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GENERAL
Nickname: Barons
Colors: Blue/Gold
Coach: Chris Pope
League: Montgomery County 4A - South
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #31

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 8
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Donavon Larimore 5'9.5" 185 Senior RB/CB 4.64
Jerome Hilliard 6'0" 185 Senior RB/FS 4.65
Gabriel McAndrew 6'1.5" 220 Senior ILB/TE 4.84

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: LBs, RBs, Many Returning Starters
Team Weaknesses: Line Youth

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: -7.6
2016 National Rank: #9229
2016 State Rank: #145
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +6.5
2017 Starting Power Rating: -1.1
2017 National Rank: #7670
2017 State Rank: #119
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): -1.5
Dynasty National Rank: #8699
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 0.4
Dynasty Record: 56-85 [55-86 on the field] (27-49 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 2-8
2016 League Record/Finish: 0-4 (5th)
2016 Points For Average: 14.7
2016 Points Against Average: 31
2016 Differential: -16.3
2016 Wins: #8317 Poolesville (20-12), #11687 Northwood (Silver Spring) (36-0)
2016 Losses: #716 Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg) (63-7), #2954 Sherwood (Sandy Spring) (27-10), #3325 Blair [Montgomery] (Silver Spring) (42-12), #3488 Landon (Bethesda) (35-0), #4543 Whitman [Walt] (Bethesda) (38-22), #6627 Clarksburg (28-7), #8606 Churchill [Winston] (Potomac) (29-19), #9814 Johnson [Walter] (Bethesda) (36-14)
2016 Opponents W-L: 58-48
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 9/1 at Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg), 9/8 Rockville, 9/15 at Watkins Mill (Gaithersburg), 9/22 Northwood (Silver Spring), 9/28 at Churchill [Winston] (Potomac), 10/6 Johnson [Walter] (Bethesda), 10/13 at Wootton [Thomas S.] (Rockville), 10/20 Montgomery [Richard] (Rockville), 10/27 Whitman [Walt] (Bethesda), 11/3 at Northwest (Germantown)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg) (35.2), Northwest (Germantown) (27.4), Montgomery [Richard] (Rockville) (22.5)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Northwood (Silver Spring) (-24.9), Rockville (-16.7), Johnson [Walter] (Bethesda) (-6.9)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 9.3
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.1
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -4.2
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #88
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5803
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-6
2017 Projected League Finish: 5th
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%