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GENERAL
Nickname: Mavericks
Colors: Green/Vegas Gold/Midnight Blue
Coach: Sean Sovacool
League: Avocado - West
Section: San Diego
Playoff Division: 1
Playoff Division Rank: #13

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 7
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
2013 JV Record: 9-1
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Duke Mackle QB
Chandler Wachholtz LB
Ryan Becker OL/DL

ADDITIONAL SENIOR D1 PROSPECT
Elijah Wofford 6'4" 270 Senior OG

D1 PLAYER LOST TO GRADUATION
Quinn Smith 6'5" 235 Senior TE

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Strength/Conditioning, Defense, Run Game
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience In Secondary

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 34.7
2013 National Rank: #1236
2013 State Rank: #133
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.3
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4
2014 Starting Power Rating: 32.7
2014 National Rank: #1251
2014 State Rank: #130
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 36.5
Dynasty National Rank: #324
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 2.5
Dynasty Record: 91-39 [92-38 on the field] (43-7 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 7-4
2013 League Record/Finish: 3-1 (2nd)
2013 Points For Average: 17.1
2013 Points Against Average: 18.9
2013 Differential: -1.8
2013 Wins: #508 Carlsbad (24-10), #1215 Torrey Pines (San Diego) (27-0), #2375 El Camino (Oceanside) (21-16), #3001 San Clemente (16-13), #3324 Vista (21-7), #3824 Santa Fe Christian (Solana Beach) (17-9), #5181 Rancho Bernardo (San Diego) (24-21)
2013 Losses: #111 Oceanside (43-0), #193 Helix (La Mesa) (41-7), #277 San Pasqual (Escondido) (31-24), #2516 Poway (17-7)
2013 Opponents W-L: 65-60
Recent Section Championships: 2008 (I)
Recent League Championships: 2011, 2010 (tied for 1st), 2009 (Avocado), 2008 (Avocado), 2007 (tied for 1st; Palomar), 2006 (Palomar), 2003 (tied for 1st; Avocado)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/29 vs Corona del Mar (Newport Beach), 9/5 Trabuco Hills (Mission Viejo), 9/12 at Hoover [Herbert] (San Diego), 9/19 Rancho Bernardo (San Diego), 9/26 at Vista, 10/10 El Camino (Oceanside), 10/17 at Carlsbad, 10/24 at Westview (San Diego), 10/31 Oceanside, 11/7 Torrey Pines (San Diego)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Oceanside (53.8), Corona del Mar (Newport Beach) (48.5), Trabuco Hills (Mission Viejo) (44.5)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Rancho Bernardo (San Diego) (14.1), Westview (San Diego) (14.2), Hoover [Herbert] (San Diego) (24.6)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 29.5 (35.2 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 33.1
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.6
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #71
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #320
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2014 Projected League Finish: 4th
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%