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GENERAL
Nickname: Tigers
Colors: Old Gold/Black
Coach: Keith Hodge
League: 2A District 1
Playoff Division: 2A
Playoff Division Rank: #15

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 4
2017 JV Record: 2-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Hunter Utley 6'1" 190 Junior QB 5.0
Beau Osborne 6'3" 270 Senior OL 5.2
Chase Merriss 5'7" 165 Senior RB 4.8

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Offensive/Special Teams Experience, All DBs Returning
Team Weaknesses: Depth, Inexperience

RATINGS
2017 Final Power Rating: -14
2017 National Rank: #9984
2017 State Rank: #142
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5
2018 Starting Power Rating: -29
2018 National Rank: #9771
2018 State Rank: #137
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 7.5
Dynasty National Rank: #7094
2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 36.5
Dynasty Record: 118-68 (39-14 in league)

HISTORICAL
2017 Overall Record: 5-7
2017 League Record/Finish: 2-1 (2nd)
2017 Points For Average: 35.8
2017 Points Against Average: 35.3
2017 Differential: +0.5
2017 Wins: #11005 Fort Campbell (34-19), #11453 McLean County (Calhoun) (49-27), #12865 Ballard Memorial (Barlow) (83-51), #13076 Calloway County (Murray) (42-19), #14198 Webster County (Dixon) (71-0)
2017 Losses: #1091 Mayfield (56-21), #4672 Graves County (Mayfield) (40-24), #5571 Owensboro Catholic (Owensboro) (40-14), #5906 Madisonville-North Hopkins (Madisonville) (53-7), #7187 Union County (Morganfield) (39-29), #9519 Marshall County (Benton) (52-35), #10238 Russellville (28-21)
2017 Opponents W-L: 63-73
Recent League Championships: 2011, 2010, 2009
Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2018 Schedule: 8/17 vs Graves County (Mayfield), 8/24 at Calloway County (Murray), 8/31 Madisonville-North Hopkins (Madisonville), 9/7 at Fort Campbell, 9/14 at Marshall County (Benton), 9/21 Russellville, 9/28 Mayfield, 10/12 at Webster County (Dixon)
Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Mayfield (19.4), Graves County (Mayfield) (-1.2), Madisonville-North Hopkins (Madisonville) (-1.8)
Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Webster County (Dixon) (-61.8), Calloway County (Murray) (-46.8), Fort Campbell (-37.8)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -9.3 (-6.7 overall)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -23.5
2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -14.2
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #128
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #9517
2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-4
2018 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%