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GENERAL
Nickname: Lancers
Colors: Red/Gold
Coach: Richard Drayton
League: Philadelphia Public - AAAA 1 (moving from Philadelphia Public - AAAA Gold)
Playoff Division: AAAA
Playoff Division Rank: #109

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 6.2
2013 National Rank: #6424
2013 State Rank: #280
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4
2014 Starting Power Rating: 4.9
2014 National Rank: #6476
2014 State Rank: #286
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 0.6
Dynasty National Rank: #8020
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 5.6
Dynasty Record: 68-51 (36-19 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 7-5
2013 League Record/Finish: 1-4 (6th)
2013 Points For Average: 24
2013 Points Against Average: 11.3
2013 Differential: +12.7
2013 Wins: #5522 Prep Charter (Philadelphia) (36-6), #6581 Northeast (Philadelphia) (6-3), #8610 Gratz [Simon] (Philadelphia) (14-0), #10967 Future (Philadelphia) (54-22), #11533 Mastbaum [Jules E.] (Philadelphia) (38-0), #11749 Furness [Horace Howard] (Philadelphia) (40-0), #13101 Edison [Thomas Alva] (Philadelphia) (49-0)
2013 Losses: #1904 Frankford (Philadelphia) (14-0), #4487 Springside Chestnut Hill Academy (Philadelphia) (27-26), #5104 Washington [George] (Philadelphia) (20-0), #6581 Northeast (Philadelphia) (17-12), #9124 Fels [Samuel] (Philadelphia) (26-13)
2013 Opponents W-L: 54-83
Recent League Championships: 2011 (Philadelphia Public - AAAA Silver), 2006 (Philadelphia Public - White), 2005 (tied for 1st; Philadelphia Public White), 2004 (Philadelphia Public Mid-City), 2003 (Philadelphia City B)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/29 Wissahickon (Ambler), 9/12 Bartram [John] (Philadelphia), 9/19 at South Philadelphia/Furness (Philadelphia), 9/26 Mastbaum [Jules E.] (Philadelphia), 10/3 at Frankford (Philadelphia), 10/10 Fels [Samuel] (Philadelphia), 10/17 at Gratz [Simon] (Philadelphia), 11/27 Northeast (Philadelphia)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Frankford (Philadelphia) (30.3), Wissahickon (Ambler) (16.6), Northeast (Philadelphia) (7)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Mastbaum [Jules E.] (Philadelphia) (-16.7), Bartram [John] (Philadelphia) (-13.2), Fels [Samuel] (Philadelphia) (-5)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -0.5
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 2
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.5
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #338
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #7123
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-3
2014 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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