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GENERAL
Nickname: Northstars
Colors: Blue/Gold
Coach: Jon Adams
League: West Jersey - Valley (moving from West Jersey - Colonial)
Playoff Division: Central Group 4
Playoff Division Rank: #13

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 8
Returning Defensive Starters: 8
2015 JV Record: 2-7
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Kier Jenkins 6'4" 210 Junior MLB 4.6
Eric Mitchell 5'8" 180 Senior WR/S 4.5
Devion Stokes 6'0" 225 Senior DL/OL 4.8

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Defense, Great Depth, Very Good Special Teams
Team Weaknesses: Don't Have QB Yet

RATINGS
2015 Final Power Rating: -8.1
2015 National Rank: #9775
2015 State Rank: #256
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +3.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2016 Starting Power Rating: -4.6
2016 National Rank: #8907
2016 State Rank: #238
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 3.9
Dynasty National Rank: #6925
2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 8.5
Dynasty Record: 73-60 (28-21 in league)

HISTORICAL
2015 Overall Record: 2-8
2015 League Record/Finish: 1-4 (6th)
2015 Points For Average: 9
2015 Points Against Average: 19.6
2015 Differential: -10.6
2015 Wins: #3813 Allentown (20-14), #13474 West Windsor-Plainsboro South (Princeton Junction) (34-14)
2015 Losses: #1783 Lenape (Medford) (35-0), #3872 Notre Dame (Lawrenceville) (17-10), #4598 Trenton Central (Trenton) (38-0), #4988 Pemberton (17-13), #5204 Rancocas Valley (Mt. Holly) (35-0), #5319 Steinert (Hamilton) (10-0), #7913 Colts Neck (9-7), #9079 Hamilton (7-6)
2015 Opponents W-L: 53-51
Recent Section Championships: 2012 (Central III)
Recent League Championships: 2013 (tied for 1st), 2011 (tied for 1st), 2010, 2008 (Colonial Valley - Valley), 2007 (tied for 1st; Colonial Valley - Valley), 2003 (tied for 1st; Colonial Valley- Valley)
Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2016 Schedule: 9/10 Hightstown, 9/16 at Hopewell Valley Central (Pennington), 9/23 at Ewing (Trenton), 10/1 West Windsor-Plainsboro North (Plainsboro), 10/7 at West Windsor-Plainsboro South (Princeton Junction), 10/14 at Notre Dame (Lawrenceville), 10/22 Lawrence (Lawrenceville), 10/29 Steinert (Hamilton), 11/5 at Hamilton
Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Notre Dame (Lawrenceville) (13.8), Steinert (Hamilton) (13), Hopewell Valley Central (Pennington) (3.1)
Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Lawrence (Lawrenceville) (-33.2), West Windsor-Plainsboro South (Princeton Junction) (-29.4), Hightstown (-25.5)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5 (7.8 overall)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -8.8
2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: -13.8
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #276
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #10700
2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-4
2016 Projected League Finish: 1st
2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%