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GENERAL
Nickname: Tigers
Colors: Black/Yellow
Coach: Andrew Rostberg
League: North Central - White (moving from East Central - South)
Playoff Division: AAAA
Playoff Division Rank: #5

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 3
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2016 JV Record: 5-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Maguire Petersen 6'1" 185 Senior FL/RB 4.58
Christian Kurth 6'0.5" 190 Junior MLB/FB 4.73
Lane Glaser 5'11" 180 Junior QB/FS 4.75

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Speed
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 23.3
2016 National Rank: #2601
2016 State Rank: #39
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2017 Starting Power Rating: 23.8
2017 National Rank: #2448
2017 State Rank: #34
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 31.1
Dynasty National Rank: #774
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 7.3
Dynasty Record: 115-32 (68-18 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 9-1
2016 League Record/Finish: 7-0 (1st)
2016 Points For Average: 34.2
2016 Points Against Average: 15.7
2016 Differential: +18.5
2016 Wins: #3834 Waseca (40-19), #5305 Becker (37-34), #6863 Glencoe-Silver Lake (Glencoe) (28-14), #7692 Litchfield (30-19), #8919 Delano (36-13), #9119 Annandale (41-13), #10656 Watertown-Mayer (Watertown) (40-0), #10656 Dassel-Cokato (Cokato) (35-7), #10961 Holy Family Catholic (Victoria) (41-21)
2016 Losses: #1135 Marshall (17-14)
2016 Opponents W-L: 51-45
Recent State Championships: 2013, 2012
Recent League Championships: 2016 (East Central - South), 2014 (Wright County - East), 2013 (Wright County - East), 2012 (Wright County - East), 2011 (Wright County), 2009 (Missota)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 9/1 Monticello, 9/8 Willmar, 9/15 at Big Lake, 9/22 at Becker, 9/29 Apollo (St. Cloud), 10/6 Princeton, 10/13 at Rocori (Cold Spring), 10/18 at Sauk Rapids-Rice (Sauk Rapids)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Rocori (Cold Spring) (30), Monticello (26.9), Big Lake (22.5)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Princeton (-1.7), Apollo (St. Cloud) (1), Sauk Rapids-Rice (Sauk Rapids) (10.3)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8 (7 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14.5
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +6.5
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #67
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2975
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-2
2017 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 2%