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GENERAL
Nickname: Spartans
Colors: Red/White
Coach: Adrian Jones
League: 3A Big Eight (moving from 3A Conference 11)
Playoff Division: 3A
Playoff Division Rank: #6

SENIOR D1 PROSPECTS
Kendall Hinton 6'0" 185 Senior QB 4.80 [Wake Forest]
William Cameron 5'10" 180 Senior ATH [West Virginia]
Marvin Tillman 6'0" 175 Senior DB

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Maurice Trowell 6'1" 175 Senior WR 4.6 [NC State]
Noah Chase 6'4" 265 Senior OL

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 41.4
2013 National Rank: #679
2013 State Rank: #13
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +3.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -5.2
2014 Starting Power Rating: 39.7
2014 National Rank: #685
2014 State Rank: #18
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 25.1
Dynasty National Rank: #1415
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 19.8
Dynasty Record: 111-38 (65-8 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 14-2
2013 League Record/Finish: 7-0 (1st)
2013 Points For Average: 45.4
2013 Points Against Average: 24.3
2013 Differential: +21.1
2013 Wins: #741 Crest (Shelby) (38-31), #1312 Orange (Hillsborough) (55-41), #1312 Orange (Hillsborough) (31-24), #2148 Hunt [James B.] (Wilson) (28-10), #2605 Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh) (45-28), #2605 Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh) (33-28), #5145 Northwood (Pittsboro) (56-54), #6325 Northern (Durham) (39-27), #7594 Chapel Hill (40-6), #7594 Chapel Hill (59-20), #9721 Webb [J. F.] (Oxford) (56-7), #10258 Cedar Ridge (Hillsborough) (68-10), #11328 South Brunswick (Southport) (62-14), #12102 Northern Vance (Henderson) (62-6)
2013 Losses: #229 Scotland (Laurinburg) (53-31), #1598 Hillside (Durham) (29-24)
2013 Opponents W-L: 115-90
Recent State Championships: 2013 (3AA)
Recent League Championships: 2013 (3A Conference 11), 2009 (4A Pac-6), 2008 (tied for 1st; PAC 6), 2007 (tied for 1st; PAC 6), 2005 (Pac-6), 2004 (Five County), 2003 (Five County)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 15
Streak List: 9/20/13 Northern (Durham) (39-27), 9/27/13 Northern Vance (Henderson) (62-6), 10/4/13 Chapel Hill (59-20), 10/11/13 Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh) (45-28), 10/18/13 Northwood (Pittsboro) (56-54), 10/25/13 Cedar Ridge (Hillsborough) (68-10), 11/1/13 Webb [J. F.] (Oxford) (56-7), 11/8/13 Orange (Hillsborough) (55-41), 11/15/13 Chapel Hill (40-6), 11/22/13 Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh) (33-28), 11/29/13 Orange (Hillsborough) (31-24), 12/6/13 Hunt [James B.] (Wilson) (28-10), 12/14/13 Crest (Shelby) (38-31), 8/23/14 Capitol Christian Academy (Landover, MD) (41-0), 8/29/14 Hillside (Durham) (16-13)

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/23 Capitol Christian Academy (Landover, MD), 8/29 at Hillside (Durham), 9/12 at Scotland (Laurinburg), 9/19 Northern (Durham), 9/26 Northern Vance (Henderson), 10/3 at Chapel Hill, 10/10 Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh), 10/17 at Northwood (Pittsboro), 10/24 at Cedar Ridge (Hillsborough), 10/31 Webb [J. F.] (Oxford), 11/7 at Orange (Hillsborough)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Scotland (Laurinburg) (55.4), Orange (Hillsborough) (34), Hillside (Durham) (28.1)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Northern Vance (Henderson) (-20.2), Webb [J. F.] (Oxford) (-14.5), Chapel Hill (-10.6)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 7.3 (18.3 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 11.4
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +4.1
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #138
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4111
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 10-1
2014 Projected League Finish: 1st
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 9%



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