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GENERAL
Nickname: Dragons
Colors: Royal Blue/White
Coach: Eric Parmley
League: 4A District 4 (moving from 4A District 5)
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #24

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 3
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Jared Holmes 6'0" 190 QB
Danie Sweet 6'5" 350 OL
Eddie Meridith 5'10" 170 RB

D1 PLAYER LOST TO GRADUATION
Deshazor Everett 6'0" 170 Senior DB [Texas A&M]

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Worked Hard In Off-Season, Good Number Of Returning Offensive Players
Team Weaknesses: Must Fill Some Holes On Defense

RATINGS
2010 Final Power Rating: 17.9
2010 National Rank: #3664
2010 State Rank: #81
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.5
Senior D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.7
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.3
2011 Starting Power Rating: 14.4
2011 National Rank: #4016
2011 State Rank: #91
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2010 Rating): 4.7
Dynasty National Rank: #6655
2011 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 11
Dynasty Record: 20-31 (5-15 in league)

HISTORICAL
2010 Overall Record: 6-5
2010 League Record/Finish: 1-3 (4th)
2010 Points For Average: 22.2
2010 Points Against Average: 20.7
2010 Differential: +1.5
2010 Wins: #2993 Natchitoches Central (Natchitoches) (21-13), #5241 Westlake (23-20), #5565 Washington-Marion (Lake Charles) (35-21), #6425 Northeast (Pride) (23-7), #6859 Abbeville (38-7), #7407 Peabody (Alexandria) (17-13)
2010 Losses: #1867 St. Louis (Lake Charles) (28-14), #1873 Leesville (24-17), #1873 Leesville (34-20), #2455 Houston [Sam] (Lake Charles) (27-23), #3036 Jennings (34-13)
2010 Opponents W-L: 67-55
Winning Streak Entering 2011 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2011 Schedule: 9/2 at Leesville, 9/9 Natchitoches Central (Natchitoches), 9/16 Rosepine, 9/23 at Jennings, 9/30 Westlake, 10/7 LaGrange (Lake Charles), 10/14 at Washington-Marion (Lake Charles), 10/21 Beau Chene (Arnaudville), 10/28 St. Louis (Lake Charles), 11/4 at Opelousas
Highest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: St. Louis (Lake Charles) (26.5), Leesville (25.9), LaGrange (Lake Charles) (25.7)
Lowest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Opelousas (-8.2), Rosepine (-4.7), Washington-Marion (Lake Charles) (9.5)
2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 15 (17.7 overall)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14
2011 vs. 2010 Schedule Strength Comparison: -1
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #95
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3198
2011 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2011 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2011 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%
Opener: 9/2 at Leesville [projection: 35-24 loss]