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GENERAL
Nickname: Wildcats
Colors: Black/Red
Coach: John Sowards
League: Mountain State
Playoff Division: AAA
Playoff Division Rank: #36

RATINGS
2012 Final Power Rating: -19.5
2012 National Rank: #12052
2012 State Rank: #86
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -1.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.3
2013 Starting Power Rating: -21
2013 National Rank: #12235
2013 State Rank: #88
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2012 Rating): -13.7
Dynasty National Rank: #11614
2013 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 7.3
Dynasty Record: 7-43 (6-38 in league)

HISTORICAL
2012 Overall Record: 2-8
2012 League Record/Finish: 2-7 (13th)
2012 Points For Average: 21.3
2012 Points Against Average: 41.5
2012 Differential: -20.2
2012 Wins: #11201 St. Albans (17-14), #13557 Lincoln County (Hamlin) (27-24)
2012 Losses: #2083 Spring Valley (Huntington) (62-7), #4081 Hurricane (51-21), #4332 South Charleston (70-28), #7716 Greenbrier East (Lewisburg) (35-18), #7892 Winfield (35-14), #8749 Ripley (48-20), #9343 Riverside (Belle) (28-27), #12697 Poca (48-34)
2012 Opponents W-L: 39-64
Winning Streak Entering 2013 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2013 Schedule: 8/30 Poca, 9/6 at Hurricane, 9/20 at South Charleston, 9/27 at St. Albans, 10/4 Ripley, 10/11 at Winfield, 10/18 Spring Valley (Huntington), 10/25 Capital (Charleston), 11/1 at Logan, 11/8 Hoover [Herbert] (Clendenin)
Highest-Rated 2013 Regular Season Opponents: Spring Valley (Huntington) (29.2), Capital (Charleston) (24.6), Hurricane (21.2)
Lowest-Rated 2013 Regular Season Opponents: Poca (-24), Hoover [Herbert] (Clendenin) (-18.7), St. Albans (-14.4)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -1.8
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 4.6
2013 vs. 2012 Schedule Strength Comparison: +6.4
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #26
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6534
2013 Projected Regular Season Record: 1-9
2013 Projected League Finish: 15th
2013 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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