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GENERAL
Nickname: Aztecs
Colors: Red/Gold
Coach: Pat Blackburn
League: Desert Valley
Section: Southern
Playoff Division: Central (V)
Playoff Division Rank: #14

D1 PLAYER LOST TO GRADUATION
Nuuvali Faapito Senior S [Colorado State]

RATINGS
2010 Final Power Rating: 16
2010 National Rank: #4067
2010 State Rank: #333
Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -4.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.3
2011 Starting Power Rating: 10.2
2011 National Rank: #4979
2011 State Rank: #384
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2010 Rating): 22.1
Dynasty National Rank: #2158
2011 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 10.6
Dynasty Record: 40-20 (17-8 in league)

HISTORICAL
2010 Overall Record: 6-5
2010 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (3rd)
2010 Points For Average: 35.1
2010 Points Against Average: 24.3
2010 Differential: +10.8
2010 Wins: #5601 Apple Valley (41-30), #5767 Coachella Valley (Thermal) (55-20), #8423 San Bernardino (70-12), #9858 Hesperia (63-0), #9986 Indio (24-14), #11417 Cathedral City (56-6)
2010 Losses: #960 Kaiser (Fontana) (48-0), #1246 La Quinta (28-13), #2131 Palm Springs (35-20), #2131 Palm Springs (21-9), #2395 San Gorgonio (San Bernardino) (53-35)
2010 Opponents W-L: 66-58
Recent League Championships: 2005
Winning Streak Entering 2011 Season: 1
Streak List: 10/14/11 Coachella Valley (Thermal) (54-6)

SCHEDULE
2011 Schedule: 9/2 Palm Springs, 9/16 San Bernardino, 9/23 at Hesperia, 9/30 at Kaiser [Henry J.] (Fontana), 10/14 at Coachella Valley (Thermal), 10/21 Cathedral City, 10/28 at Palm Springs, 11/4 Indio, 11/11 at La Quinta
Highest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Palm Springs (32.7), La Quinta (30.3), Kaiser [Henry J.] (Fontana) (28.8)
Lowest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Cathedral City (-10.7), Hesperia (-7.4), San Bernardino (-6.9)
2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 11 (13.4 overall)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 10.6
2011 vs. 2010 Schedule Strength Comparison: -0.4
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #352
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4099
2011 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-4
2011 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2011 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%
Opener: 9/2 Palm Springs [projection: 42-21 loss]



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