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GENERAL
Nickname: Fightin' Irish
Colors: Blue/Green/White
Coach: Barry McLaughlin
League: West Catholic
Section: Central Coast
Playoff Division: none

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 3
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2017 JV Record: 2-8
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Anthony Heard 5'8" 180 Senior RB/DB
LeVar Watkins Jr 5'10" 185 Senior WR/CB
Spencer Goldfein 6'0" 200 Senior T/DE

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Excellent Speed
Team Weaknesses: Youth, Inexperience

RATINGS
2017 Final Power Rating: 18.4
2017 National Rank: #3102
2017 State Rank: #238
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.5
2018 Starting Power Rating: -0.6
2018 National Rank: #3658
2018 State Rank: #290
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 22.7
Dynasty National Rank: #2853
2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 23.3
Dynasty Record: 61-96 (13-57 in league)

HISTORICAL
2017 Overall Record: 6-5
2017 League Record/Finish: 3-4 (4th)
2017 Points For Average: 27.5
2017 Points Against Average: 27.3
2017 Differential: +0.2
2017 Wins: #2034 Mitty (San Jose) (35-25), #3045 St. Ignatius (San Francisco) (21-14), #5045 Fernley (NV) (35-26), #5052 Riordan (San Francisco) (42-21), #8709 Homestead (Cupertino) (48-14), #10370 Justin-Siena (Napa) (49-7)
2017 Losses: #40 Serra [Junipero] (San Mateo) (51-21), #227 St. Francis (Mountain View) (45-17), #446 Valley Christian (San Jose) (35-0), #2555 Bellarmine (San Jose) (34-14), #4001 Live Oak (Morgan Hill) (28-21)
2017 Opponents W-L: 70-57
Recent Section Championships: 2008 (Small)
Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2018 Schedule: 8/24 at Fernley (NV), 8/31 vs Palma (Salinas), 9/7 vs Homestead (Cupertino), 9/21 vs Valley Christian (San Jose), 9/28 vs St. Francis (Mountain View), 10/5 vs St. Ignatius (San Francisco), 10/12 vs Bellarmine (San Jose), 10/19 vs Riordan (San Francisco), 10/26 vs Serra [Junipero] (San Mateo), 11/2 vs Mitty (San Jose)
Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Serra [Junipero] (San Mateo) (54.9), St. Francis (Mountain View) (40.4), Valley Christian (San Jose) (23.9)
Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Homestead (Cupertino) (-30.5), Fernley (NV) (-15.3), Riordan (San Francisco) (-10.9)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 20.5 (24.6 overall)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8.8
2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -11.7
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #128
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1045
2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-6
2018 Projected League Finish: 7th
2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%