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GENERAL
Nickname: Thunder
Coach: Tom Radke
League: Eastern Kansas (moving from Freelance)
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank: #4

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 6

TOP PLAYERS
Bryce Steffens 6'1" 225 Senior FB/TE
Sammy Wheeler 6'4" 205 Senior QB/P
Dylan Streeter 6'1" 190 Senior TB/DB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Defense, DL Size, Many OL Returners

RATINGS
2015 Final Power Rating: 32.1
2015 National Rank: #1611
2015 State Rank: #20
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2016 Starting Power Rating: 32.6
2016 National Rank: #1479
2016 State Rank: #16
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 7.2
Dynasty National Rank: #5853
2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 25.4
Dynasty Record: 46-39

HISTORICAL
2015 Overall Record: 9-2
2015 League Record/Finish:  
2015 Points For Average: 31.5
2015 Points Against Average: 15.4
2015 Differential: +16.1
2015 Wins: #1839 Bonner Springs (26-7), #3862 DeSoto (26-10), #3889 Helias (Jefferson City, MO) (28-24), #3922 Lansing (41-20), #6454 Pleasant Hill (MO) (28-8), #7950 Lincoln College Prep (Kansas City, MO) (41-13), #9174 Turner (Kansas City) (28-0), #12280 Wyandotte (Kansas City) (60-0), #12366 Field Kindley (Coffeyville) (48-0)
2015 Losses: #74 Mill Valley (Shawnee) (45-14), #275 Aquinas [St. Thomas] (Overland Park) (42-7)
2015 Opponents W-L: 54-59
Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2016 Schedule: 9/2 at Mill Valley (Shawnee), 9/9 at Blue Valley Southwest (Overland Park), 9/16 at Gardner-Edgerton (Gardner), 9/23 Blue Valley Northwest (Overland Park), 9/30 at Blue Valley (Stilwell), 10/14 at Kapaun Mt. Carmel (Wichita), 10/21 Blue Valley West (Stilwell)
Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Mill Valley (Shawnee) (55.9), Blue Valley (Stilwell) (49.5), Blue Valley Southwest (Overland Park) (18.8)
Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Kapaun Mt. Carmel (Wichita) (7.5), Blue Valley Northwest (Overland Park) (10), Gardner-Edgerton (Gardner) (12.4)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.4 (17.6 overall)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 24
2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +18.6
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #10
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #906
2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-2
2016 Projected League Finish: 5th
2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%