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GENERAL
Nickname: Maroons
Colors: Maroon/White
Coach: Dave Moskov
League: Section 3 AA - 2 (moving from Section 3 AA 2)
Playoff Division: AA
Playoff Division Rank: #29

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2016 JV Record: 5-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Deon Clark 5'9" 235 Senior FB/MLB
Issac Collela 6'2" 255 Senior OL/DL
Luke Lukowski 6'1" 260 Junior OL/DL

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Speed, Veteran Lines
Team Weaknesses: School Size, Play Against Schools Twice As Big

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 13.2
2016 National Rank: #4418
2016 State Rank: #125
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -3.3
2017 Starting Power Rating: 11.7
2017 National Rank: #4659
2017 State Rank: #123
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 10.3
Dynasty National Rank: #4849
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 1.4
Dynasty Record: 55-68 (31-48 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 4-3
2016 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (3rd)
2016 Points For Average: 29.7
2016 Points Against Average: 26.9
2016 Differential: +2.8
2016 Wins: #4961 Proctor [Thomas R.] (Utica) (52-44), #5349 Nottingham (Syracuse) (40-28), #5367 Liverpool (30-0), #6070 Central Square (46-28)
2016 Losses: #1598 Cicero-North Syracuse (Cicero) (27-6), #3016 Baker [Charles W.] (Baldwinsville) (47-22), #4091 Corcoran (Syracuse) (14-12)
2016 Opponents W-L: 36-25
Recent State Championships: 2006
Recent League Championships: 2009 (tied for 1st; Section 3 Class AA 2), 2007 (Section 3 Class AA 2)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 9/2 vs Ithaca, 9/8 at Jamesville-DeWitt (DeWitt), 9/15 at Nottingham (Syracuse), 9/22 Cicero-North Syracuse (Cicero), 9/29 Baker [Charles W.] (Baldwinsville), 10/7 at Proctor [Thomas R.] (Utica), 10/13 at Liverpool
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Cicero-North Syracuse (Cicero) (35.1), Baker [Charles W.] (Baldwinsville) (28.1), Proctor [Thomas R.] (Utica) (8.7)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Ithaca (-15), Nottingham (Syracuse) (-1.2), Jamesville-DeWitt (DeWitt) (-0.4)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14.2 (16.3 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 9
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -5.2
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #95
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4525
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-3
2017 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%