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GENERAL
Nickname: Wildcats
Colors: Navy/Gold
Coach: Jan Miller Jr
League: Foothill
Section: Southern
Playoff Division: West Valley (II)
Playoff Division Rank: #28

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 3
Returning Defensive Starters: 1
2014 JV Record: 4-6
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Adam Varga Senior S
Travis Bird Senior T
Nate Racina Junior C

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: OL
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience, Lost 44 Seniors

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 7.9
2014 National Rank: #6031
2014 State Rank: #412
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -11.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: -3.6
2015 National Rank: #8696
2015 State Rank: #591
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 11.9
Dynasty National Rank: #4337
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 15.5
Dynasty Record: 41-53 [42-52 on the field] (11-29 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 3-7
2014 League Record/Finish: 1-4 (5th)
2014 Points For Average: 21.1
2014 Points Against Average: 32.3
2014 Differential: -11.2
2014 Wins: #6137 Golden Valley (Santa Clarita) (26-23), #8798 San Marcos (Santa Barbara) (42-14), #11723 Knight [William J.] (Palmdale) (43-12)
2014 Losses: #953 Valencia (41-0), #985 Hart [William S.] (Newhall) (42-14), #1805 Thousand Oaks (35-0), #2402 Canyon (Canyon Country) (58-27), #2902 Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth) (35-6), #3176 Oxnard (28-21), #4141 Saugus (35-32)
2014 Opponents W-L: 60-50
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 8/28 vs San Marcos (Santa Barbara), 9/4 vs Pasadena, 9/11 at Antelope Valley (Lancaster), 9/18 vs Thousand Oaks, 9/25 at Oxnard, 10/9 vs Saugus, 10/16 vs Hart [William S.] (Newhall), 10/23 at Valencia, 10/30 vs Golden Valley (Santa Clarita), 11/6 vs Canyon (Canyon Country)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Thousand Oaks (36.7), Valencia (34.8), Canyon (Canyon Country) (27.6)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: San Marcos (Santa Barbara) (-11.2), Pasadena (-2.6), Golden Valley (Santa Clarita) (6)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 18
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 16.6
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: -1.4
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #213
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2725
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 2-8
2015 Projected League Finish: 6th
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%