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GENERAL
Nickname: Knights
Colors: Purple/Silver/Black
Coach: Ron Shipley
League: Desert Valley (moving from De Anza)
Section: Southern
Playoff Division: 10
Playoff Division Rank: #19

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2015 JV Record: 7-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Seth Morales 5'11" 170 Senior QB 4.8
T.J. Lew 6'3" 270 Senior OL/DL 5.1
Sammy Venegas 6'0" 220 Senior LB 4.9

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: QB, OL
Team Weaknesses: Secondary/WR Inexperience

RATINGS
2015 Final Power Rating: 0.9
2015 National Rank: #7643
2015 State Rank: #542
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2016 Starting Power Rating: 3.4
2016 National Rank: #7003
2016 State Rank: #488
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): -7.7
Dynasty National Rank: #10584
2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 11.1
Dynasty Record: 31-34 (17-15 in league)

HISTORICAL
2015 Overall Record: 5-5
2015 League Record/Finish: 4-2 (3rd)
2015 Points For Average: 27.8
2015 Points Against Average: 20.9
2015 Differential: +6.9
2015 Wins: #8053 Desert Hot Springs (13-7), #11207 Cathedral City (50-0), #11280 Big Bear (Big Bear City) (34-15), #11465 Desert Mirage (Thermal) (49-14), #12293 Yucca Valley (42-7)
2015 Losses: #2730 Palm Desert (45-7), #4085 Twentynine Palms (21-14), #5391 Rancho Mirage (20-14), #6232 Brawley (24-21), #7329 Perris (56-34)
2015 Opponents W-L: 56-52
Recent League Championships: 2014 (De Anza)
Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2016 Schedule: 8/26 at West Valley (Hemet), 9/2 at Rancho Mirage, 9/9 Tahquitz (Hemet), 9/16 Hemet, 9/23 at Cathedral City, 9/30 Palm Desert, 10/7 Indio, 10/13 at La Quinta, 10/21 Palm Springs, 11/4 at Xavier Prep (Palm Desert)
Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: La Quinta (25.6), Palm Springs (21.8), Palm Desert (20.2)
Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Indio (-29.6), West Valley (Hemet) (-15.8), Tahquitz (Hemet) (-7.8)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -1
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 1.8
2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.8
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #497
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #7310
2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2016 Projected League Finish: 4th
2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%