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GENERAL
Nickname: Eagles
Colors: Blue/Gold
Coach: Rick Curtis
League: Trinity
Section: Southern
Playoff Division: Pac-5 (I)
Playoff Division Rank: #17

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

TOP PLAYERS
Rick Wade 6'5" 235 Senior DT/TE 4.78 [UCLA]
Kyle Sweet 6'0" 190 Senior WR/C 4.52
Grady Higgins 6'0" Senior OLB/TE

ADDITIONAL SENIOR D1 PROSPECT
Austin Maihen 6'5" 285 Senior OL

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Jeremy McNichols 5'11.5" 185 Senior WR [Boise State]
Nick Dehdashtian 6'1" 250 Senior DE
Taylor Prenovost 6'4" 230 Senior DE

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: QB/WRs, Several Returning OL, LBs
Team Weaknesses: Secondary, Inexperienced RBs

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 47
2013 National Rank: #386
2013 State Rank: #45
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +1.1
Non-Senior D1 Talent Rating Bonus: +5.6
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4
2014 Starting Power Rating: 50.8
2014 National Rank: #210
2014 State Rank: #33
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 41.7
Dynasty National Rank: #157
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 10.4
Dynasty Record: 73-52 (23-31 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 4-6
2013 League Record/Finish: 1-4 (6th)
2013 Points For Average: 22.3
2013 Points Against Average: 28.3
2013 Differential: -6
2013 Wins: #10 Mater Dei (Santa Ana) (16-7), #491 Trabuco Hills (Mission Viejo) (28-26), #1960 Carson (49-6), #2233 Dorsey [Susan Miller] (Los Angeles) (24-6)
2013 Losses: #1 St. John Bosco (Bellflower) (56-12), #66 Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, NV) (34-31), #92 JSerra (San Juan Capistrano) (26-7), #106 Servite (Anaheim) (30-14), #122 Lutheran (Orange) (54-14), #321 Bishop Amat (La Puente) (38-28)
2013 Opponents W-L: 86-37
Recent Section/State Championships: 2011, 2011 (Bowl I)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 2
Streak List: 8/29/14 Bishop Amat (La Puente) (26-21), 9/5/14 Santiago (Corona) (56-27)

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/29 vs Bishop Amat (La Puente), 9/5 vs Santiago (Corona), 9/12 vs Dorsey [Susan Miller] (Los Angeles), 9/19 at Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, NV), 9/26 vs Venice (Los Angeles), 10/10 vs JSerra (San Juan Capistrano), 10/17 vs Lutheran (Orange), 10/24 vs Servite (Anaheim), 10/31 vs Mater Dei (Santa Ana), 11/7 at St. John Bosco (Bellflower)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, NV) (87.3), Mater Dei (Santa Ana) (84.9), St. John Bosco (Bellflower) (84.5)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Dorsey [Susan Miller] (Los Angeles) (25.1), Venice (Los Angeles) (39.7), Santiago (Corona) (44.3)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 54.5
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 62.8
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +8.3
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #1
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-7
2014 Projected League Finish: 6th
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%