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Your source for all news and events from Team Mercury

2026
Jan
27
2026 Snow Day Showdown
2026 Jan 27
Written by Julie Ely

“Snow Day Showdown” Southern League Tournament (Sunday) Hosted by Team 3944 (Team Mercury) Hightstown High School 25 Leshin Lane, Hightstown, NJ Open to the public. Team Mercury is hosting the Annual FIRST Tech Challenge League Tournament event, “Snow Day Showdown”, at Hightstown Highschool on Sunday February 8, 2026. Capacity – 28 Teams Team Check-In: 8:30 am […]

2025
Oct
15
Haunted Hallways at Hightstown High School
2025 Oct 15
Written by Julie Ely

October 30, 2025; 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm. A community event at Hightstown High School. Haunted Hallways is a great local event for Trick-or-Treaters. Our team will decorate a classroom door, hand out treats and display our robot. Our theme this year is “Haunted AGE”. The FIRST robotics theme following AGE looks at technology in […]

2025
Sep
19
Brunswick Eruption 2025
2025 Sep 19
Written by Julie Ely

A FIRST Robotics Competition Off-Season event Saturday October 18, 2025 Doors open 8 AM – admission is free to the public. North Brunswick Township High School 98 Raider Road, North Brunswick, NJ 08902 Join us for Brunswick Eruption 2025 and see the big robots play together for the final time in REEFSCAPE, FIRST Robotics Competition’s […]

2022
Mar
29
Team Mercury advances to District Championship and more!
2022 Mar 29
Written by cgregory

The Hightstown High School FIRST Robotics team, Team Mercury 1089, competed at the Seneca District Competition this weekend, and achieved tremendous success both on and off the field. In the qualification matches, Team Mercury went 8-3-1, finishing 6th place overall out of 34 teams. They rose to become the captain of the fourth seed alliance, […]

2019
May
16
Panera Fundraiser May 16, 2019
2019 May 16
Written by Julie Ely

A few weeks ago there was another school shooting at a STEM school in Colorado. One of the heroes who died trying to stop the shooter was a student named Kendrick Castillo who was part of the school’s robotics team. Tonight HHS Robotics Team Mercury’s parent-mentor organization is holding a Panera fundraiser for a donation […]

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