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GENERAL
Nickname: Zebras
Colors: Red/White
Coach: Bobby Bolding
League: 7A/6A South
Playoff Division: 6A
Playoff Division Rank: #4

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 2
Returning Defensive Starters: 1
2012 JV Record: 6-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Will Gragg 6'5" 245 Junior TE/DE 4.90
Dasmine Johnson 6'2" 255 Senior DT/OL 4.70
Stephen Watson 6'3" 305 Senior DT/OL 5.50

ADDITIONAL SENIOR D1 PROSPECT
Austin McGehee 6'1" 200 Senior K 5.30 [Purdue]

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Talented Sophomores
Team Weaknesses: Young, Inexperience

RATINGS
2012 Final Power Rating: 40.1
2012 National Rank: #742
2012 State Rank: #7
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -13.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.9
Non-Senior D1 Talent Rating Bonus: +2
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4
2013 Starting Power Rating: 28.2
2013 National Rank: #1789
2013 State Rank: #15
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2012 Rating): 33.7
Dynasty National Rank: #815
2013 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 4.1
Dynasty Record: 47-17 (29-6 in league)

HISTORICAL
2012 Overall Record: 12-2
2012 League Record/Finish: 7-0 (1st)
2012 Points For Average: 37.6
2012 Points Against Average: 15
2012 Differential: +22.6
2012 Wins: #1426 El Dorado (21-6), #1444 Jonesboro (24-0), #2317 Bryant (24-21), #3302 Lake Hamilton (Pearcy) (40-9), #4520 Watson Chapel (Pine Bluff) (48-12), #4801 Benton (43-6), #4801 Benton (63-7), #4816 Northside (Fort Smith) (53-27), #7763 Sheridan (35-7), #7813 Arkansas (Texarkana) (23-17), #9989 Hall (Little Rock) (57-0), #12332 Fair [J. A.] (Little Rock) (41-0)
2012 Losses: #278 Greenwood (51-44), #312 North Little Rock (47-10)
2012 Opponents W-L: 79-83
Recent League Championships: 2012, 2008 (tied for 1st; 6A South), 2003 (tied for 1st; AAAAA South)
Winning Streak Entering 2013 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2013 Schedule: 9/6 Northside (Fort Smith), 9/13 at Watson Chapel (Pine Bluff), 9/20 North Little Rock, 9/27 Arkansas (Texarkana), 10/4 at Bryant, 10/11 at Lake Hamilton (Pearcy), 10/18 Fair [J. A.] (Little Rock), 10/25 at El Dorado, 11/1 Sheridan, 11/7 at Benton
Highest-Rated 2013 Regular Season Opponents: North Little Rock (50.8), El Dorado (34.2), Bryant (26)
Lowest-Rated 2013 Regular Season Opponents: Fair [J. A.] (Little Rock) (-21.4), Arkansas (Texarkana) (0.6), Sheridan (0.8)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13 (18 overall)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 15.1
2013 vs. 2012 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.1
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #28
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3044
2013 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-3
2013 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2013 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%