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GENERAL
Nickname: Bearcats
Colors: Red/White
Coach: Brad Laird
League: 5A District 2
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank: #18

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 31.5
2016 National Rank: #1496
2016 State Rank: #35
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -1.8
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -0.5
2017 Starting Power Rating: 29.7
2017 National Rank: #1665
2017 State Rank: #46
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 29.3
Dynasty National Rank: #954
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 0.4
Dynasty Record: 97-62 (49-25 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 8-3
2016 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (2nd)
2016 Points For Average: 29.8
2016 Points Against Average: 18.2
2016 Differential: +11.6
2016 Wins: #1569 Ouachita Parish (Monroe) (34-28), #2775 Alexandria (31-14), #2834 Airline (Bossier City) (29-19), #3234 Wossman (Monroe) (28-0), #5210 Natchitoches Central (Natchitoches) (34-7), #5746 East Feliciana (Jackson) (45-18), #7219 Pineville (33-6), #10488 Jonesboro-Hodge (Jonesboro) (49-7)
2016 Losses: #285 West Monroe (33-17), #318 Neville (Monroe) (30-14), #2152 East Ascension (Gonzales) (38-14)
2016 Opponents W-L: 68-59-1
Recent League Championships: 2010 (tied for 1st; 4A District 3)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 9/1 at Neville (Monroe), 9/8 at Acadiana (Lafayette), 9/15 Airline (Bossier City), 9/29 West Ouachita (West Monroe), 10/6 at West Monroe, 10/13 Ouachita Parish (Monroe), 10/20 Alexandria, 10/27 at Natchitoches Central (Natchitoches), 11/3 Pineville
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: West Monroe (50.2), Acadiana (Lafayette) (39.6), Neville (Monroe) (34.9)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: West Ouachita (West Monroe) (-7.5), Pineville (3.7), Natchitoches Central (Natchitoches) (10)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 20.1 (22.7 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 23.7
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.6
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #29
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1174
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-4
2017 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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