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GENERAL
Nickname: Huskies
Colors: Green/Gold
Coach: Kris Heavner
League: I Section V
Playoff Division: I
Playoff Division Rank: #8

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 4
2013 JV Record: 5-4
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Dalton Sneed 6'1" 190 Senior QB/FS 4.70 [UNLV]
Jake Grant 6'4" 270 Senior T/NG [Utah]
Nick Paogofie 5'10" 225 Senior DE/HB 4.75

ADDITIONAL SENIOR D1 PROSPECT
Cole Finochiarro 6'3" 215 Senior OLB

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Luke Quinn 5'9" 180 Senior RB [Nebraska-Kearney]
Kristian Salinas 5'11" 180 Senior DB 4.8
Spencer Marciniak 6'2" 200 Senior CB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: OL, Strength, Depth
Team Weaknesses: Young Skill Position Players

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 36.2
2013 National Rank: #1097
2013 State Rank: #21
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.9
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4
2014 Starting Power Rating: 36.3
2014 National Rank: #917
2014 State Rank: #14
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 18.5
Dynasty National Rank: #2610
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 19.1
Dynasty Record: 65-54 (33-24 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 8-3
2013 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (2nd)
2013 Points For Average: 50.6
2013 Points Against Average: 30.5
2013 Differential: +20.1
2013 Wins: #1498 Desert Mountain (Scottsdale) (63-34), #2317 Millennium (Goodyear) (34-14), #2612 Boulder Creek (Anthem) (48-24), #3291 Corona del Sol (Tempe) (44-25), #3548 Mountain Ridge (Glendale) (51-21), #5359 Paradise Valley (Phoenix) (73-28), #5830 O'Connor [Sandra Day] (Phoenix) (47-35), #7169 North Canyon (Phoenix) (63-6)
2013 Losses: #528 Pinnacle (Phoenix) (49-39), #881 Marcos de Niza (Tempe) (56-53), #926 Basha (Chandler) (43-42)
2013 Opponents W-L: 54-65
Recent League Championships: 2003 (tied for 1st; 5A Desert Valley)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/29 at Marcos de Niza (Tempe), 9/5 Corona del Sol (Tempe), 9/12 at Millennium (Goodyear), 9/19 Paradise Valley (Phoenix), 9/26 at Desert Mountain (Scottsdale), 10/2 Mountain Ridge (Glendale), 10/10 North Canyon (Phoenix), 10/17 at Boulder Creek (Anthem), 10/24 Pinnacle (Phoenix), 10/31 at O'Connor [Sandra Day] (Phoenix)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Pinnacle (Phoenix) (46.7), Marcos de Niza (Tempe) (29.9), Boulder Creek (Anthem) (26.3)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: North Canyon (Phoenix) (1.6), Paradise Valley (Phoenix) (13.3), Mountain Ridge (Glendale) (17.2)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 21.3 (25.6 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 22.2
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.9
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #25
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1452
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2
2014 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 8%