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GENERAL
Nickname: Hawks
Colors: Brown/Gold
Coach: Joe Henrich
League: Eastern Pennsylvania - North (moving from Eastern Pennsylvania)
Playoff Division: AAA
Playoff Division Rank: #5

SENIOR D1 PROSPECTS
Joe Jay Smith 6'2" 205 Senior DB
Elijah Fineran 6'4" 195 Senior WR

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Freddie Simmons 6'3" 175 Senior WR
Dante Lonardo 6'4" 245 Senior DE

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 41.6
2014 National Rank: #737
2014 State Rank: #26
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -2.4
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.4
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: +3.9
2015 Starting Power Rating: 43.1
2015 National Rank: #585
2015 State Rank: #26
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 21.6
Dynasty National Rank: #2018
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 21.5
Dynasty Record: 64-68 (46-53 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 12-2
2014 League Record/Finish: 9-1 (3rd)
2014 Points For Average: 41.7
2014 Points Against Average: 17.6
2014 Differential: +24.1
2014 Wins: #1012 Crestwood (Mountain Top) (42-28), #1981 Liberty (Bethlehem) (56-27), #2585 Pleasant Valley (Brodheadsville) (40-38), #2757 Saucon Valley (Hellertown) (49-7), #2934 Lehighton (48-18), #3988 Allentown Central Catholic (Allentown) (28-13), #4013 Dieruff [Louis E.] (Allentown) (65-21), #4429 East Stroudsburg North (Dingmans Ferry) (41-24), #4714 East Stroudsburg South (East Stroudsburg) (42-0), #8255 Pocono Mountain East (Swiftwater) (52-0), #8719 Pocono Mountain West (Pocono Summit) (46-6), #11277 Allen [William] (Allentown) (56-12)
2014 Losses: #573 Somerset (30-0), #875 Stroudsburg (23-19)
2014 Opponents W-L: 84-72
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 2
Streak List: 9/11/15 Pleasant Valley (Brodheadsville) (54-21), 9/19/15 Pocono Mountain West (Pocono Summit) (54-6)

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 9/5 Liberty (Bethlehem), 9/11 at Pleasant Valley (Brodheadsville), 9/19 Pocono Mountain West (Pocono Summit), 9/25 at East Stroudsburg South (East Stroudsburg), 10/3 Dieruff [Louis E.] (Allentown), 10/9 at East Stroudsburg North (Dingmans Ferry), 10/17 Pocono Mountain East (Swiftwater), 10/23 at Stroudsburg, 10/30 at Allen [William] (Allentown), 11/6 Allentown Central Catholic (Allentown)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Liberty (Bethlehem) (37.9), Stroudsburg (35), East Stroudsburg South (East Stroudsburg) (19.7)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Allen [William] (Allentown) (-6.9), Pocono Mountain West (Pocono Summit) (-2.3), Pocono Mountain East (Swiftwater) (0.2)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 9.4 (22.4 overall)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +4.6
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #118
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3415
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 10-0
2015 Projected League Finish: 1st
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 60%



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