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GENERAL
Nickname: Hurricanes
Colors: Maroon/Silver
Coach: George Massenburg
League: Peninsula
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #20

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Jeremiah Boyd 6'1" 210 Senior WR
Amonyae Watson 6'2" 175 Senior WR

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 21.8
2016 National Rank: #2851
2016 State Rank: #56
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -6.3
Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -4.3
2017 Starting Power Rating: 16.5
2017 National Rank: #3694
2017 State Rank: #86
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 13.5
Dynasty National Rank: #3933
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 3
Dynasty Record: 70-79 (41-59 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 8-4
2016 League Record/Finish: 6-3 (4th)
2016 Points For Average: 27
2016 Points Against Average: 19.8
2016 Differential: +7.2
2016 Wins: #1204 Lake Taylor (Norfolk) (35-21), #1387 Hampton (27-14), #4046 Warwick (Newport News) (21-7), #4698 King's Fork (Suffolk) (21-13), #5479 Gloucester (35-28), #7976 Denbigh (Newport News) (55-7), #7976 Menchville (Newport News) (35-2), #8578 Kecoughtan (Hampton) (28-20)
2016 Losses: #1204 Lake Taylor (Norfolk) (42-19), #1280 Woodside (Newport News) (31-21), #1897 Phoebus (Hampton) (25-0), #3718 Bethel (Hampton) (28-27)
2016 Opponents W-L: 78-62
Recent League Championships: 2014 (tied for 1st; 4A Conference 18)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/25 at Warhill (Williamsburg), 9/5 Phoebus (Hampton), 9/8 Gloucester, 9/15 at Hampton, 9/22 at Woodside (Newport News), 9/29 at Denbigh (Newport News), 10/7 Kecoughtan (Hampton), 10/13 at Warwick (Newport News), 10/20 Menchville (Newport News), 10/28 at Bethel (Hampton)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Woodside (Newport News) (32.8), Phoebus (Hampton) (28.9), Hampton (25.3)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Menchville (Newport News) (-5.3), Denbigh (Newport News) (-5.1), Kecoughtan (Hampton) (-4.7)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13.9 (20.1 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 10.5
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -3.4
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #98
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4070
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2017 Projected League Finish: 4th
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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