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GENERAL
Nickname: Bears
Colors: Red/White/Black
Coach: Edgar Mares
League: South Sequoia
Section: Central
Playoff Division: 4
Playoff Division Rank: #18

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 3
Returning Defensive Starters: 2
2015 JV Record: 5-5
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Rafael Velasquez 5'10" 235 Senior RB/LB 5.1
Chris Torres 5'9" 165 Senior RB/DB 4.7
Gabriel Zepeda 6'4" 175 Senior WR 4.8

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Talented JV Group Moving Up
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience

RATINGS
2015 Final Power Rating: -15.5
2015 National Rank: #11158
2015 State Rank: #768
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -9.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2016 Starting Power Rating: -25
2016 National Rank: #12566
2016 State Rank: #894
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): -3.6
Dynasty National Rank: #9365
2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 21.4
Dynasty Record: 56-84 (31-38 in league)

HISTORICAL
2015 Overall Record: 2-8
2015 League Record/Finish: 1-5 (tied for 5th)
2015 Points For Average: 13.8
2015 Points Against Average: 33.1
2015 Differential: -19.3
2015 Wins: #11093 Wasco (33-28), #12398 Foothill (Bakersfield) (35-27)
2015 Losses: #3625 Chavez [Cesar] (Delano) (42-0), #4361 Tehachapi (28-8), #5016 South (Bakersfield) (45-14), #6218 Bakersfield Christian (Bakersfield) (42-6), #6570 Taft (40-0), #7195 Kennedy [Robert F.] (Delano) (37-21), #8504 Highland (Bakersfield) (21-7), #12050 Shafter (21-14)
2015 Opponents W-L: 64-48
Recent League Championships: 2006
Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2016 Schedule: 8/26 Highland (Bakersfield), 9/2 Foothill (Bakersfield), 9/9 at South (Bakersfield), 9/16 at Mira Monte (Bakersfield), 9/23 Taft, 9/30 Shafter, 10/14 at Kennedy [Robert F.] (Delano), 10/21 at Bakersfield Christian (Bakersfield), 10/28 Wasco, 11/4 at Chavez [Cesar] (Delano)
Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Chavez [Cesar] (Delano) (26), South (Bakersfield) (12.4), Bakersfield Christian (Bakersfield) (11.2)
Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Mira Monte (Bakersfield) (-35.6), Shafter (-20.5), Wasco (-14.9)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 0.1
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -4.1
2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: -4.2
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #636
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #9295
2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 2-8
2016 Projected League Finish: 7th
2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%