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GENERAL
Nickname: Lions
Colors: Maroon/White
Coach: Tom Palfey
League: Mid-Penn - Commonwealth (moving from WPIAL 6A Southeastern)
Playoff Division: AAAAAA
Playoff Division Rank: #64

D1 PROSPECT
Gaige Hill 6'4" 280 Senior DT

RATINGS
2017 Final Power Rating: 3.5
2017 National Rank: #6069
2017 State Rank: #234
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +1.7
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -1
2018 Starting Power Rating: -11.3
2018 National Rank: #5833
2018 State Rank: #226
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 21.6
Dynasty National Rank: #3088
2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 32.9
Dynasty Record: 60-91 (39-63 in league)

HISTORICAL
2017 Overall Record: 2-8
2017 League Record/Finish: 1-5 (6th)
2017 Points For Average: 18.5
2017 Points Against Average: 42.5
2017 Differential: -24
2017 Wins: #5352 Hempfield Area (Greensburg) (48-47), #6342 Allderdice [Taylor] (Pittsburgh) (35-34)
2017 Losses: #464 Central Catholic (Pittsburgh) (59-14), #816 Bethel Park (42-3), #1628 Mt. Lebanon (Pittsburgh) (63-14), #1815 Peters Township (McMurray) (35-7), #2164 Seneca Valley (Harmony) (49-13), #2526 Norwin (North Huntingdon) (24-0), #3848 Butler (45-28), #4531 Canon-McMillan (Canonsburg) (27-23)
2017 Opponents W-L: 54-51
Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2018 Schedule: 8/24 Hollidaysburg, 8/31 Williamsport, 9/7 Allderdice [Taylor] (Pittsburgh), 9/14 Chambersburg, 9/21 at Central Dauphin East (Harrisburg), 9/28 at Carlisle, 10/5 Central Dauphin (Harrisburg), 10/12 at Cumberland Valley (Mechanicsburg), 10/19 at State College, 10/26 Harrisburg
Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: State College (34), Harrisburg (23.8), Cumberland Valley (Mechanicsburg) (18.6)
Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Chambersburg (-24.7), Allderdice [Taylor] (Pittsburgh) (-21.1), Carlisle (-3.3)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 26
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.1
2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -20.9
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #24
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1547
2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 2-8
2018 Projected League Finish: 7th
2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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