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GENERAL
Nickname: Lions
Colors: Blue/Orange
Coach: Ted Dalicandro
League: Dual County - Large
Playoff Division: 2
Playoff Division Rank: #30

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 2.2
2014 National Rank: #7338
2014 State Rank: #140
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: +1.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: 3.7
2015 National Rank: #6902
2015 State Rank: #125
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): -3.7
Dynasty National Rank: #9426
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 7.4
Dynasty Record: 36-95 (15-54 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 6-5
2014 League Record/Finish: 3-3 (3rd)
2014 Points For Average: 30.8
2014 Points Against Average: 32.4
2014 Differential: -1.6
2014 Wins: #5106 Acton-Boxborough (Acton) (32-28), #6753 Westford Academy (Westford) (29-22), #7968 Lynn Classical (Lynn) (34-22), #9754 Brookline (54-34), #11194 Cambridge Rindge & Latin (Cambridge) (43-33), #11495 Boston Latin (Boston) (49-20)
2014 Losses: #2862 Haverhill (42-12), #4266 Lincoln-Sudbury (Sudbury) (35-14), #4266 Lincoln-Sudbury (Sudbury) (41-21), #6753 Westford Academy (Westford) (41-16), #7666 Waltham (38-35)
2014 Opponents W-L: 52-69
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 2
Streak List: 9/11/15 Lexington (22-21), 9/19/15 Brookline (29-20)

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 9/11 at Lexington, 9/19 Brookline, 9/25 vs Boston Latin (Boston), 10/2 vs Cambridge Rindge & Latin (Cambridge), 10/9 at Acton-Boxborough (Acton), 10/16 Westford Academy (Westford), 10/24 Waltham, 11/26 Lincoln-Sudbury (Sudbury)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Lexington (25.2), Lincoln-Sudbury (Sudbury) (13.9), Acton-Boxborough (Acton) (4)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Cambridge Rindge & Latin (Cambridge) (-22.8), Boston Latin (Boston) (-20.2), Brookline (-6.6)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -3.6 (5.4 overall)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -0.9
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.7
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #168
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #8253
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-3
2015 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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