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GENERAL
Nickname: Lions
Colors: Blue/Gold
Coach: Joe Polce
League: Monocacy Valley - Piedmont
Playoff Division: 2A
Playoff Division Rank: #18

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 2
Returning Defensive Starters: 2
2014 JV Record: 0-7
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Austin Farinholt 6'1" 215 OL/DL 4.85
Chad Gleason 5'7" 170 RB/DB 4.5
Jordan Ward 6'0" 250 OL/DL 5.3

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Young Talent/Speed At Skill Positions
Team Weaknesses: Overall Team Inexperience

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 19.1
2014 National Rank: #3639
2014 State Rank: #60
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -12.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: 6.6
2015 National Rank: #6187
2015 State Rank: #99
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 10
Dynasty National Rank: #4944
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 3.4
Dynasty Record: 63-64 (28-36 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 5-5
2014 League Record/Finish: 2-5 (tied for 6th)
2014 Points For Average: 21.6
2014 Points Against Average: 18.8
2014 Differential: +2.8
2014 Wins: #3702 Liberty (Sykesville) (21-20), #5026 Tuscarora (Frederick) (55-18), #5090 Catoctin (Thurmont) (14-6), #5500 Boonsboro (24-7), #8721 Frederick (43-8)
2014 Losses: #501 Linganore (Frederick) (27-7), #1863 Urbana (Ijamsville) (48-7), #2283 Oakdale (Ijamsville) (14-13), #3532 Johnson [Governor Thomas] (Frederick) (27-20), #4834 Middletown (13-12)
2014 Opponents W-L: 62-44
Recent League Championships: 2011 (tied for 1st)
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 5
Streak List: 10/31/14 Frederick (43-8), 11/7/14 Tuscarora (Frederick) (55-18), 9/4/15 Johnson [Governor Thomas] (Frederick) (35-29), 9/11/15 Liberty (Sykesville) (41-6), 9/18/15 Key [Francis Scott] (Union Bridge) (56-12)

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 9/4 at Johnson [Governor Thomas] (Frederick), 9/11 Liberty (Sykesville), 9/18 at Key [Francis Scott] (Union Bridge), 9/25 Blake [James Hubert] (Silver Spring), 10/2 at Linganore (Frederick), 10/9 at Catoctin (Thurmont), 10/16 Oakdale (Ijamsville), 10/23 Brunswick, 10/30 Frederick, 11/6 at Middletown
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Linganore (Frederick) (41.5), Oakdale (Ijamsville) (28.2), Liberty (Sykesville) (19.5)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Key [Francis Scott] (Union Bridge) (-20.4), Frederick (-14), Blake [James Hubert] (Silver Spring) (-3.6)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 18.6
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8.4
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: -10.2
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #73
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5098
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2015 Projected League Finish: 4th
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%