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GENERAL
Nickname: Mavericks
Colors: Green/Vegas Gold/Midnight Blue
Coach: Sean Sovacool
League: Avocado - West
Section: San Diego
Playoff Division: 1
Playoff Division Rank: #12

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 7
Returning Defensive Starters: 2
2014 JV Record: 7-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Tanner Clark 6'2" 200 QB/ATH 4.7
Carson Sutherland 6'4" 295 OL
Jacob Cesear 6'6" 190 LB/WR 4.47

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Depth At LB, DL Very Active To Ball, Home Run Potential In Backfield
Team Weaknesses: Depth In Secondary, Only 1 Returning Secondary Starter, OL Depth

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 33.4
2014 National Rank: #1449
2014 State Rank: #123
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -4.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: 28.9
2015 National Rank: #1865
2015 State Rank: #145
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 36.2
Dynasty National Rank: #354
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 7.3
Dynasty Record: 97-45 [98-44 on the field] (43-11 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 6-6
2014 League Record/Finish: 0-4 (5th)
2014 Points For Average: 20.5
2014 Points Against Average: 20.8
2014 Differential: -0.3
2014 Wins: #338 Trabuco Hills (Mission Viejo) (34-7), #965 Rancho Bernardo (San Diego) (21-13), #1652 Hoover [Herbert] (San Diego) (21-9), #2027 Vista (17-0), #2708 Grossmont (El Cajon) (47-28), #5483 Westview (San Diego) (35-21)
2014 Losses: #61 Oceanside (35-6), #995 Madison (San Diego) (49-34), #1003 Corona del Mar (Newport Beach) (38-0), #1051 Carlsbad (27-26), #1171 Torrey Pines (San Diego) (13-0), #1980 El Camino (Oceanside) (9-5)
2014 Opponents W-L: 96-54
Recent Section Championships: 2008 (I)
Recent League Championships: 2011, 2010 (tied for 1st), 2009 (Avocado), 2008 (Avocado), 2007 (tied for 1st; Palomar), 2006 (Palomar), 2003 (tied for 1st; Avocado)
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 3
Streak List: 9/4/15 Trabuco Hills (Mission Viejo) (37-21), 9/11/15 Hoover [Herbert] (San Diego) (52-12), 9/18/15 Rancho Bernardo (San Diego) (27-13)

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 8/28 Desert Vista (Phoenix, AZ), 9/4 at Trabuco Hills (Mission Viejo), 9/11 Hoover [Herbert] (San Diego), 9/18 at Rancho Bernardo (San Diego), 9/25 Vista, 10/9 at El Camino (Oceanside), 10/16 Carlsbad, 10/23 Westview (San Diego), 10/30 at Oceanside, 11/6 at Torrey Pines (San Diego)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Oceanside (47.5), Trabuco Hills (Mission Viejo) (44.8), Torrey Pines (San Diego) (44.1)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Westview (San Diego) (4.5), Vista (21), El Camino (Oceanside) (25.9)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 31.2 (34.7 overall)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 32
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.8
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #40
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #373
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-6
2015 Projected League Finish: 4th
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%