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GENERAL
Nickname: Bears
Colors: Royal Blue/White
Coach: Ray Mertens
League: North Suburban
Playoff Division: none

D1 PROSPECT
Luke Dwyer 6'3" 200 Senior OLB

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Jack Sanborn 6'2" 210 Senior ILB

RATINGS
2017 Final Power Rating: 53.3
2017 National Rank: #189
2017 State Rank: #7
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.3
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: +2.2
2018 Starting Power Rating: 40.2
2018 National Rank: #214
2018 State Rank: #5
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 44.5
Dynasty National Rank: #295
2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 4.3
Dynasty Record: 132-47 (72-24 in league)

HISTORICAL
2017 Overall Record: 13-1
2017 League Record/Finish: 7-0 (1st)
2017 Points For Average: 32.4
2017 Points Against Average: 9.9
2017 Differential: +22.5
2017 Wins: #471 Mount Carmel (Chicago) (14-7), #624 St. Rita (Chicago) (49-17), #764 Warren Township (Gurnee) (41-35), #795 Plainfield North (Plainfield) (27-9), #1022 Stevenson [Adlai E.] (Lincolnshire) (28-0), #1817 Libertyville (40-14), #2039 Lake Forest (27-0), #2102 Montini Catholic (Lombard) (28-7), #2375 Schaumburg (42-6), #3148 Zion-Benton (Zion) (36-6), #3242 Fremd [William] (Palatine) (21-3), #6352 Mundelein (42-14), #9170 Waukegan (44-0)
2017 Losses: #166 Batavia (21-14)
2017 Opponents W-L: 81-67
Recent State Championships: 2007 (7A)
Recent League Championships: 2017, 2012 (tied for 1st; North Suburban - Lake), 2011 (tied for 1st; North Suburban - Lake), 2007 (North Suburban - Lake)
Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2018 Schedule: 8/24 Fremd [William] (Palatine), 8/31 Nazareth Academy (LaGrange Park), 9/7 Zion-Benton (Zion), 9/14 Lake Forest, 9/21 at Stevenson [Adlai E.] (Lincolnshire), 9/28 at Libertyville, 10/5 at Warren Township (Gurnee), 10/12 Mundelein, 10/20 at Waukegan
Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Nazareth Academy (LaGrange Park) (33), Stevenson [Adlai E.] (Lincolnshire) (23.3), Warren Township (Gurnee) (17.5)
Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Waukegan (-25.7), Mundelein (-18), Fremd [William] (Palatine) (-1)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 22.2 (35.3 overall)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 7
2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -15.2
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #56
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1275
2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-0
2018 Projected League Finish: 1st
2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 71%



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