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GENERAL
Nickname: Cougars
Colors: Blue/White
Coach: Chuck Chastain
League: Big VIII
Section: Southern
Playoff Division: 2
Playoff Division Rank: #4

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 9
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Randell Turner 6'3" 230 Senior LB
Travis Dye 5'10" 190 Senior RB
Donny Long 6'4" 260 Senior OL

ADDITIONAL D1 PROSPECTS
Jarrett Bell 6'4" 290 Senior OG
Matae Thomas 6'4" 190 Senior WR

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Michael Thomas 6'4" 185 Senior WR
Kyle Gibbs 6'2" 225 Senior LS
Lucas Havrisik 6'2" 165 Senior K

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Running Game, Offense
Team Weaknesses: Secondary

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 44.5
2016 National Rank: #500
2016 State Rank: #50
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +7.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.8
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -3.2
2017 Starting Power Rating: 54.8
2017 National Rank: #195
2017 State Rank: #28
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 42.7
Dynasty National Rank: #161
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 12.1
Dynasty Record: 129-48 (54-20 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 7-5
2016 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (3rd)
2016 Points For Average: 40.3
2016 Points Against Average: 33.3
2016 Differential: +7
2016 Wins: #464 Desert Ridge (Mesa, AZ) (14-10), #1308 King [Dr. Martin Luther] (Riverside) (36-35), #1374 Citrus Hill (Perris) (35-32), #1684 Chino Hills (56-28), #1732 Santiago (Corona) (49-10), #3116 Corona (58-21), #7253 Poly (Riverside) (79-14)
2016 Losses: #8 Centennial (Corona) (49-17), #30 Rancho Cucamonga (48-20), #146 Murrieta Valley (Murrieta) (65-48), #211 Lutheran (Orange) (35-21), #800 Roosevelt [Eleanor] (Eastvale) (52-51)
2016 Opponents W-L: 84-57
Recent Section Championships: 2006 (Inland (II)), 2005 (V)
Recent League Championships: 2009, 2005 (tied for 1st; Mountain View), 2003 (Mountain View)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/25 Servite (Anaheim), 9/1 Rancho Cucamonga, 9/15 vs Lutheran (Orange), 9/22 Poly (Riverside), 9/29 Chino Hills, 10/6 Corona, 10/13 at King [Dr. Martin Luther] (Riverside), 10/20 at Santiago (Corona), 10/27 at Centennial (Corona), 11/2 Roosevelt [Eleanor] (Eastvale)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Centennial (Corona) (83.2), Lutheran (Orange) (64), Rancho Cucamonga (60.6)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Poly (Riverside) (1), Chino Hills (21.3), King [Dr. Martin Luther] (Riverside) (24)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 37.4 (42.6 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 40.7
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.3
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #18
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #97
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-3
2017 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%