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GENERAL
Nickname: Hillbillies
Colors: Maroon/White
Coach: Lou Racioppe
League: Super Essex - Colonial
Playoff Division: North I Group 1
Playoff Division Rank: #2

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 10.5
2013 National Rank: #5432
2013 State Rank: #118
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: +6.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.7
2014 Starting Power Rating: 15.7
2014 National Rank: #3980
2014 State Rank: #79
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 14.7
Dynasty National Rank: #3517
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 2.3
Dynasty Record: 81-38 (45-20 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 6-5
2013 League Record/Finish: 4-3 (4th)
2013 Points For Average: 22.4
2013 Points Against Average: 23.5
2013 Differential: -1.1
2013 Wins: #4402 Hoboken (30-25), #5645 Cresskill (30-28), #8237 Central (Newark) (34-20), #9402 Glen Ridge (42-13), #12258 East Side (Newark) (33-22), #12617 Montclair Kimberley Academy (Montclair) (29-0)
2013 Losses: #1861 Pompton Lakes (47-7), #1895 Weequahic (Newark) (27-0), #2704 Caldwell [James] (West Caldwell) (14-6), #3959 Cedar Grove (43-26), #5488 Shabazz [Malcolm X.] (Newark) (20-9)
2013 Opponents W-L: 74-46
Recent Section Championships: 2008 (North 2 I)
Recent League Championships: 2006 (Colonial Hills - Colonial), 2005 (tied for 1st; Colonial Hills- Colonial)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 9/13 at East Side (Newark), 9/20 Marist (Bayonne), 9/27 Glen Ridge, 10/11 at West Side (Newark), 10/25 Millburn, 11/1 at Orange, 11/7 at Cedar Grove, 11/27 Caldwell [James] (West Caldwell)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Caldwell [James] (West Caldwell) (20.3), Cedar Grove (16), Orange (3.5)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: East Side (Newark) (-25), Marist (Bayonne) (-22.7), Glen Ridge (-8.7)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 2.3 (9.6 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -2.6
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: -4.9
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-1
2014 Projected League Finish: 1st
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 16%



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