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GENERAL
Nickname: Pilots
Colors: Purple/Gold
Coach: Mike Giannone
League: Catholic Central
Playoff Division: none

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 3
2018 JV Record: 6-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Michael Young Jr 6'2" 230 Senior LB/DE 4.6
Braden Babich 6'0" 185 Senior LB/SS 4.4
Grant Toutant 6'7" 325 Senior DT/T

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Josh DeBerry 6'0" 165 Senior CB
Danny Motowski 6'2" 280 Senior OC
Jacob Dobbs 6'0" 205 Senior OLB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Coming Off Consecutive State Championships, Players Know How To Win
Team Weaknesses: LBs, Depth, Inexperience

RATINGS
2018 Final Power Rating: 47
2018 National Rank: #293
2018 State Rank: #3
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5
Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -4.3
2019 Starting Power Rating: 29.1
2019 National Rank: #449
2019 State Rank: #9
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 41.7
Dynasty National Rank: #388
2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 12.6
Dynasty Record: 125-58 (34-36 in league)

HISTORICAL
2018 Overall Record: 12-2
2018 League Record/Finish: 3-1 (1st)
2018 Points For Average: 28.3
2018 Points Against Average: 9.2
2018 Differential: +19.1
2018 Wins: #644 Mona Shores (Norton Shores) (29-16), #939 Catholic Central (Novi) (24-6), #1197 Groves [Wylie E.] (Beverly Hills) (28-0), #1272 Oak Park (35-7), #1749 Brother Rice (Bloomfield Hills) (13-0), #1939 Mott (Warren) (26-10), #2307 Grandville (28-7), #2421 Davison (35-7), #2642 St. Mary Prep (Orchard Lake) (31-7), #2986 Port Huron Northern (Port Huron) (21-3), Aquinas (London, Ontario) (57-0), #5166 University of Detroit Jesuit (Detroit) (41-20)
2018 Losses: #253 Muskegon (36-21), #939 Catholic Central (Novi) (10-7)
2018 Opponents W-L: 100-44
Recent State Championships: 2018 (2), 2017 (2), 2014 (2)
Recent League Championships: 2018, 2017, 2008
Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: 6
Streak List: 10/20/18 Catholic Central (Novi) (24-6), 10/26/18 Mott (Warren) (26-10), 11/2/18 Oak Park (35-7), 11/9/18 Port Huron Northern (Port Huron) (21-3), 11/17/18 Groves [Wylie E.] (Beverly Hills) (28-0), 11/23/18 Mona Shores (Norton Shores) (29-16)

SCHEDULE
2019 Schedule: 8/30 at Muskegon, 9/6 vs Aquinas (London, Ontario), 9/13 vs Old Redford Academy (Detroit), 9/21 vs Brother Rice (Bloomfield Hills), 9/27 vs St. Mary Prep (Orchard Lake), 10/4 vs Catholic Central (Novi), 10/11 vs Davison, 10/18 vs University of Detroit Jesuit (Detroit)
Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Muskegon (46.5), Catholic Central (Novi) (27.5), Brother Rice (Bloomfield Hills) (16.9)
Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Old Redford Academy (Detroit) (-48.5), University of Detroit Jesuit (Detroit) (-3.2), Davison (-1.2)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 33.5 (27.8 overall)
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.1
2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -27.4
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #10
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1094
2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-2
2019 Projected League Finish: 1st
2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 2%