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GENERAL
Nickname: Purples
Colors: Purple/Old Gold
Coach: Kevin Wallace
League: 5A District 2
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank: #1

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 9
Returning Defensive Starters: 3
2015 JV Record: 6-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Jamale Carothers 5'9" 185 Senior RB 4.52
Deangelo Wilson 5'10" 165 Senior WR 4.59
Dalan Cofer 6'2" 225 Senior DE 4.72

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Jordan Meredith 6'3" 280 Senior OL
Dane Drobocky 6'4" 210 Senior TE

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Team Speed, Experienced/Talented Skill Position Players, Defensive Front
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience In Defensive Back 7, Lack Of Depth In Certain Areas

RATINGS
2015 Final Power Rating: 51
2015 National Rank: #305
2015 State Rank: #5
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.1
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.5
2016 Starting Power Rating: 53.4
2016 National Rank: #229
2016 State Rank: #7
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 40.8
Dynasty National Rank: #215
2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 12.6
Dynasty Record: 159-20 (53-2 in league)

HISTORICAL
2015 Overall Record: 14-1
2015 League Record/Finish: 3-0 (1st)
2015 Points For Average: 38.3
2015 Points Against Average: 12.5
2015 Differential: +25.8
2015 Wins: #1065 Pulaski County (Somerset) (21-7), #1183 Owensboro (41-12), #1183 Owensboro (17-14), #1356 Central Hardin (Cecilia) (42-6), #1519 Fern Creek (Louisville) (21-0), #1756 McCracken County (Paducah) (38-14), #2648 Greenwood (Bowling Green) (49-14), #2695 Christian County (Hopkinsville) (41-21), #2695 Christian County (Hopkinsville) (55-14), #4626 Warren Central (Bowling Green) (32-7), #5454 Monroe County (Tompkinsville) (44-7), #7214 Apollo (Owensboro) (50-7), #8270 Barren County (Glasgow) (48-7), #11922 Grayson County (Leitchfield) (56-13)
2015 Losses: #409 St. Xavier (Louisville) (45-19)
2015 Opponents W-L: 118-68
Recent State Championships: 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011
Recent League Championships: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2009 (tied for 1st), 2008, 2007, 2006 (3A District 2), 2005 (3A District 2), 2004 (3A District 2), 2003 (3A District 2)
Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: 15
Streak List: 9/11/15 Owensboro (17-14), 9/18/15 Warren Central (Bowling Green) (32-7), 9/25/15 Central Hardin (Cecilia) (42-6), 10/1/15 Grayson County (Leitchfield) (56-13), 10/16/15 Barren County (Glasgow) (48-7), 10/23/15 Greenwood (Bowling Green) (49-14), 10/30/15 McCracken County (Paducah) (38-14), 11/6/15 Apollo (Owensboro) (50-7), 11/13/15 Christian County (Hopkinsville) (41-21), 11/20/15 Owensboro (41-12), 11/27/15 Fern Creek (Louisville) (21-0), 12/5/15 Pulaski County (Somerset) (21-7), 8/20/16 Hardin [John] (Elizabethtown) (48-22), 8/26/16 Christian County (Hopkinsville) (42-22), 9/2/16 St. Xavier (Louisville) (31-10)

SCHEDULE
2016 Schedule: 8/20 vs Hardin [John] (Elizabethtown), 8/26 Christian County (Hopkinsville), 9/2 St. Xavier (Louisville), 9/9 at Owensboro, 9/16 at Warren Central (Bowling Green), 9/23 Central Hardin (Cecilia), 9/29 at Grayson County (Leitchfield), 10/14 at Barren County (Glasgow), 10/21 Greenwood (Bowling Green), 10/28 at McCracken County (Paducah)
Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: St. Xavier (Louisville) (48.5), Central Hardin (Cecilia) (36.3), Owensboro (34.6)
Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Grayson County (Leitchfield) (-22.5), Barren County (Glasgow) (-2.5), Warren Central (Bowling Green) (1.7)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 18.1 (24 overall)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 21.3
2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.2
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #21
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1742
2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 10-0
2016 Projected League Finish: 1st
2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 67%