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GENERAL
Nickname: Golden Knights
Colors: Brown/Gold
Coach: Jim Bonds
League: Mission
Section: Southern
Playoff Division: Western (IV)
Playoff Division Rank: #8

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 7
Returning Defensive Starters: 8
2010 JV Record: 6-4
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Travis Talianko 6'1" 200 Senior WR/FS 4.55
Kristion Grbavac 6'3" 265 Senior OL/DL 5.20
Parker Nieves 5'9" 165 Senior WR/DB 4.60

ADDITIONAL SENIOR D1 PROSPECT
Tyler Marona 6'5" 225 Senior DE 4.80

D1 PLAYER LOST TO GRADUATION
Patrick Carroll 6'5" 275 Senior OL 5.30 [UNLV]

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience
Team Weaknesses: Team Speed

RATINGS
2010 Final Power Rating: 32.8
2010 National Rank: #1289
2010 State Rank: #116
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +3.5
Senior D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.3
2011 Starting Power Rating: 33.5
2011 National Rank: #961
2011 State Rank: #88
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2010 Rating): 27.4
Dynasty National Rank: #1301
2011 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 7.4
Dynasty Record: 31-24 (8-9 in league)

HISTORICAL
2010 Overall Record: 6-5
2010 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (3rd)
2010 Points For Average: 31.3
2010 Points Against Average: 24.9
2010 Differential: +6.4
2010 Wins: #1230 Venice (Los Angeles) (31-13), #1766 St. Paul (Santa Fe Springs) (40-10), #3040 Cathedral (Los Angeles) (28-21), #3966 Arcadia (42-27), #4162 Harvard-Westlake (North Hollywood) (34-14), #7677 Crescenta Valley (La Crescenta) (42-14)
2010 Losses: #77 Serra [Junipero] (Gardena) (41-14), #400 Chaminade (West Hills) (29-26), #403 Paso Robles (42-28), #567 Dominguez (Compton) (28-25), #2887 West Ranch (Valencia) (35-34)
2010 Opponents W-L: 83-44-1
Winning Streak Entering 2011 Season: 3
Streak List: 9/9/11 Arcadia (31-28), 9/16/11 Crescenta Valley (La Crescenta) (35-0), 9/23/11 Venice (Los Angeles) (27-17)

SCHEDULE
2011 Schedule: 9/9 at Arcadia, 9/16 Crescenta Valley (La Crescenta), 9/23 at Venice (Los Angeles), 9/30 West Ranch (Valencia), 10/6 Paso Robles, 10/14 Harvard-Westlake (North Hollywood), 10/21 at Serra [Junipero] (Gardena), 10/28 at Chaminade (West Hills), 11/4 at St. Paul (Santa Fe Springs), 11/11 Cathedral (Los Angeles)
Highest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Chaminade (West Hills) (53), Serra [Junipero] (Gardena) (37.5), St. Paul (Santa Fe Springs) (37.1)
Lowest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Crescenta Valley (La Crescenta) (1.6), Arcadia (20), Harvard-Westlake (North Hollywood) (21.8)
2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 26.6 (30.6 overall)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 28.8
2011 vs. 2010 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.2
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #67
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #429
2011 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2011 Projected League Finish: 4th
2011 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%
Opener: 9/9 at Arcadia [projection: 34-21 win]