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GENERAL
Nickname: Whalers
Colors: Blue/White
Coach: Brian Ryder
League: Mayflower - Comprehensive (moving from Mayflower - Small)
Playoff Division: 4
Playoff Division Rank: #15

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 10
Returning Defensive Starters: 10
2015 JV Record: 9-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Cory Ryder 6'4" 275 Senior C 5.2
Travis Demby 5'9" 175 Senior RB/CB 4.6
Alex Small 5'9" 180 Junior RB/LB 4.7

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience
Team Weaknesses: None

RATINGS
2015 Final Power Rating: -11.3
2015 National Rank: #10390
2015 State Rank: #210
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +9.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2016 Starting Power Rating: -1.8
2016 National Rank: #8252
2016 State Rank: #165
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): -16.2
Dynasty National Rank: #12542
2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 14.4
Dynasty Record: 70-68 (47-26 in league)

HISTORICAL
2015 Overall Record: 8-3
2015 League Record/Finish: 7-0 (1st)
2015 Points For Average: 23.1
2015 Points Against Average: 10.9
2015 Differential: +12.2
2015 Wins: #10301 St. John Paul II (Hyannis) (28-6), #10843 West Bridgewater (14-6), #11942 Upper Cape Cod RVT (Bourne) (12-8), #12689 Old Colony RVT (Rochester) (30-0), #12843 South Shore Vo-Tech (Hanover) (27-8), #13923 Holbrook/Avon (Holbrook) (28-0), #14167 Sacred Heart (Kingston) (38-14), #14379 Cape Cod RVT (Harwich) (49-6)
2015 Losses: #7678 Bishop Connolly/Westport (Fall River) (31-7), #8134 Martha's Vineyard Regional (Oak Bluffs) (7-0), #10303 Blue Hills RVT (Canton) (34-21)
2015 Opponents W-L: 60-56
Recent State Championships: 2011 (E-V)
Recent League Championships: 2015 (Mayflower - Small), 2014 (Mayflower - Small), 2013 (tied for 1st; Mayflower - Small), 2011 (Mayflower - Small)
Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2016 Schedule: 9/10 Bishop Stang (North Dartmouth), 9/17 Upper Cape Cod RVT (Bourne), 9/24 at West Bridgewater, 9/30 Monomoy (Harwich), 10/8 at Sacred Heart (Kingston), 10/14 Mashpee, 10/22 Holbrook/Avon (Holbrook), 11/19 at Martha's Vineyard Regional (Oak Bluffs)
Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Mashpee (21.7), Bishop Stang (North Dartmouth) (5.4), Martha's Vineyard Regional (Oak Bluffs) (-11)
Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Sacred Heart (Kingston) (-43.1), Monomoy (Harwich) (-41.3), Holbrook/Avon (Holbrook) (-38.8)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -27.5 (-20.6 overall)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -17.8
2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +9.7
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #253
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #12693
2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-2
2016 Projected League Finish: 1st
2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%