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GENERAL
Nickname: Wolves
Colors: Black/Vegas Gold
Coach: Ledford Gibson
League: 2A Southern District 7
Playoff Division: 2A
Playoff Division Rank: #5

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 4
2015 JV Record: 6-4
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Cordel Littlejohn 6'3" 195 Junior QB 4.6
Langdon Givens 6'2" 180 Senior WR/DB 4.5
Noah Keeneer 6'2" 275 Senior OL 5.1

RATINGS
2015 Final Power Rating: 32.3
2015 National Rank: #1585
2015 State Rank: #41
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.4
2016 Starting Power Rating: 30.8
2016 National Rank: #1693
2016 State Rank: #48
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 21.1
Dynasty National Rank: #2138
2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 9.7
Dynasty Record: 133-51 (66-17 in league)

HISTORICAL
2015 Overall Record: 12-3
2015 League Record/Finish: 6-1 (2nd)
2015 Points For Average: 38.8
2015 Points Against Average: 15.1
2015 Differential: +23.7
2015 Wins: #3328 Maiden (37-12), #3751 Mountain Heritage (Burnsville) (34-16), #4432 Reidsville (36-6), #5096 East Gaston (Mt. Holly) (43-33), #5896 West Caldwell (Lenoir) (41-7), #6313 Lexington (40-0), #7222 Newton-Conover (Newton) (52-0), #7324 North Gaston (Dallas) (37-13), #9068 North Lincoln (Lincolnton) (62-8), #9563 West Lincoln (Lincolnton) (34-0), #10485 Bandys (Catawba) (49-13), #11019 Bunker Hill (Claremont) (55-0)
2015 Losses: #425 Shelby (37-21), #950 South Point (Belmont) (42-20), #1472 East Lincoln (Denver) (40-21)
2015 Opponents W-L: 113-77
Recent State Championships: 2007
Recent League Championships: 2011 (2A/1A Southern Piedmont), 2010 (2A/1A Southern Piedmont), 2007 (Southern Piedmont), 2005 (Southern Piedmont)
Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: 3
Streak List: 8/19/16 North Lincoln (Lincolnton) (63-7), 8/26/16 South Point (Belmont) (25-24), 9/2/16 North Gaston (Dallas) (61-34)

SCHEDULE
2016 Schedule: 8/19 at North Lincoln (Lincolnton), 8/26 at South Point (Belmont), 9/2 North Gaston (Dallas), 9/9 at East Gaston (Mt. Holly), 9/16 West Lincoln (Lincolnton), 9/30 at East Lincoln (Denver), 10/7 at Bandys (Catawba), 10/14 Bunker Hill (Claremont), 10/21 at Newton-Conover (Newton), 10/28 West Caldwell (Lenoir), 11/4 Maiden
Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: South Point (Belmont) (38.6), East Lincoln (Denver) (30.5), Maiden (30.3)
Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Bandys (Catawba) (-16.3), Bunker Hill (Claremont) (-14.5), Newton-Conover (Newton) (-7.1)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 3.5 (13.8 overall)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.7
2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.2
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #186
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5766
2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-2
2016 Projected League Finish: 1st
2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 3%