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GENERAL
Nickname: Hawks
Colors: Red/White
Coach: John Bourque
League: Dual County - Large
Playoff Division: 2
Playoff Division Rank: #13

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 11.6
2016 National Rank: #4785
2016 State Rank: #98
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -2.7
2017 Starting Power Rating: 8.9
2017 National Rank: #5272
2017 State Rank: #106
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 14.2
Dynasty National Rank: #3763
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 5.3
Dynasty Record: 76-69 (50-28 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 6-5
2016 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (tied for 2nd)
2016 Points For Average: 20.2
2016 Points Against Average: 19.4
2016 Differential: +0.8
2016 Wins: #3309 Melrose (15-14), #4913 Somerville (41-27), #5770 Belmont (41-34), #6134 Westford Academy (Westford) (14-6), #7399 Cambridge Rindge & Latin (Cambridge) (35-12), #10344 Newton South (Newton) (33-6)
2016 Losses: #2244 Lincoln-Sudbury (Sudbury) (21-7), #2665 Masconomet Regional (Topsfield) (20-8), #4640 Acton-Boxborough (Acton) (34-8), #4826 Malden Catholic (Malden) (30-13), #4913 Newton North (Newtonville) (9-7)
2016 Opponents W-L: 57-64
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 9/8 vs Newton North (Newtonville), 9/15 vs Melrose, 9/22 vs Lincoln-Sudbury (Sudbury), 9/28 vs Cambridge Rindge & Latin (Cambridge), 10/7 vs Westford Academy (Westford), 10/20 at Acton-Boxborough (Acton), 11/22 at Malden Catholic (Malden)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Lincoln-Sudbury (Sudbury) (29.1), Melrose (17.1), Newton North (Newtonville) (17)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Cambridge Rindge & Latin (Cambridge) (-3.3), Acton-Boxborough (Acton) (2.3), Westford Academy (Westford) (4.4)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 12.2 (13.4 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 10.6
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -1.6
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #95
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4039
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-4
2017 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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