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GENERAL
Nickname: Lions
Colors: Maroon/White
Coach: John Franco
League: WPIAL AAAA Foothills
Playoff Division: AAAA
Playoff Division Rank: #31

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Kevin Givens 6'2" 245 Senior LB

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 34.4
2014 National Rank: #1373
2014 State Rank: #53
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -2.2
2015 Starting Power Rating: 30.7
2015 National Rank: #1647
2015 State Rank: #57
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 16.7
Dynasty National Rank: #3070
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 14
Dynasty Record: 53-69 (35-47 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 8-3
2014 League Record/Finish: 6-2 (3rd)
2014 Points For Average: 24.8
2014 Points Against Average: 20.5
2014 Differential: +4.3
2014 Wins: #1568 Plum (Pittsburgh) (14-11), #2676 Norwin (North Huntingdon) (30-21), #2718 Bethel Park (27-17), #4103 Connellsville (42-6), #4377 Hempfield Area (Greensburg) (35-12), #5738 Butler (28-10), #6025 Greater Latrobe (Latrobe) (24-14), #8992 Kiski Area (Vandergrift) (28-10)
2014 Losses: #95 Pine-Richland (Gibsonia) (49-7), #425 Penn-Trafford (Harrison City) (42-21), #784 McKeesport (33-17)
2014 Opponents W-L: 62-55
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 9/4 at Butler, 9/11 at McKeesport, 9/18 Plum (Pittsburgh), 9/25 Penn-Trafford (Harrison City), 10/2 at Norwin (North Huntingdon), 10/9 at Greater Latrobe (Latrobe), 10/16 Kiski Area (Vandergrift), 10/23 Hempfield Area (Greensburg), 10/30 at Connellsville
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Penn-Trafford (Harrison City) (46.1), McKeesport (45.8), Plum (Pittsburgh) (23.8)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Butler (1.8), Kiski Area (Vandergrift) (4.3), Connellsville (5.8)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 15.4 (28 overall)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 19.5
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +4.1
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #62
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2026
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-2
2015 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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