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GENERAL
Nickname: Yellowjackets
Colors: Black/Gold
Coach: Butch Simpson
League: Blue Hen Flight - A
Playoff Division: I
Playoff Division Rank: #7

TOP PLAYERS
Xavier Griffin 6'2" 180 Senior WR [North Carolina State]
David Grinnage 6'5" 240 Senior TE [North Carolina State]
Taylor Reynolds 6'1" 185 Senior QB

RATINGS
2010 Final Power Rating: 14.3
2010 National Rank: #4437
2010 State Rank: #14
Senior D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +4.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.3
2011 Starting Power Rating: 17.5
2011 National Rank: #3375
2011 State Rank: #9
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2010 Rating): 7.9
Dynasty National Rank: #5694
2011 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 10.9
Dynasty Record: 25-28 [24-29 on the field] (22-17 in league)

HISTORICAL
2010 Overall Record: 5-5
2010 League Record/Finish: 5-4 (6th)
2010 Points For Average: 31.6
2010 Points Against Average: 28.2
2010 Differential: +3.4
2010 Wins: #3833 Wilmington Charter (Wilmington) (37-7), #4028 DuPont [Alexis I.] (Wilmington) (44-35), #8040 Glasgow (Newark) (52-14), #10368 Brandywine (Wilmington) (43-12), #11512 Christiana (Newark) (29-0)
2010 Losses: #535 St. Mark's (Wilmington) (52-37), #1543 Middletown (54-22), #2859 Concord (Wilmington) (36-29), #5188 Penn [William] (New Castle) (27-15), #8950 Delcastle Vo-Tech (Wilmington) (45-8)
2010 Opponents W-L: 56-50
Recent State Championships: 2004, 2003
Recent League Championships: 2004 (tied for 1st; Blue Hen Flight A), 2003 (tied for 1st; Blue Hen Flight A)
Winning Streak Entering 2011 Season: 6
Streak List: 10/22/10 DuPont [Alexis I.] (Wilmington) (44-35), 10/29/10 Glasgow (Newark) (52-14), 11/5/10 Brandywine (Wilmington) (43-12), 11/13/10 Wilmington Charter (Wilmington) (37-7), 9/9/11 Rodney [Caesar] (Camden) (17-14), 9/16/11 Penn [William] (New Castle) (35-28)

SCHEDULE
2011 Schedule: 9/9 at Rodney [Caesar] (Camden), 9/16 Penn [William] (New Castle), 9/24 at Wilmington Charter (Wilmington), 9/30 at Appoquinimink (West Middletown), 10/8 DuPont [Alexis I.] (Wilmington), 10/15 at St. Mark's (Wilmington), 10/22 at Delcastle Vo-Tech (Wilmington), 10/28 Concord (Wilmington), 11/4 Glasgow (Newark), 11/11 Middletown
Highest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: St. Mark's (Wilmington) (37), Middletown (30.3), Concord (Wilmington) (21.9)
Lowest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Delcastle Vo-Tech (Wilmington) (-3.4), Glasgow (Newark) (8.5), Penn [William] (New Castle) (9.7)
2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 11
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 16.7
2011 vs. 2010 Schedule Strength Comparison: +5.7
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #6
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2459
2011 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2011 Projected League Finish: 4th
2011 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%
Opener: 9/9 at Rodney [Caesar] (Camden) [projection: 34-31 win]



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