GENERAL
Nickname: Thunder
Coach: Tom Radke
League: Eastern Kansas
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank: #6
RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 3
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Sammy Wheeler 6'3" 185 Senior QB
Travis Pickert 6'5" 220 Senior TE
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Have 28 Seniors/22 Returning Lettermen, Defense, DL Size
RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 24.6
2016 National Rank: #2407
2016 State Rank: #34
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.4
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1
2017 Starting Power Rating: 21.7
2017 National Rank: #2767
2017 State Rank: #34
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 9
Dynasty National Rank: #5248
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 12.7
Dynasty Record: 52-44 (3-4 in league)
HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 6-5
2016 League Record/Finish: 3-4 (6th)
2016 Points For Average: 22.5
2016 Points Against Average: 24.7
2016 Differential: -2.2
2016 Wins: #3325 Blue Valley Northwest (Overland Park) (29-20), #3596 Blue Valley Southwest (Overland Park) (12-7), #4349 Blue Valley West (Stilwell) (36-30), #5746 Shawnee Heights (Tecumseh) (42-25), #6934 Kapaun Mt. Carmel (Wichita) (28-17), #7155 Schlagle [F. L.] (Kansas City) (53-17)
2016 Losses: #178 Blue Valley (Stilwell) (45-0), #612 Mill Valley (Shawnee) (28-14), #612 Mill Valley (Shawnee) (35-13), #809 Aquinas [St. Thomas] (Overland Park) (24-7), #2558 Gardner-Edgerton (Gardner) (24-14)
2016 Opponents W-L: 61-56
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none
SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 9/1 at Mill Valley (Shawnee), 9/8 Blue Valley Southwest (Overland Park), 9/15 Gardner-Edgerton (Gardner), 9/22 at Blue Valley Northwest (Overland Park), 9/29 Blue Valley (Stilwell), 10/6 at Aquinas [St. Thomas] (Overland Park), 10/13 Kapaun Mt. Carmel (Wichita), 10/19 at Blue Valley West (Stilwell)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Aquinas [St. Thomas] (Overland Park) (47.1), Mill Valley (Shawnee) (41.4), Blue Valley (Stilwell) (41.3)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Kapaun Mt. Carmel (Wichita) (3.3), Blue Valley Southwest (Overland Park) (16.9), Blue Valley Northwest (Overland Park) (19.1)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 21.5 (23.8 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 27.1
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +5.6
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #10
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #793
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-5
2017 Projected League Finish: 8th
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%