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GENERAL
Nickname: Bulldogs
Colors: Black/Orange
Coach: David Walker
League: Eastern Panhandle
Playoff Division: AAA
Playoff Division Rank: #1

D1 PROSPECT
Dewayne Grantham 6'0" 195 Senior OLB

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Tavis Lee 6'3" 225 Senior WDE

RATINGS
2017 Final Power Rating: 51.3
2017 National Rank: #237
2017 State Rank: #1
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.9
Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -0.6
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -3.7
2018 Starting Power Rating: 32.9
2018 National Rank: #377
2018 State Rank: #1
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 41.3
Dynasty National Rank: #429
2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 8.4
Dynasty Record: 172-24 [174-22 on the field] (63-2 in league)

HISTORICAL
2017 Overall Record: 14-0
2017 League Record/Finish: 5-0 (1st)
2017 Points For Average: 55.6
2017 Points Against Average: 9.5
2017 Differential: +46.1
2017 Wins: #778 Spring Valley (Huntington) (44-16), #1122 Capital (Charleston) (49-28), #1482 Sherando (Stephens City, VA) (31-28), #3110 Musselman (Inwood) (62-12), #3658 Liberty Christian (Lynchburg, VA) (45-9), #3825 Morgantown (61-0), #3825 Morgantown (51-7), #4199 Marshall [John] (Glen Dale) (54-0), #5776 Hedgesville (83-7), #6580 Loudoun Valley (Purcellville, VA) (42-14), #7671 Spring Mills (Martinsburg) (56-0), #9303 Washington (Charles Town) (57-0), #9967 Eastern (Washington, DC) (70-6), #11311 Jefferson (Shenandoah Junction) (73-6)
2017 Losses: none
2017 Opponents W-L: 81-78
Recent State Championships: 2017, 2016, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
Recent League Championships: 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 (Potomac Valley I), 2011 (Cumberland Valley), 2010 (Cumberland Valley), 2009 (Cumberland Valley), 2008 (Cumberland Valley), 2006 (Cumberland Valley), 2004 (Cumberland Valley), 2003 (Cumberland Valley)
Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: 28
Streak List: 8/26/16 Eastern (Washington, DC) (56-14), 9/2/16 Sherando (Stephens City, VA) (35-28), 9/9/16 Princeton (60-0), 9/16/16 Spring Mills (Martinsburg) (69-7), 9/23/16 Morgantown (33-6), 9/30/16 Washington (Charles Town) (72-11), 10/7/16 Liberty Christian (Lynchburg, VA) (45-13), 10/14/16 Hedgesville (63-0), 10/21/16 Jefferson (Shenandoah Junction) (42-6), 10/28/16 Musselman (Inwood) (54-14), 11/11/16 Hedgesville (69-0), 11/19/16 Washington [George] (Charleston) (34-0), 11/25/16 Morgantown (51-0), 12/3/16 Spring Valley (Huntington) (49-7), 8/25/17 Loudoun Valley (Purcellville, VA) (42-14), 9/1/17 Eastern (Washington, DC) (70-6), 9/8/17 Liberty Christian (Lynchburg, VA) (45-9), 9/15/17 Spring Mills (Martinsburg) (56-0), 9/22/17 Morgantown (51-7), 9/29/17 Washington (Charles Town) (57-0), 10/6/17 Sherando (Stephens City, VA) (31-28), 10/13/17 Hedgesville (83-7), 10/20/17 Jefferson (Shenandoah Junction) (73-6), 10/27/17 Musselman (Inwood) (62-12), 11/10/17 Morgantown (61-0), 11/17/17 Marshall [John] (Glen Dale) (54-0), 11/25/17 Capital (Charleston) (49-28), 12/2/17 Spring Valley (Huntington) (44-16)

SCHEDULE
2018 Schedule: 8/24 Loudoun Valley (Purcellville, VA), 8/31 Woodson [Howard D.] (Washington, DC), 9/7 Eastern (Washington, DC), 9/13 at Spring Mills (Martinsburg), 9/21 at Academy Park (Sharon Hill, PA), 9/28 at Washington (Charles Town), 10/5 Sherando (Stephens City, VA), 10/12 Hedgesville, 10/19 at Jefferson (Shenandoah Junction), 10/26 Musselman (Inwood)
Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Sherando (Stephens City, VA) (22.4), Academy Park (Sharon Hill, PA) (1.7), Musselman (Inwood) (0.8)
Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Washington (Charles Town) (-35.9), Jefferson (Shenandoah Junction) (-34.3), Loudoun Valley (Purcellville, VA) (-26.7)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.6 (18.4 overall)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -11.6
2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -17.2
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #14
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5600
2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 10-0
2018 Projected League Finish: 1st
2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 80%



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