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GENERAL
Nickname: Mavericks
Colors: Red/White
League: 4A Region II District 14
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #26

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 8
Returning Defensive Starters: 8
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Deonte McKinney 6'3" 270 Senior DE
Thomas Reynolds 5'11" 250 Senior OL
Jaque Kuykendall 5'8" 165 Sophomore DB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Returning Starters, Defensive Nucleus
Team Weaknesses: New Coaches/System, Inexperience At QB

RATINGS
2010 Final Power Rating: 33
2010 National Rank: #1266
2010 State Rank: #163
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.3
2011 Starting Power Rating: 34.2
2011 National Rank: #890
2011 State Rank: #115
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2010 Rating): 28.9
Dynasty National Rank: #1131
2011 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 6.6
Dynasty Record: 34-23 (21-12 in league)

HISTORICAL
2010 Overall Record: 6-5
2010 League Record/Finish: 4-3 (4th)
2010 Points For Average: 28.4
2010 Points Against Average: 23.6
2010 Differential: +4.8
2010 Wins: #1551 Hallsville (17-10), #1817 Neville (Monroe, LA) (45-34), #1877 Kilgore (24-14), #2538 Nacogdoches (28-17), #5223 Pine Tree (Longview) (47-6), #5537 Huntington (Shreveport, LA) (56-6)
2010 Losses: #111 Longview (31-9), #186 Tyler [John] (Tyler) (45-17), #293 Whitehouse (43-21), #640 Sherman (24-21), #686 Jacksonville (30-27)
2010 Opponents W-L: 71-57
Recent League Championships: 2005 (4A Region III District 17)
Winning Streak Entering 2011 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2011 Schedule: 8/26 at Longview, 9/2 Huntington (Shreveport, LA), 9/10 at Byrd [C. E.] (Shreveport, LA), 9/23 at Kilgore, 9/30 Jacksonville, 10/7 at Hallsville, 10/14 Nacogdoches, 10/21 at Tyler [John] (Tyler), 10/28 Whitehouse, 11/4 at Pine Tree (Longview)
Highest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Longview (48.3), Tyler [John] (Tyler) (44.5), Jacksonville (38.7)
Lowest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Huntington (Shreveport, LA) (2.7), Pine Tree (Longview) (9.4), Nacogdoches (24.3)
2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 34 (33.6 overall)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 29.1
2011 vs. 2010 Schedule Strength Comparison: -4.9
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #67
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #406
2011 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2011 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2011 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%
Opener: 8/26 at Longview [projection: 22-8 loss]