[AcesJames]

When 176 was first started, we were the Raiders of the Third Rail, and our mascot was a character similar to Indiana Jones running down railroad tracks. Obviously, the "third rail" is an electrical term, and the Raider was on of our school's mascots. So, once we had the name, the logo just came naturally.

After a few years, we switched to Aces High. Our main sponsor Hamilton Standard plays a large roll in building aircraft, so Aces High came along, inspired by the Flying Aces of WWI and WWII. However, we found it quite hard to really incorporate the plane theme into spirit and the robot, so the 4 Aces were brought in, and now our logo is a pair of Aces with a wrench behind it, and our mascots are the 4 Aces. Although, for a few years, our mascot and logo was a boy and girl wearing flight goggles and holding a deck of cards.