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GENERAL
Nickname: Lions
Colors: Blue/Gold
Coach: Jordan Echer
League: Tri-Valley (moving from Central Plains)
Playoff Division: 3A
Playoff Division Rank: #58

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Weston Scott 5'10" 165 Senior ATH/DB 4.7
Jake Lanier 6'1" 160 Senior QB/CB 5.16
Jason Standfast 6'3" 230 Senior OL/DE 5.17

RATINGS
2015 Final Power Rating: -32.6
2015 National Rank: #13407
2015 State Rank: #215
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2016 Starting Power Rating: -36.1
2016 National Rank: #13584
2016 State Rank: #216
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): -26
Dynasty National Rank: #13842
2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 10.1
Dynasty Record: 11-108 (9-81 in league)

HISTORICAL
2015 Overall Record: 1-8
2015 League Record/Finish: 1-7 (9th)
2015 Points For Average: 8
2015 Points Against Average: 44.9
2015 Differential: -36.9
2015 Wins: #13988 Belle Plaine (36-20)
2015 Losses: #674 Collegiate (Wichita) (76-0), #3355 Garden Plain (34-0), #6985 Conway Springs (53-8), #7618 Anthony-Harper-Chaparral (Anthony) (45-0), #7788 Cheney (49-16), #8824 Independent (Wichita) (57-0), #11594 Medicine Lodge (56-6), #13001 Douglass (14-6)
2015 Opponents W-L: 51-41
Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2016 Schedule: 9/9 Erie, 9/9 Humboldt, 9/16 at Caney Valley (Caney), 9/23 Eureka, 9/30 at Fredonia/Elk Valley (Fredonia), 10/14 Independent (Wichita), 10/21 at Belle Plaine, 10/27 at Douglass
Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Independent (Wichita) (-1.3), Caney Valley (Caney) (-7.8), Humboldt (-21.3)
Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Eureka (-33.3), Belle Plaine (-31.7), Erie (-30.4)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -2.3
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -18.9
2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: -16.6
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #205
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #12459
2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 1-8
2016 Projected League Finish: 7th
2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%