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GENERAL
Nickname: Stars
Colors: Navy/White
Coach: Galen Brantley Jr
League: Northern Lights
Playoff Division: Medium
Playoff Division Rank: #1

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 4
2015 JV Record: 6-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Kyle Marcuson 6'1" 260 Senior OL/DL 5.2
Wendell Tuisaula 5'10" 220 Junior G/ILB 5.0
Bryce Martin 5'10" 205 Senior G/ILB 5.0

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: OL, LBs
Team Weaknesses: Secondary, Untested RBs

RATINGS
2015 Final Power Rating: 41.7
2015 National Rank: #724
2015 State Rank: #2
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -5.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.3
2016 Starting Power Rating: 36.2
2016 National Rank: #1103
2016 State Rank: #2
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 26.5
Dynasty National Rank: #1275
2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 9.7
Dynasty Record: 110-18 (55-4 in league)

HISTORICAL
2015 Overall Record: 10-0
2015 League Record/Finish: 4-0 (1st)
2015 Points For Average: 45.1
2015 Points Against Average: 13.8
2015 Differential: +31.3
2015 Wins: #2462 Kenai Central (Kenai) (23-0), #2462 Kenai Central (Kenai) (33-18), #3061 Colony (Palmer) (45-20), #3488 Lathrop (Fairbanks) (55-14), #3794 Palmer (42-7), #3851 South (Anchorage) (21-17), #6591 Service (Anchorage) (72-29), #8264 Kodiak (49-14), #8320 Thunder Mountain (Juneau) (49-13), #12803 Eagle River (62-6)
2015 Losses: none
2015 Opponents W-L: 37-47
Recent State Championships: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010 (Small), 2008 (Small), 2007 (Small), 2006 (Small)
Recent League Championships: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006
Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: 43
Streak List: 8/18/12 Ketchikan (70-0), 8/24/12 Skyview (Soldotna) (73-7), 9/1/12 Homer (38-8), 9/7/12 Houston (Big Lake) (60-0), 9/15/12 Kodiak (41-7), 9/21/12 Wasilla (68-48), 9/29/12 Kenai Central (Kenai) (35-13), 10/6/12 Kodiak (62-7), 10/13/12 Homer (62-20), 8/17/13 Eielson [Ben] (Eielson AFB) (55-19), 8/23/13 Colony (Palmer) (47-24), 8/30/13 Houston (Big Lake) (76-28), 9/6/13 Thunder Mountain (Juneau) (62-6), 9/14/13 Kodiak (63-0), 9/21/13 Homer (59-0), 9/28/13 Skyview (Soldotna) (54-0), 10/5/13 Kenai Central (Kenai) (58-10), 10/12/13 Houston (Big Lake) (69-13), 10/19/13 North Pole (63-33), 10/26/13 Juneau-Douglas (Juneau) (56-49), 8/16/14 Eagle River (53-6), 8/22/14 Palmer (33-0), 8/30/14 Thunder Mountain (Juneau) (62-0), 9/13/14 Kodiak (48-0), 9/20/14 Homer (51-6), 9/27/14 West Valley (Fairbanks) (67-30), 10/4/14 Kenai Central (Kenai) (21-14), 10/11/14 Juneau-Douglas (Juneau) (44-6), 10/18/14 North Pole (57-28), 8/14/15 South (Anchorage) (21-17), 8/21/15 Colony (Palmer) (45-20), 8/29/15 Service (Anchorage) (72-29), 9/5/15 Kodiak (49-14), 9/11/15 Palmer (42-7), 9/19/15 Eagle River (62-6), 9/26/15 Lathrop (Fairbanks) (55-14), 10/3/15 Kenai Central (Kenai) (23-0), 10/10/15 Thunder Mountain (Juneau) (49-13), 10/17/15 Kenai Central (Kenai) (33-18), 8/12/16 West (Anchorage) (49-30), 8/19/16 North Pole (57-13), 8/26/16 Wasilla (44-0), 9/3/16 East (Anchorage) (22-21)

SCHEDULE
2016 Schedule: 8/12 West (Anchorage), 8/19 North Pole, 8/26 at Wasilla, 9/3 at East (Anchorage), 9/9 Palmer, 9/16 at Kodiak, 9/24 at Eagle River, 10/1 Kenai Central (Kenai)
Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: East (Anchorage) (32.4), West (Anchorage) (31.4), Kenai Central (Kenai) (19.3)
Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Eagle River (-26), Wasilla (-3.8), Kodiak (2.9)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 7.7 (11.6 overall)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 9.9
2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.2
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #14
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4779
2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-1
2016 Projected League Finish: 1st
2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 40%