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GENERAL
Nickname: Pioneers
Colors: Black/Orange
Coach: Jeffrey Vanderbeek
League: Mid-State 38 - Raritan
Playoff Division: Central Group 3
Playoff Division Rank: #10

RATINGS
2015 Final Power Rating: -2.9
2015 National Rank: #8629
2015 State Rank: #225
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: +5.8
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2016 Starting Power Rating: 1.8
2016 National Rank: #7392
2016 State Rank: #181
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 0.6
Dynasty National Rank: #8026
2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 2.3
Dynasty Record: 56-72 (36-30 in league)

HISTORICAL
2015 Overall Record: 2-8
2015 League Record/Finish: 2-4 (tied for 5th)
2015 Points For Average: 20.9
2015 Points Against Average: 34.4
2015 Differential: -13.5
2015 Wins: #5111 Summit (30-24), #8845 North Plainfield (26-20)
2015 Losses: #1043 Cranford (41-14), #3719 Delaware Valley (Frenchtown) (42-19), #4937 Wall Township (Wall) (45-21), #5166 Johnson [Arthur L.] (Clark) (40-29), #5245 Voorhees (Glen Gardner) (55-35), #5642 Bernards (Bernardsville) (35-7), #6247 Warren Hills Regional (Washington) (14-7), #7624 Governor Livingston (Berkeley Heights) (28-21)
2015 Opponents W-L: 61-43
Recent League Championships: 2009 (Mid State 39 - Valley), 2006 (Skyland - Raritan), 2005 (tied for 1st; Skyland- Raritan), 2004 (Skyland- Raritan)
Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2016 Schedule: 9/9 at Cranford, 9/16 North Plainfield, 9/23 at Voorhees (Glen Gardner), 9/30 Warren Hills Regional (Washington), 10/8 at Rahway, 10/15 at Governor Livingston (Berkeley Heights), 10/21 Johnson [Arthur L.] (Clark), 10/29 Scotch Plains-Fanwood (Scotch Plains), 11/4 Summit
Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Cranford (27.3), Summit (14), Johnson [Arthur L.] (Clark) (11.8)
Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: North Plainfield (-7.3), Scotch Plains-Fanwood (Scotch Plains) (-5.1), Governor Livingston (Berkeley Heights) (0.2)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.6 (11.9 overall)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 7.1
2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.5
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #127
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5665
2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-6
2016 Projected League Finish: 5th
2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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