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GENERAL
Nickname: Cavemen
Colors: Blue/White
Coach: John Musser
League: 6A Southwest (moving from 6A Special District 1)
Playoff Division: 6A
Playoff Division Rank: #26

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 9
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Chad Lowe ILB
Steven Etheridge FS/WR
Kolton Mahr CB/WR

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Strong Defense, Confident QB, Experience
Team Weaknesses: Overall Size, Speed At WR

RATINGS
2010 Final Power Rating: 0
2010 National Rank: #8074
2010 State Rank: #80
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +7
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.3
2011 Starting Power Rating: 5.7
2011 National Rank: #6081
2011 State Rank: #56
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2010 Rating): 19.3
Dynasty National Rank: #2730
2011 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 12.3
Dynasty Record: 29-25 (11-16 in league)

HISTORICAL
2010 Overall Record: 2-8
2010 League Record/Finish: 2-5 (6th)
2010 Points For Average: 21.8
2010 Points Against Average: 27.9
2010 Differential: -6.1
2010 Wins: #9801 Crater (Central Point) (49-7), #10517 South Eugene (Eugene) (26-12)
2010 Losses: #507 Tualatin (42-14), #1099 Sheldon [Henry D.] (Eugene) (55-7), #2084 Roseburg (35-20), #4376 Grant (Portland) (13-7), #4428 Thurston (Springfield) (20-19), #4817 South Medford (Medford) (34-27), #7200 North Medford (Medford) (33-28), #8547 Redmond (28-21)
2010 Opponents W-L: 61-47
Winning Streak Entering 2011 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2011 Schedule: 9/2 Tualatin, 9/9 Redmond, 9/16 at Roseburg, 9/23 Sheldon [Henry D.] (Eugene), 9/30 at Thurston (Springfield), 10/7 North Medford (Medford), 10/14 at South Medford (Medford), 10/21 at Crater (Central Point), 10/28 South Eugene (Eugene)
Highest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Tualatin (42.3), Sheldon [Henry D.] (Eugene) (35.1), Roseburg (26.5)
Lowest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: South Eugene (Eugene) (-10.6), Redmond (-5.2), Crater (Central Point) (-4.7)
2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 16.8 (13 overall)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13.2
2011 vs. 2010 Schedule Strength Comparison: -3.6
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #14
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3454
2011 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-5
2011 Projected League Finish: 5th
2011 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%
Opener: 9/2 Tualatin [projection: 41-7 loss]