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GENERAL
Coach: Scott Gonnerman
League: Mid State - Sub 2
Playoff Division: AA
Playoff Division Rank: #56

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 2
Returning Defensive Starters: 3
2016 JV Record: 5-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Aaron Zosel 5'5" 160 Senior RB/LB
Hunter Gonnerman 5'11" 175 Junior RB/LB
Jared Knutson 5'7" 165 Junior RB/LB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: RBs, Overall Team Strength
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience, Roster Size

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: -26.4
2016 National Rank: #12538
2016 State Rank: #258
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -11.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.8
2017 Starting Power Rating: -37.9
2017 National Rank: #13555
2017 State Rank: #282
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): -14.6
Dynasty National Rank: #12192
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 23.3
Dynasty Record: 22-70 (19-54 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 1-8
2016 League Record/Finish: 1-6 (8th)
2016 Points For Average: 13.4
2016 Points Against Average: 34.8
2016 Differential: -21.4
2016 Wins: #8839 Yellow Medicine East (Granite Falls) (28-26)
2016 Losses: #2816 Eden Valley-Watkins (Eden Valley) (49-0), #4595 B O L D (Olivia) (26-0), #5059 Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta (Morris) (41-21), #7359 Osakis (56-12), #9747 Sauk Centre (30-27), #10600 Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City (Grove City) (28-19), #12149 Montevideo (27-7), #12169 Minnewaska Area (Glenwood) (30-7)
2016 Opponents W-L: 56-37
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 9/1 at Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg (Kerkhoven), 9/8 Sauk Centre, 9/15 at Osakis, 9/22 Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta (Morris), 9/29 B O L D (Olivia), 10/6 at Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City (Grove City), 10/13 at Montevideo, 10/18 Minnewaska Area (Glenwood)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: B O L D (Olivia) (14.9), Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta (Morris) (10.3), Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg (Kerkhoven) (-0.9)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Minnewaska Area (Glenwood) (-25.3), Montevideo (-23.7), Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City (Grove City) (-13.2)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 3.1 (-1.3 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -6.4
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -9.5
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #162
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #9508
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 0-8
2017 Projected League Finish: 8th
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%