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GENERAL
Nickname: Cavaliers
Colors: Blue/White
Coach: Mark DelPercio
League: Blue Hen Flight - A
Playoff Division: I
Playoff Division Rank: #2

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 40.6
2016 National Rank: #687
2016 State Rank: #2
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: +4.8
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -10.9
2017 Starting Power Rating: 34.5
2017 National Rank: #1153
2017 State Rank: #2
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 31.4
Dynasty National Rank: #736
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 14
Dynasty Record: 129-35 [128-36 on the field] (92-12 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 11-1
2016 League Record/Finish: 8-0 (1st)
2016 Points For Average: 40.8
2016 Points Against Average: 10.2
2016 Differential: +30.6
2016 Wins: #1474 Salesianum (Wilmington) (42-24), #1474 Salesianum (Wilmington) (25-7), #1746 Penn [William] (New Castle) (35-0), #3284 Concord (Wilmington) (20-9), #6571 Appoquinimink (West Middletown) (48-8), #7628 Mount Pleasant (Wilmington) (53-14), #8264 DuPont [Alexis I.] (Wilmington) (42-0), #9535 Rodney [Caesar] (Camden) (48-0), #9781 Newark (55-18), #11915 Wilmington Charter (Wilmington) (65-0), #13006 Delcastle Vo-Tech (Wilmington) (43-6)
2016 Losses: #208 Smyrna (36-14)
2016 Opponents W-L: 64-65
Recent State Championships: 2012, 2011, 2007
Recent League Championships: 2016, 2013, 2012, 2007, 2004 (tied for 1st; Blue Hen Flight A), 2003 (tied for 1st; Blue Hen Flight A)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 9/8 Smyrna, 9/16 at Penn [William] (New Castle), 9/22 Delcastle Vo-Tech (Wilmington), 9/28 St. Georges Tech (Middletown), 10/6 Appoquinimink (West Middletown), 10/13 at Salesianum (Wilmington), 10/20 at Upper Darby (Drexel Hill, PA), 10/27 Newark, 11/4 at Concord (Wilmington), 11/10 Hodgson Vo-Tech [Paul M.] (Newark)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Smyrna (45.6), Penn [William] (New Castle) (25.9), Salesianum (Wilmington) (23.7)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Delcastle Vo-Tech (Wilmington) (-25.6), Newark (-15), Hodgson Vo-Tech [Paul M.] (Newark) (-12.2)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 1.7 (15.9 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8.2
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +6.5
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #7
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4773
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-1
2017 Projected League Finish: 1st
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 47%



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