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GENERAL
Nickname: Wolves
Colors: Black/Vegas Gold
Coach: Scott Cloninger
League: 2A Southern District 7 (moving from 2A Conference 3)
Playoff Division: 2A
Playoff Division Rank: #9

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 8
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2013 JV Record: 6-4
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Darian Roseboro 6'5" 280 DE 4.69
Tyron Roberts 6'3" 240 DE/T 5.00
Quinlyn Harris 5'9" 160 DB 4.45

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience At Skill Positions, Strength/Conditioning, Leadership
Team Weaknesses: Depth

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 15.7
2013 National Rank: #4265
2013 State Rank: #125
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +4.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +3.4
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4
2014 Starting Power Rating: 22.3
2014 National Rank: #2701
2014 State Rank: #79
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 19.6
Dynasty National Rank: #2382
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 4
Dynasty Record: 110-45 (54-15 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 9-5
2013 League Record/Finish: 5-2 (3rd)
2013 Points For Average: 21.5
2013 Points Against Average: 21.9
2013 Differential: -0.4
2013 Wins: #3025 Carver [George Washington] (Winston-Salem) (28-27), #6316 West Lincoln (Lincolnton) (21-13), #6450 Bunker Hill (Claremont) (35-23), #6887 Thomasville (14-7), #7751 Bandys (Catawba) (30-29), #8308 East Gaston (Mt. Holly) (27-10), #8943 North Lincoln (Denver) (28-27), #9134 Newton-Conover (Newton) (30-7), #11362 West Caldwell (Lenoir) (48-21)
2013 Losses: #460 South Point (Belmont) (49-0), #2115 East Lincoln (Denver) (28-9), #2601 Reidsville (13-10), #4287 Maiden (42-14), #4751 North Gaston (Dallas) (10-7)
2013 Opponents W-L: 97-76
Recent State Championships: 2007
Recent League Championships: 2011 (2A/1A Southern Piedmont), 2010 (2A/1A Southern Piedmont), 2007 (Southern Piedmont), 2005 (Southern Piedmont)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 2
Streak List: 8/29/14 South Point (Belmont) (14-13), 9/5/14 North Gaston (Dallas) (48-9)

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/22 at North Lincoln (Denver), 8/29 at South Point (Belmont), 9/5 North Gaston (Dallas), 9/12 at East Gaston (Mt. Holly), 9/19 West Lincoln (Lincolnton), 10/3 at East Lincoln (Denver), 10/10 at Bandys (Catawba), 10/17 Bunker Hill (Claremont), 10/24 at Newton-Conover (Newton), 10/31 West Caldwell (Lenoir), 11/7 Maiden
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: South Point (Belmont) (44.3), East Lincoln (Denver) (30.8), Maiden (14.4)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: West Caldwell (Lenoir) (-17.2), Bandys (Catawba) (-6.3), North Lincoln (Denver) (-4.2)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.2 (11.4 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 7.5
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.3
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #189
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5306
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-2
2014 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%