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Team 578 is now sponsored by The Gleason Works, not Eastman Kodak. I also think that our team was number 36 in our rookie year, and then 52 in '98 and '99.

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93 was 107 before they went to the permanent team #'s

and 857 was 221 but switched #'s when Anthony Lapp graduated from Mich. Tech.

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84, 222, and 284 were originally part of the same team, The Littles, from 7 (:ahh: ) small school districts in the northern tier of PA. I don't remember their number, but their only competition was Toroid Terror (Check spelliing!) in NJ.

84 broke away first to become SWATT, then WATTNESS, finally settling on Chuck 84.

222 broke away next, becoming The Tigertrons.

284 was the final core of the original and is based at Elk Lake High School.

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Mark for official FIRST historian!
You are amazing. Make sure this gets sent to HQ.
There used to be another Team 7 (they won CA in the early years) but don't know if they are now another team.

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tisk tisk....you don't remember ;) We started out all together as 118 (yes FIRST recycles numbers) then when 84 broke away the team number was 143. The final split formed 222 and 284 in 1999. All three teams remain close. The splits were mainly due logistics and getting more students from each small school district involved.

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Strictly speaking, the Microsoft sponsorship exists only in that we use their facilities and we do so at the behest of just one man. Also, for what it's worth, the team did not compete in 2001 -- the season after its first at Redmond HS.

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Team 143 had these the schools and played in Torrid Terror and Ladder Logic.

• Northeastern Educational IU19
• Elk Lake HS
• Lackawanna County Area Vocational Technical School
• Lackawanna Trail HS
• Tunkhannock Area HS
• Troy Area HS
• Susquehanna County AVTS

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Team "7" - “The Labsters” - AT&T Bell Labs & Science High School, Newark, NJ

P.S.
I have to modify my answer a bit.
That team followed the sponsor, AT&T Bell Laboratories, around to a couple of different schools for only a couple of years ('93 & '94).

The closest team in the modern era of numbers would be Team 752.
Or as close as can be.

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"118" wasn't a recycled number in the modern era. It was from 1997 when all team numbers were temporary. Nobody kept those pre-1998 numbers year-to-year. I treat those like the temporary number you hang on your chest for running the marathon.
I'm staying away from using any of those pre-1998 numbers or we'll never figure out who begat who. :eek:

FIRST actually logs team 143 as the team number for both 1997 and 1998. None of the temporary numbers are preserved in the FIRST Team database.
I have the 1997 list of temporary team numbers, but I don't think I have the list used in 1996. Does anyone else?

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Pretty close...that's the list for team 118 the LITTLES. 143 didn't have Troy Area HS. It's very interesting to hear the histories of team numbers!

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What's the story on the Beachbots, 330?
I heard they started in the late 90's but the no. is "higher" than it should be, if................team #s became permanents in 1998 or 1999.
Example:
If the Poofs started in 1999 as 254 (252), how did the BeachBots start before, if their no. is higher and the nos. already became permanent?

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Joe gave a timeline in post 25.
Why did FIRST made them change their team number from 82 to 330 in 1999?

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Sponsor change caused the switch from 82 to 330.

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Now that makes sense.
Its just that when I read nos. became permanent in 1998, it got confusing.
It actually should be the 1999 season then, and maybe the decision to do this was in 1998, at the beginning of the school year?

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Actually, it's even better... Numbers were originally assigned by primary sponsor. So when a primary sponsor changed names, the team changed numbers. Annoying... But the team name didn't change, so we were still recognizable. Afterwards, it changed to registration order, if you were a rookie.

The 82/330 number change came right before the '99 season. 82 competed in Ladder Logic, the last of the pre-alliance games. 330 has competed in every game since.