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GENERAL
Nickname: Cavaliers
Colors: Red/White
Coach: Kyle Schmitt
League: MIAA A
Playoff Division: MIAA A
Playoff Division Rank: #3

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 9
Returning Defensive Starters: 9
2016 JV Record: 8-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Julius Chestnut 6'0" 210 Senior RB/OLB
Cody Winokur 6'2" 255 Senior OL/DL
DaeSean Winston 6'2" 200 Senior WR/OLB

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Evan Fochtman 6'1" 175 Senior QB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Running Game, Skill Positions/Secondary, DL
Team Weaknesses: OL Inexperience, LB Depth

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 58.4
2016 National Rank: #98
2016 State Rank: #3
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +7.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.6
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.6
2017 Starting Power Rating: 65.3
2017 National Rank: #74
2017 State Rank: #4
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 28.7
Dynasty National Rank: #1021
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 36.6
Dynasty Record: 108-43 (63-26 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 9-2
2016 League Record/Finish: 5-1 (2nd)
2016 Points For Average: 44.3
2016 Points Against Average: 14.4
2016 Differential: +29.9
2016 Wins: #123 McDonogh (Owings Mills) (31-16), #509 Mount St. Joseph (Baltimore) (55-20), #753 Calvert Hall (Baltimore) (42-14), #1146 Riverdale Baptist (Upper Marlboro) (54-14), #1538 Gilman (Baltimore) (42-0), #1773 Loyola Blakefield (Towson) (63-24), #2530 St. Mary's Ryken (Leonardtown) (56-18), #2775 Avalon (Gaithersburg) (49-0), #4802 St. Mary's (Annapolis) (52-0)
2016 Losses: #87 St. Frances Academy (Baltimore) (32-29), #190 Our Lady of Good Counsel (Olney) (20-14)
2016 Opponents W-L: 58-64
Recent State Championships: 2010 (MIAA B), 2009 (MIAA B), 2006 (MIAA B)
Recent League Championships: 2010 (tied for 1st; MIAA B), 2007 (tied for 1st; MIAA B), 2006 (MIAA B - South), 2005 (MIAA B South)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: 2
Streak List: 11/4/16 Gilman (Baltimore) (42-0), 11/11/16 Mount St. Joseph (Baltimore) (55-20)

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 9/1 at Annapolis, 9/8 Bishop Moore (Orlando, FL), 9/15 Our Lady of Good Counsel (Olney), 9/22 Loyola Blakefield (Towson), 9/29 McDonogh (Owings Mills), 10/6 Friendship Collegiate Academy (Washington, DC), 10/14 at Calvert Hall (Baltimore), 10/20 St. Frances Academy (Baltimore), 10/28 at Gilman (Baltimore), 11/4 at Mount St. Joseph (Baltimore)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: St. Frances Academy (Baltimore) (74.3), McDonogh (Owings Mills) (68.6), Our Lady of Good Counsel (Olney) (52.4)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Annapolis (23.5), Loyola Blakefield (Towson) (33.6), Gilman (Baltimore) (40.3)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 38.9
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 46.7
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +7.8
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #7
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #46
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2
2017 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 6%