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GENERAL
Nickname: Hornets
Colors: Green/Gold
Coach: Jay Beech
League: 4A Region 7
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #1

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 9
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2016 JV Record: 4-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Austin Bolton 5'9" 180 Senior TB 4.5
D.J. Travis 5'11" 160 Senior CB 4.4
Peytan Graham 5'11" 235 LB 4.8

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Talented OL Returning, Skill Position Experience
Team Weaknesses: DL Inexperience, K

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 37.8
2016 National Rank: #901
2016 State Rank: #21
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +4.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -5.3
2017 Starting Power Rating: 42.3
2017 National Rank: #599
2017 State Rank: #11
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 9.2
Dynasty National Rank: #5183
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 33.1
Dynasty Record: 63-88 (31-45 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 12-2
2016 League Record/Finish: 5-0 (1st)
2016 Points For Average: 40.1
2016 Points Against Average: 16.9
2016 Differential: +23.2
2016 Wins: #2043 Stone (Wiggins) (38-35), #2417 Florence (42-14), #2861 Purvis (38-6), #3500 Mendenhall (60-12), #4264 Quitman (33-14), #4747 Pearl River Central (Carriere) (24-21), #5029 Lumberton (44-12), #6181 Greene County (Leakesville) (60-13), #6863 Forrest County Agricultural (Brooklyn) (34-7), #6999 Pass Christian (63-21), #8726 Sumrall (56-6), #9405 Columbia (44-14)
2016 Losses: #467 Lafayette (Oxford) (27-12), #2275 St. Martin (Ocean Springs) (35-14)
2016 Opponents W-L: 97-76
Recent League Championships: 2016, 2014 (tied for 1st; 4A Region 8)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/18 at Picayune, 8/25 Pearl River Central (Carriere), 9/1 Seminary, 9/8 vs Stone (Wiggins), 9/15 at Heidelberg, 9/29 at Greene County (Leakesville), 10/6 vs Forrest County Agricultural (Brooklyn), 10/13 at Sumrall, 10/20 vs Purvis, 10/27 vs Lawrence County (Monticello)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Picayune (36.1), Purvis (31.9), Seminary (25.3)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Sumrall (-10.5), Heidelberg (1), Greene County (Leakesville) (2.7)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 12.2 (17.7 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.8
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #77
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3360
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-1
2017 Projected League Finish: 1st
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 54%