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GENERAL
Nickname: Hilltoppers
Colors: Maroon/White
Coach: Tom Parr
League: Fairchester
State (Plays In): Prep Schools
Playoff Division: NEPSAC C
Playoff Division Rank: #22

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 4
2013 JV Record: 2-5
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Walker Schneider 6'3" 175 Senior OLB/WR 4.80
Kamsi Nwangwu 5'11" 170 Senior LB/FB 4.80
Will Lowrie 6'2" 195 Senior DE/C 5.10

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience On OL
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience At RB

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: -15.3
2013 National Rank: #11308
2013 State Rank: #124 (in CT)
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -7.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -0.5
2014 Starting Power Rating: -22.8
2014 National Rank: #12392
2014 State Rank: #140 (in CT)
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 3.2
Dynasty National Rank: #7118
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 26
Dynasty Record: 65-26 (47-20 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 2-5
2013 League Record/Finish: 2-3 (4th)
2013 Points For Average: 17.3
2013 Points Against Average: 32.9
2013 Differential: -15.6
2013 Wins: #11655 St. Luke's (New Canaan) (29-28), #12115 King Low Heywood Thomas (Stamford) (35-7)
2013 Losses: #2367 Brunswick (Greenwich) (42-14), #7996 Kingswood-Oxford (West Hartford) (56-0), #8121 Hamden Hall Country Day (Hamden) (42-23), #9226 Rye Country Day (Rye, NY) (21-7), #10756 Berkshire (Sheffield, MA) (34-13)
2013 Opponents W-L: 31-27
Recent League Championships: 2007
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 9/13 at St. Francis Prep (Fresh Meadows, NY), 9/20 St. Luke's (New Canaan), 9/27 Gunnery (Washington), 10/5 Rye Country Day (Rye, NY), 10/11 at King (Stamford), 10/18 Kingswood-Oxford (West Hartford), 10/25 at Long Island Lutheran (Brookville, NY), 11/8 at Hamden Hall Country Day (Hamden)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: St. Francis Prep (Fresh Meadows, NY) (17.5), Kingswood-Oxford (West Hartford) (4), Hamden Hall Country Day (Hamden) (-3.3)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Long Island Lutheran (Brookville, NY) (-23.8), King (Stamford) (-23.7), St. Luke's (New Canaan) (-13.9)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -4.3
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -7
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: -2.7
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #108
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #9987
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 1-7
2014 Projected League Finish: 5th
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%