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GENERAL
Nickname: Soaring Eagles
Coach: Wil Waldez
League: North Jersey Super - Liberty White (moving from Hudson County - Red)
Playoff Division: North I Group 5
Playoff Division Rank: #6

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

TOP PLAYERS
Harrison Fernandez 6'0" 195 Senior QB/S 4.65
Elyezer Oliviery 6'3" 255 Senior OL/DL 4.99
Fernando Breton 6'0" 220 Senior FB/MLB 4.87

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Ulises De Los Santos 6'3" 275 Senior DT

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Team Has Been Together For Six Years, Players Are Close, Toughness

RATINGS
2015 Final Power Rating: 10
2015 National Rank: #5618
2015 State Rank: #129
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.4
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2016 Starting Power Rating: 8
2016 National Rank: #5881
2016 State Rank: #131
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 15.6
Dynasty National Rank: #3385
2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 6.5
Dynasty Record: 51-33 [52-32 on the field] (31-14 in league)

HISTORICAL
2015 Overall Record: 6-4
2015 League Record/Finish: 5-1 (2nd)
2015 Points For Average: 31.2
2015 Points Against Average: 17.7
2015 Differential: +13.5
2015 Wins: #4503 Montclair (42-34), #10444 Bayonne (36-7), #10730 North Bergen (47-13), #11336 Memorial (West New York) (51-7), #12984 Kearny (45-14), #13998 Ferris (Jersey City) (64-6)
2015 Losses: #591 St. Peter's Prep (Jersey City) (35-7), #2593 Seton Hall Prep (West Orange) (21-6), #2770 Lincoln (Jersey City) (18-0), #4503 Montclair (22-14)
2015 Opponents W-L: 50-53
Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2016 Schedule: 9/16 Dickinson (Jersey City), 9/23 at Passaic County Tech (Wayne), 9/30 Montclair, 10/7 at East Side (Newark), 10/15 Memorial (West New York), 10/22 at Bayonne, 10/28 North Bergen, 11/4 at Kearny
Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Passaic County Tech (Wayne) (42), Montclair (21.1), North Bergen (-13)
Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: East Side (Newark) (-43.3), Dickinson (Jersey City) (-29), Kearny (-23.9)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -1.6 (2.8 overall)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -10.3
2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: -8.7
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #283
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #11123
2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-2
2016 Projected League Finish: 1st
2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%