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GENERAL
Nickname: Trojans
Colors: Blue/Orange
Coach: Bob May
League: Mid-Penn - Keystone
Playoff Division: AAA
Playoff Division Rank: #19

SENIOR D1 PROSPECT
Andrew Nelson 6'5" 260 Senior OL [Penn State]

D1 PLAYER LOST TO GRADUATION
Harold Brantley 6'3" 280 Senior DT 4.80 [Missouri]

RATINGS
2011 Final Power Rating: 27.1
2011 National Rank: #2059
2011 State Rank: #92
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +1
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2012 Starting Power Rating: 26.9
2012 National Rank: #1873
2012 State Rank: #77
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2011 Rating): 17.6
Dynasty National Rank: #2712
2012 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 10.5
Dynasty Record: 62-38 (31-23 in league)

HISTORICAL
2011 Overall Record: 8-3
2011 League Record/Finish: 4-2 (tied for 2nd)
2011 Points For Average: 30
2011 Points Against Average: 20.1
2011 Differential: +9.9
2011 Wins: #870 Cedar Cliff (Camp Hill) (41-20), #1725 Red Land (Lewisberry) (13-3), #2969 Central Dauphin East (Harrisburg) (28-22), #4284 Mechanicsburg (33-16), #4842 Milton Hershey (Hershey) (28-18), #6038 Lower Dauphin (Hummelstown) (34-0), #10083 Cedar Crest (Lebanon) (44-23), #11084 Elizabethtown (51-14)
2011 Losses: #217 Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg) (42-0), #1725 Red Land (Lewisberry) (42-41), #2484 Susquehanna Township (Harrisburg) (21-17)
2011 Opponents W-L: 59-68
Recent League Championships: 2003 (tied for 1st; Mid-Penn Capital)
Winning Streak Entering 2012 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2012 Schedule: 9/7 Elizabethtown, 9/14 at Cedar Crest (Lebanon), 9/21 Cedar Cliff (Camp Hill), 9/28 at Palmyra, 10/5 Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg), 10/12 at Mechanicsburg, 10/19 Susquehanna Township (Harrisburg), 10/26 Red Land (Lewisberry), 11/2 at Lower Dauphin (Hummelstown)
Highest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg) (51.2), Cedar Cliff (Camp Hill) (42.7), Red Land (Lewisberry) (28.4)
Lowest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Cedar Crest (Lebanon) (-17.2), Elizabethtown (-10.2), Lower Dauphin (Hummelstown) (3.1)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13.3 (20 overall)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 15.5
2012 vs. 2011 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.2
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #116
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2668
2012 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-3
2012 Projected League Finish: 4th
2012 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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