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GENERAL
Nickname: Spongers
Colors: Maroon/White
Coach: Atif Austin
League: 5A District 9 (moving from 5A District 8)
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank: #53

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Mitchell Wilcox 6'4" 230 Senior TE
Louie Zervos 5'9" 165 Senior K

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 23.2
2014 National Rank: #2870
2014 State Rank: #200
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -2.8
Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -9.8
2015 Starting Power Rating: 10.6
2015 National Rank: #5321
2015 State Rank: #322
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 14.8
Dynasty National Rank: #3561
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 4.2
Dynasty Record: 73-57 (32-20 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 7-4
2014 League Record/Finish: 3-1 (2nd)
2014 Points For Average: 28.3
2014 Points Against Average: 25.1
2014 Differential: +3.2
2014 Wins: #3244 Tampa Catholic (Tampa) (35-14), #3676 Clearwater (27-13), #3838 Osceola (Seminole) (31-21), #4147 Gibbs (St. Petersburg) (31-26), #6892 Boca Ciega (Gulfport) (27-12), #6940 Dunedin (10-7), #7292 Hollins [Dixie] (St. Petersburg) (59-52)
2014 Losses: #169 East Lake (Tarpon Springs) (24-14), #1458 Countryside (Clearwater) (29-20), #1793 Lakewood (St. Petersburg) (49-29), #2584 River Ridge (New Port Richey) (29-28)
2014 Opponents W-L: 61-58
Recent League Championships: 2009 (4A District 6), 2005 (4A District 8)
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 8/28 at Clearwater, 9/4 Hollins [Dixie] (St. Petersburg), 9/11 Largo, 9/18 at Pinellas Park (Largo), 9/25 at East Lake (Tarpon Springs), 10/2 Gibbs (St. Petersburg), 10/16 Dunedin, 10/23 at Palm Harbor University (Palm Harbor), 10/30 Lakewood (St. Petersburg)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: East Lake (Tarpon Springs) (39.1), Clearwater (24.7), Largo (23.3)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Palm Harbor University (Palm Harbor) (-10.2), Hollins [Dixie] (St. Petersburg) (-9), Dunedin (-2.5)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 19.7 (21.3 overall)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 12.9
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: -6.8
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #299
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3716
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-5
2015 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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