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GENERAL
Nickname: Hornets
Colors: Green/Gold
Coach: Nick Evans
League: 2A Region 7
Playoff Division: 2A
Playoff Division Rank: #10

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Rashad Williams 5'8" 175 Senior RB
Derrick Muldrow 6'2" 315 Senior DL/OL
EJ Stewart 6'5" 195 Senior SS

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Recent Success, Second Year With Coaching Staff, RB
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience At QB

RATINGS
2011 Final Power Rating: 5.3
2011 National Rank: #6603
2011 State Rank: #82
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2012 Starting Power Rating: 1.1
2012 National Rank: #7441
2012 State Rank: #90
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2011 Rating): -1.8
Dynasty National Rank: #8834
2012 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 4.1
Dynasty Record: 63-38 (33-24 in league)

HISTORICAL
2011 Overall Record: 10-2
2011 League Record/Finish: 6-1 (tied for 1st)
2011 Points For Average: 44.5
2011 Points Against Average: 17.9
2011 Differential: +26.6
2011 Wins: #8519 Spring Hill (Hope) (44-8), #9587 Mount Ida (26-20), #10898 Dierks (45-18), #11159 Horatio (50-36), #11484 Lafayette County (Stamps) (77-40), #12267 Fouke (42-20), #13590 Murfreesboro (62-20), #13892 Poyen (62-0), #14018 Mountain Pine (52-12), #14304 Foreman (41-0)
2011 Losses: #3856 Junction City (21-20), #5842 Gurdon (20-13)
2011 Opponents W-L: 57-73
Recent League Championships: 2011 (tied for 1st)
Winning Streak Entering 2012 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2012 Schedule: 8/31 at Fouke, 9/7 at Danville, 9/14 Glen Rose (Malvern), 9/21 Redwater (TX), 9/28 Gurdon, 10/5 Dierks, 10/12 at Murfreesboro, 10/19 Foreman, 10/26 at Lafayette County (Stamps), 11/1 at Spring Hill (Hope)
Highest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Redwater (TX) (24.2), Glen Rose (Malvern) (15.1), Gurdon (11.9)
Lowest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Foreman (-29.8), Murfreesboro (-23.7), Fouke (-20.6)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -20.4 (-14.8 overall)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -5.6
2012 vs. 2011 Schedule Strength Comparison: +14.8
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #111
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #9374
2012 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2012 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2012 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%