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GENERAL
Nickname: Falcons
Coach: Dave Murray
League: Montgomery County 2A/3A
Playoff Division: 2A
Playoff Division Rank: #22

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 4
2017 JV Record: 5-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Colin Hemingway 5'9" 175 Junior RB/LB 4.7
Xavier Kresslein 5'11" 185 Junior RB/LB 4.9
Ethan Gaddis 5'11" 170 Senior QB/DB 4.6

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Leadership
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience, Depth

RATINGS
2017 Final Power Rating: 5.3
2017 National Rank: #5674
2017 State Rank: #95
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -2.5
2018 Starting Power Rating: -12.7
2018 National Rank: #6171
2018 State Rank: #104
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): -1
Dynasty National Rank: #9601
2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 11.7
Dynasty Record: 80-76 (11-17 in league)

HISTORICAL
2017 Overall Record: 5-5
2017 League Record/Finish: 3-3 (tied for 3rd)
2017 Points For Average: 26.6
2017 Points Against Average: 18.2
2017 Differential: +8.4
2017 Wins: #5737 Watkins Mill (Gaithersburg) (48-41), #6412 Winters Mill (Westminster) (21-10), #8474 Magruder [Colonel Zadok] (Rockville) (50-13), #11002 Rockville (47-6), #12109 Kennedy [John F.] (Silver Spring) (41-0)
2017 Losses: #216 Damascus (42-0), #3305 Blake [James Hubert] (Silver Spring) (14-12), #4002 Seneca Valley (Germantown) (20-14), #6484 Manchester Valley (Manchester) (9-7), #9529 Johnson [Walter] (Bethesda) (27-26)
2017 Opponents W-L: 48-58
Recent League Championships: 2011 (Montgomery County 2A/1A)
Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2018 Schedule: 8/31 Johnson [Walter] (Bethesda), 9/7 at Kennedy [John F.] (Silver Spring), 9/14 Winters Mill (Westminster), 9/21 at Blake [James Hubert] (Silver Spring), 9/28 Damascus, 10/5 at Rockville, 10/12 at Seneca Valley (Germantown), 10/19 Watkins Mill (Gaithersburg), 10/26 at Magruder [Colonel Zadok] (Rockville), 11/2 Manchester Valley (Manchester)
Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Damascus (34.6), Blake [James Hubert] (Silver Spring) (4.8), Seneca Valley (Germantown) (-7.7)
Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Rockville (-35.6), Kennedy [John F.] (Silver Spring) (-34.6), Johnson [Walter] (Bethesda) (-29.7)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.8
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -13.6
2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -20.4
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #129
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6311
2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2018 Projected League Finish: 4th
2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%