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GENERAL
Nickname: Wildcats
Colors: Navy/White
Coach: David Mitchell
League: 8A District 6
Playoff Division: 8A
Playoff Division Rank: #21

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

TOP PLAYERS
Chase Litton Senior QB
Vernon Hargreaves Senior ATH [Florida]
Deon Sampson Senior RB

ADDITIONAL SENIOR D1 PROSPECT
Rocky Enos 6'2" 205 Senior LB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Offensive Backfield, Secondary

RATINGS
2011 Final Power Rating: 22.1
2011 National Rank: #2868
2011 State Rank: #195
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +5.8
Non-Senior D1 Talent Rating Bonus: +4.4
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.2
2012 Starting Power Rating: 34.8
2012 National Rank: #971
2012 State Rank: #93
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2011 Rating): 15
Dynasty National Rank: #3377
2012 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 19.8
Dynasty Record: 49-46 (19-14 in league)

HISTORICAL
2011 Overall Record: 5-6
2011 League Record/Finish: 2-1 (2nd)
2011 Points For Average: 24.4
2011 Points Against Average: 24.7
2011 Differential: -0.3
2011 Wins: #1732 Alonso (Tampa) (44-21), #4991 Blake (Tampa) (18-6), #5496 Bloomingdale (Valrico) (49-24), #6984 Freedom (Tampa) (28-7), #7068 Chamberlain (Tampa) (20-14)
2011 Losses: #13 Plant [Henry B.] (Tampa) (37-19), #300 Dr. Phillips (Orlando) (35-14), #1167 Sickles (Tampa) (38-21), #2333 Spoto (Riverview) (35-28), #2668 King [C. Leon] (Tampa) (14-6), #2874 Durant (Plant City) (41-21)
2011 Opponents W-L: 65-53
Recent League Championships: 2008 (5A District 5), 2005 (5A District 5)
Winning Streak Entering 2012 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2012 Schedule: 8/31 at King [C. Leon] (Tampa), 9/7 Sickles (Tampa), 9/14 at Chamberlain (Tampa), 9/28 Durant (Plant City), 10/5 Plant [Henry B.] (Tampa), 10/12 at Freedom (Tampa), 10/19 at Bloomingdale (Valrico), 10/26 at Blake (Tampa), 11/2 Alonso (Tampa), 11/9 Spoto (Riverview)
Highest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Plant [Henry B.] (Tampa) (58.8), Sickles (Tampa) (46.8), Alonso (Tampa) (26.7)
Lowest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Chamberlain (Tampa) (-1), Freedom (Tampa) (4), Blake (Tampa) (14.5)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 21 (27.7 overall)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 22.5
2012 vs. 2011 Schedule Strength Comparison: +1.5
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #120
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1221
2012 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2
2012 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2012 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%