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GENERAL
Nickname: Eagles
Colors: Blue/Gold
Coach: Joey Yurish
League: Eastern Panhandle
Playoff Division: AAA
Playoff Division Rank: #16

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 8
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2016 JV Record: 6-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Gavin Smoot 6'1" 225 Senior ILB/RB 4.73
Taylor Hoeltje 6'1" 175 Senior WR/SS 4.68
Jason Plotner 6'4.5" 215 Senior QB/ILB 4.85

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Great Skill Position Depth, Able To Spread Ball Around To Athletes In Space, Defensive Speed
Team Weaknesses: Line Size, Trying To Change Culture/Making Winning Seem Natural

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: -2.9
2016 National Rank: #8165
2016 State Rank: #38
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +8.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.8
2017 Starting Power Rating: 5.6
2017 National Rank: #5993
2017 State Rank: #25
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): -3.9
Dynasty National Rank: #9423
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 9.5
Dynasty Record: 38-101 (15-51 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 5-6
2016 League Record/Finish: 2-4 (5th)
2016 Points For Average: 21.6
2016 Points Against Average: 35.8
2016 Differential: -14.2
2016 Wins: #8726 Mountain Ridge (Frostburg, MD) (28-25), #11317 Wood [James] (Winchester, VA) (39-14), #11415 Hampshire (Romney) (27-21), #11937 Washington (Charles Town) (33-14), #12855 Preston (Kingwood) (58-13)
2016 Losses: #222 Martinsburg (69-0), #222 Martinsburg (63-0), #2152 Millbrook (Winchester, VA) (34-0), #4144 Musselman (Inwood) (49-13), #4640 Jefferson (Shenandoah Junction) (40-33), #6841 Spring Mills (Martinsburg) (52-7)
2016 Opponents W-L: 66-58
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/24 at Washington (Charles Town), 9/1 at South Hagerstown (Hagerstown, MD), 9/8 Mountain Ridge (Frostburg, MD), 9/15 at Jefferson (Shenandoah Junction), 9/22 at Wood [James] (Winchester, VA), 9/29 Preston (Kingwood), 10/6 Musselman (Inwood), 10/13 Martinsburg, 10/20 Hampshire (Romney), 11/3 at Spring Mills (Martinsburg)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Martinsburg (51.7), South Hagerstown (Hagerstown, MD) (20.6), Jefferson (Shenandoah Junction) (10.4)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Preston (Kingwood) (-31.4), Wood [James] (Winchester, VA) (-20.4), Hampshire (Romney) (-19)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -1.3 (12.2 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 0.3
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +1.6
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #24
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #7282
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2017 Projected League Finish: 4th
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%