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GENERAL
Nickname: Crusaders
Colors: Blue/Gold
Coach: Rich Robbins
League: Monsignor Martin - Large
Playoff Division: Monsignor Martin
Playoff Division Rank: #2

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Tristian Vandenberg 6'4" 225 Senior K

RATINGS
2018 Final Power Rating: 4.8
2018 National Rank: #5316
2018 State Rank: #106
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.5
Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +7
2019 Starting Power Rating: -4
2019 National Rank: #3928
2019 State Rank: #70
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 30.1
Dynasty National Rank: #1442
2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 34.1
Dynasty Record: 102-64 (38-16 in league)

HISTORICAL
2018 Overall Record: 5-5
2018 League Record/Finish: 2-0 (1st)
2018 Points For Average: 29.6
2018 Points Against Average: 26.1
2018 Differential: +3.5
2018 Wins: #4773 St. Francis (Athol Springs) (25-22), #6066 St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute (Buffalo) (34-28), #8678 Cardinal O'Hara (Tonawanda) (42-14), #11048 Western New York Maritime Charter/Health Sciences (Buffalo) (42-14), #13841 St. Mary's (Lancaster) (47-0)
2018 Losses: #86 Cathedral Prep (Erie, PA) (52-15), #764 Aquinas Institute (Rochester) (35-24), #2844 Erie (PA) (34-14), #3165 McQuaid Jesuit (Rochester) (42-37), #4773 St. Francis (Athol Springs) (20-16)
2018 Opponents W-L: 58-52
Recent State Championships: 2017, 2016, 2016 (Catholic State Championship), 2014, 2014 (Catholic State Championship), 2013, 2012, 2009 (Monsignor Martin AA)
Recent League Championships: 2018, 2017 (Monsignor Martin), 2016 (Monsignor Martin), 2015 (Monsignor Martin), 2014 (Monsignor Martin), 2013 (Monsignor Martin), 2012 (Monsignor Martin), 2010 (tied for 1st; Monsignor Martin AA), 2009 (Monsignor Martin AA), 2008 (Monsignor Martin AA)
Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2019 Schedule: 9/6 at Euclid (OH), 9/13 at McDowell (Erie, PA), 9/21 vs St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute (Buffalo), 9/28 vs Western New York Maritime Charter/Health Sciences (Buffalo), 10/5 Erie (PA), 10/12 Cathedral Prep (Erie, PA), 10/19 vs Bishop Timon-St. Jude (Buffalo), 10/25 at St. Francis (Hamburg), 11/2 at Cardinal O'Hara (Tonawanda)
Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Euclid (OH) (39.5), Cathedral Prep (Erie, PA) (37), McDowell (Erie, PA) (14.2)
Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Bishop Timon-St. Jude (Buffalo) (-54.1), Western New York Maritime Charter/Health Sciences (Buffalo) (-37.9), Cardinal O'Hara (Tonawanda) (-32.7)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.6 (6.2 overall)
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -4.1
2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -10.7
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #8
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2854
2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-5
2019 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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