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GENERAL
Nickname: Barons
Colors: Blue/Gold
Coach: Ben Minturn
League: Montgomery County 4A - West (moving from Montgomery County 4A - South)
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #34

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2018 JV Record: 1-8
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Sahr Mbayo 5'11" 175 Junior LB/WR 4.75
Nick Scott 5'11" 220 Junior OL/RB 4.85
Bill Howard 6'1" 195 Sophomore OL/DL 5.2

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Weaknesses: Depth, Youth

RATINGS
2018 Final Power Rating: -11.2
2018 National Rank: #8924
2018 State Rank: #155
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.5
2019 Starting Power Rating: -24
2019 National Rank: #8257
2019 State Rank: #141
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 0
Dynasty National Rank: #9108
2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 24
Dynasty Record: 60-101 [59-102 on the field] (28-60 in league)

HISTORICAL
2018 Overall Record: 1-9
2018 League Record/Finish: 0-6 (7th)
2018 Points For Average: 11.8
2018 Points Against Average: 35.3
2018 Differential: -23.5
2018 Wins: #11741 Northwood (Silver Spring) (55-20)
2018 Losses: #132 Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg) (50-0), #1081 Northwest (Germantown) (49-7), #2269 Churchill [Winston] (Potomac) (62-7), #2466 Montgomery [Richard] (Rockville) (28-0), #3932 Watkins Mill (Gaithersburg) (39-0), #4451 Wootton [Thomas S.] (Rockville) (45-19), #5522 Whitman [Walt] (Bethesda) (16-13), #7081 Rockville (18-7), #7176 Johnson [Walter] (Bethesda) (26-10)
2018 Opponents W-L: 64-44
Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2019 Schedule: 9/5 at Magruder [Colonel Zadok] (Rockville), 9/13 Clarksburg, 9/20 Northwest (Germantown), 9/27 at Johnson [Walter] (Bethesda), 10/4 at Wootton [Thomas S.] (Rockville), 10/11 Whitman [Walt] (Bethesda), 10/18 Gaithersburg, 10/25 at Churchill [Winston] (Potomac), 11/1 at Montgomery [Richard] (Rockville)
Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Northwest (Germantown) (18.6), Montgomery [Richard] (Rockville) (5.9), Churchill [Winston] (Potomac) (-0.7)
Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Magruder [Colonel Zadok] (Rockville) (-24.1), Gaithersburg (-21.4), Johnson [Walter] (Bethesda) (-15.9)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 12.1
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -7.4
2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -19.5
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #51
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3678
2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 1-8
2019 Projected League Finish: 10th
2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%