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GENERAL
Nickname: Wildcats
Colors: Orange/Black
Coach: Mike Jones
League: North Suburban (moving from North Suburban Eight)
Playoff Division: none

D1 PROSPECTS
Charlie Schmidt 6'4" 270 Senior OG
Brendan Cook 6'4" 235 Senior WDE

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Ryan O'Malley 6'4" 250 Senior DT
Tyler Jost 6'6" 280 Senior OT

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 27.8
2016 National Rank: #1944
2016 State Rank: #105
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.7
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.9
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -5.2
2017 Starting Power Rating: 23.3
2017 National Rank: #2540
2017 State Rank: #136
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 30.9
Dynasty National Rank: #794
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 7.6
Dynasty Record: 104-50 (52-31 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 5-5
2016 League Record/Finish: 4-3 (tied for 3rd)
2016 Points For Average: 22.6
2016 Points Against Average: 19.5
2016 Differential: +3.1
2016 Wins: #2199 Warren (Gurnee) (28-26), #2975 Zion-Benton (Zion) (17-7), #6287 Mundelein (28-0), #6961 Elk Grove (Elk Grove Village) (29-0), #7219 Waukegan (40-7)
2016 Losses: #307 Stevenson [Adlai E.] (Lincolnshire) (27-14), #471 Bradley-Bourbonnais (Bradley) (42-17), #599 Lake Zurich (24-8), #949 Batavia (34-31), #1044 Lake Forest (28-14)
2016 Opponents W-L: 52-48
Recent State Championships: 2004 (7A)
Recent League Championships: 2015 (North Suburban - Lake), 2006 (North Suburban - Lake), 2004 (North Suburban Lake), 2003 (North Suburban Lake)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/25 at Highland Park, 9/1 at Batavia, 9/8 at Warren Township (Gurnee), 9/16 at Waukegan, 9/22 Lake Forest, 9/28 Stevenson [Adlai E.] (Lincolnshire), 10/6 Mundelein, 10/13 at Lake Zurich, 10/20 Zion-Benton (Zion)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Stevenson [Adlai E.] (Lincolnshire) (43.5), Batavia (39.3), Lake Zurich (38.1)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Waukegan (3.9), Mundelein (9.8), Zion-Benton (Zion) (12.1)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 20.6 (30.3 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 26
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +5.4
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #63
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #902
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-5
2017 Projected League Finish: 5th
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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