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GENERAL
Nickname: Highlanders
Colors: Black/Green/White
Coach: Walter Roby
League: West Valley
Section: Los Angeles
Playoff Division: II
Playoff Division Rank: #8

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 7
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
2016 JV Record: 9-1
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Matthew Valdivia 6'0" 180 Senior ATH/WR
Daniel Lopez 6'2" 260 Junior DL/OL
Ernie Guevara Senior QB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience, Senior-Heavy, Work-Ethic
Team Weaknesses: Depth, Inexperience Defensively

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: -12.6
2016 National Rank: #10267
2016 State Rank: #717
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +4.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -7.1
2017 Starting Power Rating: -8.1
2017 National Rank: #9222
2017 State Rank: #656
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): -1.6
Dynasty National Rank: #8729
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 6.5
Dynasty Record: 57-96 (24-46 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 3-8
2016 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (3rd)
2016 Points For Average: 14.6
2016 Points Against Average: 31.7
2016 Differential: -17.1
2016 Wins: #10694 Taft [William Howard] (Woodland Hills) (20-13), #10895 Cleveland [Grover] (Reseda) (20-16), #11104 Chatsworth (20-6)
2016 Losses: #2954 El Camino Real (Woodland Hills) (30-7), #3339 Palisades (Pacific Palisades) (56-17), #3500 Westchester (Los Angeles) (71-7), #4802 Venice (Los Angeles) (48-16), #6982 Birmingham (Van Nuys) (28-21), #7692 Canoga Park (20-10), #8106 Heritage Christian (Northridge) (35-0), #10425 Kennedy [John F.] (Granada Hills) (26-23)
2016 Opponents W-L: 63-64
Recent League Championships: 2013 (tied for 1st)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/25 Oxnard, 9/1 vs Grace Brethren (Simi Valley), 9/8 Palisades (Pacific Palisades), 9/15 Kennedy [John F.] (Granada Hills), 9/22 Heritage Christian (Northridge), 10/6 at Chatsworth, 10/13 at Birmingham (Van Nuys), 10/20 Taft [William Howard] (Woodland Hills), 10/27 at El Camino Real (Woodland Hills), 11/3 Cleveland [Grover] (Reseda)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Grace Brethren (Simi Valley) (17.8), Palisades (Pacific Palisades) (17.4), El Camino Real (Woodland Hills) (14.6)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Taft [William Howard] (Woodland Hills) (-28.8), Chatsworth (-25.6), Kennedy [John F.] (Granada Hills) (-8)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -1.6 (4 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 0.3
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +1.9
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #487
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #7282
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-7
2017 Projected League Finish: 4th
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%