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GENERAL
Nickname: Pioneers
Colors: Black/Red/White
Coach: Joe Veach
League: Suburban
Section: Southern
Playoff Division: Southeast (VII)
Playoff Division Rank: #30

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2011 JV Record: 5-5
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Francisco Galan 6'3" 190 Senior QB 4.80
Daniel Hernandez 6'1" 210 Senior OL/DL 4.95
Cristian Rodriguez 5'5" 135 Sophomore ATH/DB 4.50

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience On OL, Talented Sophomore Class, QB
Team Weaknesses: Undersized, Depth

RATINGS
2011 Final Power Rating: -20.2
2011 National Rank: #12199
2011 State Rank: #891
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2012 Starting Power Rating: -17.7
2012 National Rank: #11779
2012 State Rank: #855
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2011 Rating): -3.7
Dynasty National Rank: #9435
2012 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 14
Dynasty Record: 32-62 [33-61 on the field] (22-32 in league)

HISTORICAL
2011 Overall Record: 1-9
2011 League Record/Finish: 1-5 (6th)
2011 Points For Average: 19.4
2011 Points Against Average: 43.3
2011 Differential: -23.9
2011 Wins: #13776 Cerritos (55-7)
2011 Losses: #2145 La Mirada (42-0), #2917 Wilson [Woodrow] (Long Beach) (48-19), #4380 Mayfair (Lakewood) (69-24), #5489 Gahr [Richard] (Cerritos) (52-14), #5628 Bellflower (54-20), #6610 Whittier (54-14), #6922 Norwalk (53-21), #10242 Huntington Park (28-7), #11109 Glenn [John] (Norwalk) (26-20)
2011 Opponents W-L: 49-58
Winning Streak Entering 2012 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2012 Schedule: 8/24 Huntington Park, 8/31 vs Whittier, 9/7 San Juan Hills (San Juan Capistrano), 9/14 at Gahr [Richard] (Cerritos), 9/21 vs Mayfair (Lakewood), 9/28 Norwalk, 10/5 La Mirada, 10/19 at Bellflower, 10/25 vs Cerritos, 11/2 Glenn [John] (Norwalk)
Highest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: La Mirada (44.6), Mayfair (Lakewood) (17.9), Bellflower (16.8)
Lowest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Cerritos (-35.2), Huntington Park (-13.5), Glenn [John] (Norwalk) (-6.3)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 3.4
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 4.8
2012 vs. 2011 Schedule Strength Comparison: +1.4
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #524
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5922
2012 Projected Regular Season Record: 2-8
2012 Projected League Finish: 6th
2012 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%