The 2000-2001 Team 587
A Brief History of the Hedgehogs
The Hedgehogs are a high school robotics team made up of two rival schools, Orange High and Cedar Ridge High. We formed in the fall of 2000, and we anually compete in the international FIRST Robotics Competition.
A Rigourous History of the Hog
A robotics team was founded in the fall of 2000 by two Orange High School teachers, Mrs. Daye and Ms. Sy. The first meeting of what would become The Hedgehogs took place on Novemeber 1, 2000. That year, we registered for the NASA/VCU Regional and recieved the team number 587; from that year to 2006 we were referred to and known by this number, as we lacked a team name. At that point in time, the team had only a few members and built the robot in the back of Mrs. Daye's room.
Our 2005 season was an important one in Hedgehog history. Unfortunately, this was the last year that HowStuffWorks, which was our primary sponsor previously, sponsored us. This misfortune caused our next few seasons to be run on a vastly reduced budget, and kept us from attending the Championship until 2008. Yet, the season did not end on a completely sour note; in 2005 we got two-thirds of an empty classroom to ourselves to build the robot in.
Today, the team has changed a lot since its 2001 roots. We no longer build in Mrs. Daye's room, we now have a full room and part of another all to ourselves. The team has grown from a few members all from one school, to over fourty members from four educational institutions.