OUR
TEAMS.
Capital High School Robotics fields competitive VEX V5RC / RECF teams out of a single build room. Different robots, same standard. Excellence.
Active Teams
Mutex
Capital High School RoboticsCompetitive team utilizing PROS/C++ code. Team members built and maintained the website. Members: Douglas Matheny, Tolby Hastings, and Beau Hale.
Deja Bot
Capital High School RoboticsCompetitive team utilizing Blocks code for the season. Members: Mason Ball and Mateo Margiotta.
Ignition
Capital High School RoboticsCompetitive team utilizing Blocks code for the season. Members: Liam George, Jalen Crumbie, Kaeleb Ross, Dominyk Rey, and Isaac Cohen.
Hail Mary
Capital High School RoboticsCompetitive team utilizing Blocks code for the season. Members: Eli Hale, Hanna Burgess, and Jason Watkins.
Passione
Capital High School RoboticsCompetitive team utilizing Blocks code for the season. Members: Keishawn Easley, Alston Tackett, Jason Wynn, and Kayden Harriston.
The Musketeers
Capital High School RoboticsCompetitive team utilizing Blocks code for the season. Members: Ethan Brumley and Xavier Cantley.
Inactive Teams
Breaking Bot
Capital High School RoboticsTeam for the 2025-2026 year, high regional competitiveness, placed third in the state, went to the international world competition. Douglas Matheny And Aiden Miles. Retired Team, Not Competing.
Better Call Bot
Capital High School RoboticsTeam for the 2025-2026 year, ran by one person, high regional competitiveness, sister team. Kevin Chen. Retired Team, Not Competing.
Meet Us
Douglas Matheny
Team CaptainDouglas Matheny (Sophomore) has 3 years of Vex V5RC / RECF Experience and was previously with Breaking Bot. He serves as a main figure in the CHS Robotics program. He is a very valuable person within our robotics program and is extremely dedicated to it.
Beau Hale
Team MemberBeau Hale (Sophomore) has 1 year of Vex V5 / RECF Experience and was involved with the previous season, Push Back. He is very interested in STEM and is in multiple extracurriculars like Math Field Day and SCORES, placing high in multiple areas involving STEM.
Tolby Hastings
Team MemberTolby Hastings (Sophomore) has 3 years of Vex V5RC / RECF Experience and is very interested in building a competitive robot, wishing to place as high as possible in West Virginia. He is a very helpful figure for our program and is our scout and strategist for the new game, Override.
Meet Us
Shawn Ferguson
Head CoachRuns the program day to day and is the first point of contact for scheduling, travel, and match-day logistics.
Kristin Ferguson
Assistant CoachWorks alongside Shawn coaching all Capital teams through builds, events, and everything in between.
Michael Terry
Classroom SupervisorKeeps the build room running: the space, the tools, and the time students need to get robots competition-ready.