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GENERAL
Nickname: Wildcats
Colors: Royal Blue/Gold
Coach: Greg Owens
League: 5A Region II District 15
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank: #119

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 0
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
2014 JV Record: 1-9
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Cain Cody 6'3" 235 Senior WR 4.7
Bubba Hall 6'2" 175 Senior DB/WR 4.52
Jaylon Hawkins 5'9" 180 Junior RB/DB 4.48

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Larry Pryor 5'11.5" 195 Senior DB
Zach Spigner 6'0" 180 Senior S
Jess Jenkins 6'3" 275 Senior OG

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Very Athletic At Almost Every Position, Balanced On Offense, Aggressive Defense
Team Weaknesses: Very Inexperienced, Only Returning 14 Lettermen

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 26.3
2014 National Rank: #2372
2014 State Rank: #271
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -11.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -2.8
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: 12
2015 National Rank: #4996
2015 State Rank: #492
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 31.5
Dynasty National Rank: #685
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 19.5
Dynasty Record: 95-48 (46-20 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 5-6
2014 League Record/Finish: 4-3 (tied for 3rd)
2014 Points For Average: 36.5
2014 Points Against Average: 36.2
2014 Differential: +0.3
2014 Wins: #1685 Hallsville (49-42), #5019 Greenville (50-33), #7000 Pine Tree (Longview) (47-27), #7104 Sherman (41-0), #7517 Mt. Pleasant (50-28)
2014 Losses: #108 Ennis (52-47), #523 Longview (49-6), #871 Rockwall-Heath (Rockwall) (33-21), #1312 Whitehouse (56-35), #1734 Marshall (36-27), #1776 Texas (Texarkana) (42-29)
2014 Opponents W-L: 64-60
Recent State Championships: 2008 (4A-II)
Recent League Championships: 2012 (4A Region II District 14), 2011 (tied for 1st; 4A Region II District 13), 2007 (4A Region II District 11)
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 8/28 Rockwall-Heath (Rockwall), 9/4 at Sherman, 9/11 Whitehouse, 9/25 at Texas (Texarkana), 10/2 Mt. Pleasant, 10/9 at Greenville, 10/16 at Hallsville, 10/23 Pine Tree (Longview), 10/30 at Longview, 11/6 Marshall
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Marshall (39.5), Hallsville (32.6), Longview (29.7)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Mt. Pleasant (6), Greenville (6.1), Pine Tree (Longview) (7.8)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 20 (29.8 overall)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 19.3
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: -0.7
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #293
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2069
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-6
2015 Projected League Finish: 5th
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%