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Half Moon Bay (CA) GENERAL Nickname: Cougars Colors: Orange/White/Black Coach: Matt Ballard League: Peninsula - Ocean B (moving from Peninsula - Ocean) Section: Central Coast Playoff Division: none CA Bowl Division: North 2 (not yet official) CA Bowl Division Rank: #85 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 8 Returning Defensive Starters: 5 2007 JV Record: 8-2 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: no RATINGS 2007 Final Power Rating: -16.9 2007 National Rank: #11662 2007 State Rank: #827 Off-Season Rating Adjustment: +7.5 2008 Starting Power Rating: -9.3 2008 National Rank: #10251 2008 State Rank: #726 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2007 Rating): 0.3 Dynasty National Rank: #7441 2008 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 9.6 Dynasty Record: 29-22-1 (21-13-1 in league) HISTORICAL 2007 Overall Record: 4-6 2007 League Record/Finish: 4-3 (tied for 3rd) 2007 Points For Average: 22.6 2007 Points Against Average: 22.7 2007 Differential: -0.1 2007 Wins: #12618 San Mateo (49-20), #13125 Hillsdale (San Mateo) (20-13), #13338 Capuchino (San Bruno) (44-13), #13760 Jefferson (Daly City) (34-20) 2007 Losses: #5874 Terra Nova (Pacifica) (41-20), #6059 Monterey (27-8), #8597 Prospect (Saratoga) (21-14), #9680 El Camino (South San Francisco) (32-7), #10204 Sequoia (Redwood City) (20-17), #12035 Mills (Millbrae) (20-13) 2007 Opponents W-L: 43-59-1 Recent Section Championships: 2005 (Small) Recent League Championships: 2005 (Peninsula Ocean) Winning Streak Entering 2008 Season: none SCHEDULE 2008 Schedule: 9/12 Prospect (Saratoga), 9/19 Monterey, 9/26 vs Mills (Millbrae), 10/3 at San Mateo, 10/10 Carlmont (Belmont), 10/17 Jefferson (Daly City), 10/24 at Sacred Heart Prep (Atherton), 10/31 at Capuchino (San Bruno), 11/14 Terra Nova (Pacifica) Highest-Rated 2008 Regular Season Opponents: Sacred Heart Prep (Atherton) (7.5), Terra Nova (Pacifica) (7.2), Monterey (5.3) Lowest-Rated 2008 Regular Season Opponents: Jefferson (Daly City) (-33.6), Mills (Millbrae) (-27.3), Capuchino (San Bruno) (-26.3) 2007 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -14.1 2008 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -10 2008 vs. 2007 Schedule Strength Comparison: +4.1 2008 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-4 2008 Projected League Finish: 3rd 2008 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% Opener: 9/12 Prospect (Saratoga) [projection: 26-20 loss] Outlook: Those close to the Half Moon Bay Cougars expect them to be slightly improved over last season. The nagging problem for Coach Ballard is his small school has only 25 varsity players. This is an improvement, however, over last year's roster of 19 players. Nic Moss QB, Nic Fracne RB and Carrick Meyers TE will lead the team toward the anticipated improvement this year. The historical PAL-Ocean league has been split into two parts beginning this season, PAL-Ocean A and PAL-Ocean B. The Cougars have been placed in the B league and thus may be quite competitive among their peers.