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GENERAL
Nickname: Wolves
Colors: Black/Vegas Gold
Coach: Ledford Gibson
League: 2A South Fork (moving from 2A Southern District 7)
Playoff Division: 2A
Playoff Division Rank: #12

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 4
2016 JV Record: 5-4
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Tyreke Hollis 6'1" 175 Senior WR/DB 4.55
Tyshaun Harris 6'0" 180 Senior RB/DB 4.5
Parker Gaines 6'4" 290 Senior OL/DL 5.2

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Speed, Athleticism
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 30.2
2016 National Rank: #1647
2016 State Rank: #41
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -8.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -0.8
2017 Starting Power Rating: 21.7
2017 National Rank: #2767
2017 State Rank: #79
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 22
Dynasty National Rank: #2004
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 0.3
Dynasty Record: 146-53 (72-18 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 13-2
2016 League Record/Finish: 6-1 (tied for 1st)
2016 Points For Average: 47.7
2016 Points Against Average: 23.6
2016 Differential: +24.1
2016 Wins: #567 South Point (Belmont) (25-24), #2359 East Lincoln (Denver) (42-35), #3206 West Caldwell (Lenoir) (33-20), #3908 Hendersonville (72-44), #6339 Newton-Conover (Newton) (49-6), #6627 Eastern Randolph (Ramseur) (68-27), #7976 West Lincoln (Lincolnton) (45-9), #8135 Thomasville (48-13), #9189 Bandys (Catawba) (54-28), #9730 North Lincoln (Lincolnton) (63-7), #9891 East Gaston (Mt. Holly) (54-14), #10914 North Gaston (Dallas) (61-34), #12385 Bunker Hill (Claremont) (48-0)
2016 Losses: #587 Reidsville (28-7), #4779 Maiden (65-47)
2016 Opponents W-L: 102-86
Recent State Championships: 2007
Recent League Championships: 2016 (tied for 1st; 2A Southern District 7), 2011 (2A/1A Southern Piedmont), 2010 (2A/1A Southern Piedmont), 2007 (Southern Piedmont), 2005 (Southern Piedmont)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/18 at Cramer [Stuart W.] (Belmont), 8/25 South Point (Belmont), 9/1 at North Gaston (Dallas), 9/8 East Gaston (Mt. Holly), 9/14 vs North Gaston (Dallas), 9/22 at Newton-Conover (Newton), 9/29 at East Lincoln (Denver), 10/6 Bandys (Catawba), 10/13 at West Lincoln (Lincolnton), 10/20 Lake Norman Charter (Huntersville), 10/27 at North Lincoln (Lincolnton), 11/3 Maiden
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: South Point (Belmont) (51), East Lincoln (Denver) (21.1), Cramer [Stuart W.] (Belmont) (7.7)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Lake Norman Charter (Huntersville) (-18), East Gaston (Mt. Holly) (-16.4), North Gaston (Dallas) (-14.1)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 2.8 (10 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 0.2
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -2.6
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #215
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #7312
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 10-2
2017 Projected League Finish: 1st
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%