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GENERAL
Nickname: Hawks
Colors: Blue/Gold
Coach: Kelley Moore
League: III Section V (moving from III Section VII)
Playoff Division: III
Playoff Division Rank: #22

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 2
2014 JV Record: 3-5
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Art Bojorquez 5'11" 195 Senior QB/SS 4.9
Dustin Rivera 6'0" 235 Senior OL/DL 5.1
Yancey Vanodell 5'11" 290 Senior C/DT 5.3

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Chemistry, Character, Want-To
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 15.2
2014 National Rank: #4443
2014 State Rank: #71
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -5.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: 9.7
2015 National Rank: #5531
2015 State Rank: #83
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 6.2
Dynasty National Rank: #6162
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 3.5
Dynasty Record: 78-56 (37-16 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 8-3
2014 League Record/Finish: 4-2 (3rd)
2014 Points For Average: 36.2
2014 Points Against Average: 17.5
2014 Differential: +18.7
2014 Wins: #6931 Shadow Ridge (Surprise) (43-13), #8261 Agua Fria (Avondale) (43-25), #8548 Vista Grande (Casa Grande) (21-0), #9316 Casa Grande (50-26), #10795 Sierra Linda (Phoenix) (49-7), #11177 South Mountain (Phoenix) (67-0), #12228 Copper Canyon (Glendale) (42-6), #12394 Youngker (Buckeye) (45-0)
2014 Losses: #509 Williams Field (Gilbert) (49-14), #1342 Desert Edge (Goodyear) (35-0), #3623 Verrado (Buckeye) (31-24)
2014 Opponents W-L: 45-72
Recent League Championships: 2008 (4A Skyline), 2007 (4A Skyline), 2005 (tied for 1st; 4A Skyline)
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 4
Streak List: 8/28/15 Tempe (21-13), 9/4/15 Youngker (Buckeye) (23-8), 9/11/15 Goldwater [Barry] (Phoenix) (35-21), 9/18/15 Copper Canyon (Glendale) (55-36)

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 8/28 Tempe, 9/4 at Youngker (Buckeye), 9/11 Goldwater [Barry] (Phoenix), 9/18 at Copper Canyon (Glendale), 9/25 at Kellis [Raymond S.] (Glendale), 10/2 Agua Fria (Avondale), 10/9 Verrado (Buckeye), 10/16 at La Joya Community (Avondale), 10/23 at Desert Edge (Goodyear), 10/30 Sierra Linda (Phoenix)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Desert Edge (Goodyear) (42.1), Verrado (Buckeye) (18.6), Tempe (17.7)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Youngker (Buckeye) (-33.3), Copper Canyon (Glendale) (-19.6), Kellis [Raymond S.] (Glendale) (-12.4)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -3.4 (6.1 overall)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 0.8
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +4.2
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #103
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #7661
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2015 Projected League Finish: 4th
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%