2 | 1721 / 1801 | 4.4 | 3-4-2 | 1 | | 2009 | 18.5 | 573 / 1675 | 65.8 | 6-4-0 | 1 | | 2006 | 3.2 | 1002 / 1125 | 10.9 | 5-3-0 | 1 | | 2005 | 11.1 | 246 / 747 | 67.2 | 2-5-0 | 1 | | 2004 | 41.0 | 69 / 932 | 92.7 | 9-3-1 | 2 | | 2003 | 18.8 | 426 / 785 | 45.8 | 10-10-0 | 2 | | 2002 | 11.9 | 151 / 641 | 76.6 | 3-4-1 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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