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GENERAL
Nickname: Panthers
Colors: Orange/Green
Coach: Carl Scudder
League: East Yosemite
Section: Central
Playoff Division: 3
Playoff Division Rank: #9

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2014 JV Record: 7-2-1
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Isaiah Jones 6'1" 200 Senior RB 4.5
Jose Cordova 6'0" 195 Senior ILB 4.7
Wyatt Della 6'1" 220 Junior OL/DL 5.1

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Good Core Of Returning Starters, Improved Maturity, Good Group Of Sophomores Moving To Varsity
Team Weaknesses: Untested

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 9
2014 National Rank: #5782
2014 State Rank: #398
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: 8.5
2015 National Rank: #5785
2015 State Rank: #407
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 5.7
Dynasty National Rank: #6337
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 2.8
Dynasty Record: 64-71 (37-35 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 4-7
2014 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (tied for 3rd)
2014 Points For Average: 28
2014 Points Against Average: 35.2
2014 Differential: -7.2
2014 Wins: #4301 Tulare Western (Tulare) (49-28), #7361 Monache (Porterville) (49-31), #8595 Delano (42-22), #10537 West (Bakersfield) (31-20)
2014 Losses: #984 Hanford (33-7), #1144 Dinuba (41-10), #2322 Centennial (Bakersfield) (42-25), #2944 Mission Oak (Tulare) (42-20), #2962 Tulare Union (Tulare) (55-34), #3188 Buchanan (Clovis) (31-6), #3511 San Joaquin Memorial (Fresno) (42-35)
2014 Opponents W-L: 71-56
Recent League Championships: 2010
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 8/28 at Centennial (Bakersfield), 9/4 vs West (Bakersfield), 9/18 vs Hanford, 9/25 at Dinuba, 10/2 vs Buchanan (Clovis), 10/8 vs Mission Oak (Tulare), 10/16 vs Tulare Western (Tulare), 10/23 vs Tulare Union (Tulare), 10/29 vs Delano, 11/6 vs Monache (Porterville)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Hanford (41.6), Dinuba (40.1), Tulare Union (Tulare) (33.7)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Delano (-13), West (Bakersfield) (-6.3), Monache (Porterville) (11.7)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13.8 (17.7 overall)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 17.9
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +4.1
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #190
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2398
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-7
2015 Projected League Finish: 5th
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%