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GENERAL
Nickname: Bulldogs
Colors: Blue/White
Coach: Michael Alba
League: 3A Central
Playoff Division: 3A
Playoff Division Rank: #6

D1 PROSPECT
Ralph Frias 6'7" 305 Senior OT

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 10.1
2016 National Rank: #5101
2016 State Rank: #77
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +1.9
Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +6.1
2017 Starting Power Rating: 18.1
2017 National Rank: #3360
2017 State Rank: #48
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 7.4
Dynasty National Rank: #5799
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 10.7
Dynasty Record: 82-68 (47-27 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 5-6
2016 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (3rd)
2016 Points For Average: 32.1
2016 Points Against Average: 27.5
2016 Differential: +4.6
2016 Wins: #5349 Payson (38-8), #6961 Franklin [Ben] (Queen Creek) (67-14), #9080 Coolidge (49-14), #9489 Sahuarita (42-18), #11011 Globe (48-6)
2016 Losses: #1080 American Leadership Academy (Queen Creek) (45-22), #1586 Sabino (Tucson) (45-7), #1714 Thatcher (20-14), #2628 Florence (58-28), #3932 Pusch Ridge Christian Academy (Tucson) (40-17), #4189 Snowflake (35-21)
2016 Opponents W-L: 86-42
Recent League Championships: 2013 (tied for 1st; IV Section II), 2004 (tied for 1st; 3A South 2)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/18 Payson, 8/25 Sahuarita, 9/1 at Thatcher, 9/8 Pusch Ridge Christian Academy (Tucson), 9/15 at Snowflake, 9/22 at Florence, 9/29 Coolidge, 10/5 at Franklin [Ben] (Queen Creek), 10/20 at Globe, 10/27 American Leadership Academy (Queen Creek)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: American Leadership Academy (Queen Creek) (34.3), Florence (26.6), Pusch Ridge Christian Academy (Tucson) (21.1)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Coolidge (-16.7), Globe (-8.2), Snowflake (-0.2)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.7 (15.3 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8.4
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +1.7
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #76
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4711
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-3
2017 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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