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GENERAL
Nickname: Huskies
Colors: Green/Gold
Coach: Kris Heavner
League: I Section II (moving from I Section V)
Playoff Division: I
Playoff Division Rank: #15

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 4
2014 JV Record: 8-1
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Luke Rudolph 6'4" 265 Senior OL/DL
Maj Williams 5'10" 180 Junior RB/FS 4.5
Tyler Griffin 6'4" 245 Senior DE 4.7

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Jake Grant 6'4" 275 Senior OL
Dalton Sneed 6'1" 185 Senior QB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Lines, Special Teams Play, Return All-Section K
Team Weaknesses: Experience, New QB, 6-7 Sophomores Playing Significant Time

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 34.4
2014 National Rank: #1376
2014 State Rank: #24
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -5.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.6
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: 25.3
2015 National Rank: #2385
2015 State Rank: #41
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 19.9
Dynasty National Rank: #2348
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 5.4
Dynasty Record: 72-58 (36-26 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 7-4
2014 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (tied for 2nd)
2014 Points For Average: 43.2
2014 Points Against Average: 30.1
2014 Differential: +13.1
2014 Wins: #1338 Paradise Valley (Phoenix) (49-45), #1612 Boulder Creek (Anthem) (56-35), #3451 Mountain Ridge (Glendale) (63-42), #4338 Millennium (Goodyear) (69-14), #5786 Desert Mountain (Scottsdale) (68-51), #6734 Corona del Sol (Tempe) (42-0), #9203 North Canyon (Phoenix) (42-2)
2014 Losses: #427 Desert Ridge (Mesa) (28-17), #440 Pinnacle (Phoenix) (52-35), #1119 Marcos de Niza (Tempe) (34-17), #1358 O'Connor [Sandra Day] (Phoenix) (28-17)
2014 Opponents W-L: 62-59
Recent League Championships: 2003 (tied for 1st; 5A Desert Valley)
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 8/21 at Mountain View (Mesa), 9/4 at Mountain View (Tucson), 9/11 Hamilton (Chandler), 9/18 at Chandler, 9/25 Desert Vista (Phoenix), 10/2 Chaparral (Scottsdale), 10/9 at Liberty (Peoria), 10/16 at Boulder Creek (Anthem), 10/23 Centennial (Peoria), 10/30 at Pinnacle (Phoenix)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Chandler (82.7), Centennial (Peoria) (62.4), Hamilton (Chandler) (57.1)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Mountain View (Mesa) (13.3), Mountain View (Tucson) (24.6), Desert Vista (Phoenix) (32.7)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 22.5 (27.2 overall)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 42.9
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +20.4
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #8
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #62
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 2-8
2015 Projected League Finish: 6th
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%