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GENERAL
Nickname: Blackhawks
Colors: Black/White
Coach: Dan Haddad
League: Tri-Valley - Small
Playoff Division: 7
Playoff Division Rank: #13

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 8
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2016 JV Record: 2-8
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Many Young Players Last Season Earned Playing Time
Team Weaknesses: Skill Position Inexperience

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: -1.6
2016 National Rank: #7813
2016 State Rank: #166
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +1.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -15.5
2017 Starting Power Rating: -0.1
2017 National Rank: #7388
2017 State Rank: #156
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): -5.1
Dynasty National Rank: #9760
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 5
Dynasty Record: 55-99 (34-65 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 5-6
2016 League Record/Finish: 2-3 (4th)
2016 Points For Average: 20.7
2016 Points Against Average: 31.9
2016 Differential: -11.2
2016 Wins: #6695 Medway (8-7), #7122 Dover-Sherborn (Dover) (16-7), #7572 Case [Joseph] (Swansea) (48-38), #10173 Bishop Stang (North Dartmouth) (32-20), #11671 Blackstone-Millville (Blackstone) (42-25)
2016 Losses: #2478 Millis/Hopedale (Millis) (42-12), #2975 Ashland (27-6), #3174 Medfield (42-0), #3866 Norton (40-24), #4676 Wareham (58-26), #5845 Hopkinton (45-14)
2016 Opponents W-L: 63-59
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 9/8 Blackstone-Millville/Hopedale (Blackstone), 9/16 Bishop Stang (North Dartmouth), 9/22 Medway, 9/28 vs Ashland, 10/6 Millis, 10/13 at Dedham, 10/20 at Dover-Sherborn (Dover), 11/23 at Norton
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Ashland (22.8), Norton (17.5), Dedham (3.4)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Bishop Stang (North Dartmouth) (-9.6), Dover-Sherborn (Dover) (1.4), Medway (2.7)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 4.3 (8.8 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 4.8
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.5
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #140
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5910
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-5
2017 Projected League Finish: 5th
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%