Hickory (NC)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Red Tornadoes Colors: White/Vegas Gold Coach: Allen Wittenberg League: 3A/4A Northwestern Playoff Division: 3A Playoff Division Rank: #73 RATINGS 2017 Final Power Rating: 5.8 2017 National Rank: #5579 2017 State Rank: #151 Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -6.9 Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -6.3 2018 Starting Power Rating: -16.6 2018 National Rank: #7079 2018 State Rank: #209 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 12.4 Dynasty National Rank: #5595 2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 29 Dynasty Record: 95-85-1 (60-44 in league) HISTORICAL 2017 Overall Record: 6-6 2017 League Record/Finish: 4-3 (tied for 3rd) 2017 Points For Average: 32.7 2017 Points Against Average: 31.9 2017 Differential: +0.8 2017 Wins: #2923 Huss [Hunter] (Gastonia) (28-27), #3713 Alexander Central (Taylorsville) (38-28), #6324 West Caldwell (Lenoir) (66-49), #8203 Bandys (Catawba) (33-10), #9995 South Caldwell (Hudson) (27-23), #10113 McDowell (Marion) (36-13) 2017 Losses: #1135 Weddington (Matthews) (55-24), #3116 Watauga (Boone) (49-42), #3719 Newton-Conover (Newton) (45-26), #5099 Freedom (Morganton) (35-30), #5445 Statesville (27-26), #7668 St. Stephens (Hickory) (22-16) 2017 Opponents W-L: 82-64 Recent League Championships: 2007 (Catawba Valley), 2005 (tied for 1st; Catawba Valley) Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none SCHEDULE 2018 Schedule: 8/17 at Statesville, 8/31 at Newton-Conover (Newton), 9/7 Huss [Hunter] (Gastonia), 9/12 Bandys (Catawba), 9/21 McDowell (Marion), 9/28 at Freedom (Morganton), 10/5 Watauga (Boone), 10/12 at West Caldwell (Lenoir), 10/19 South Caldwell (Hudson), 10/26 at Alexander Central (Taylorsville), 11/2 at St. Stephens (Hickory) Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Huss [Hunter] (Gastonia) (13), Watauga (Boone) (8.9), Newton-Conover (Newton) (7.9) Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: McDowell (Marion) (-33.6), South Caldwell (Hudson) (-25.5), St. Stephens (Hickory) (-23.9) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.7 (13.2 overall) 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -9.6 2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -16.3 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #142 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4970 2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-7 2018 Projected League Finish: 4th 2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% We were unable to contact coach to obtain preview info.