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GENERAL
Nickname: Hornets
Colors: Maroon/White
Coach: Paul Essary
League: 4A-1 Region II District 8
Playoff Division: 4A-1
Playoff Division Rank: #32

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Travon Fuller 6'1" 170 Senior DB

RATINGS
2015 Final Power Rating: 32.8
2015 National Rank: #1535
2015 State Rank: #180
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.9
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -9.1
2016 Starting Power Rating: 21.8
2016 National Rank: #2969
2016 State Rank: #316
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 14.2
Dynasty National Rank: #3745
2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 7.6
Dynasty Record: 67-75 (32-31 in league)

HISTORICAL
2015 Overall Record: 8-4
2015 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (2nd)
2015 Points For Average: 35.3
2015 Points Against Average: 26.1
2015 Differential: +9.2
2015 Wins: #1470 Hallsville (32-13), #2536 Van (33-28), #2773 Princeton (59-36), #3015 Crandall (35-12), #5602 Wills Point (42-14), #5861 Robinson (24-21), #6646 Rusk (55-23), #7338 Mabank (41-23)
2015 Losses: #695 Kennedale (47-26), #806 Kaufman (25-22), #1174 Henderson (35-20), #4233 Diboll (36-34)
2015 Opponents W-L: 71-60
Recent League Championships: 2013 (3A Region II District 15), 2007 (tied for 1st; 3A Region II District 14)
Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2016 Schedule: 8/26 at Mexia, 9/2 at Fairfield, 9/9 Red Oak, 9/16 Robinson, 9/23 at Mabank, 9/30 Van, 10/7 at Kaufman, 10/14 Terrell, 10/21 at Crandall, 11/4 Brownsboro
Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Terrell (43.1), Kaufman (38.6), Crandall (22.5)
Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Mabank (6.2), Brownsboro (9.8), Red Oak (14.9)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 17.4 (24 overall)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 20.8
2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.4
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #290
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1832
2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2016 Projected League Finish: 4th
2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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