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GENERAL
Nickname: Lava Bears
Colors: Midnight Blue/Vegas Gold
Coach: Matt Craven
League: 5A Special District 1
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank: #17

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
2016 JV Record: 9-0
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Haaken Kjellesvik 6'0" 185 Senior RB/DE 4.6
Marshall Davis 6'1" 180 Senior RB/LB 4.6
Patrick Davis 5'10" 215 Senior OL/DL 4.8

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Depth, DEs
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 8.1
2016 National Rank: #5515
2016 State Rank: #49
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -6.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -5.1
2017 Starting Power Rating: 1.6
2017 National Rank: #6962
2017 State Rank: #70
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 9.3
Dynasty National Rank: #5157
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 7.7
Dynasty Record: 82-62 (46-27 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 6-3
2016 League Record/Finish: 4-3 (tied for 4th)
2016 Points For Average: 28.9
2016 Points Against Average: 21.6
2016 Differential: +7.3
2016 Wins: #3970 Central (Independence) (26-24), #4618 Redmond (42-28), #7628 Corvallis (50-41), #9054 Pendleton (22-7), #10914 Ridgeview (Redmond) (51-7), #11743 Hood River Valley (Hood River) (42-12)
2016 Losses: #2628 Summit (Bend) (26-0), #5079 Hermiston (28-7), #5582 Mountain View (Bend) (21-20)
2016 Opponents W-L: 39-51
Recent League Championships: 2009 (tied for 1st; 5A Intermountain), 2003 (4A Intermountain)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 9/1 Central (Independence), 9/8 at Corvallis, 9/15 at Redmond, 9/22 Hood River Valley (Hood River), 9/29 at Ridgeview (Redmond), 10/6 Summit (Bend), 10/13 at Hermiston, 10/20 Pendleton, 10/27 at Mountain View (Bend)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Hermiston (14.7), Summit (Bend) (12.6), Central (Independence) (12.2)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Ridgeview (Redmond) (-14.3), Hood River Valley (Hood River) (-11.5), Pendleton (-10.4)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 4.5
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 2.6
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -1.9
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #50
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6581
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-5
2017 Projected League Finish: 5th
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%