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GENERAL
Nickname: Panthers
Colors: Purple/Old Gold
Coach: Mark Brown
League: 3A District 3 (moving from 3A District 2)
Playoff Division: 3A
Playoff Division Rank: #5

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2018 JV Record: 4-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Joe Becherer 5'10" 175 Senior RB/LB 4.6
Clay Games 6'3" 190 Junior QB 4.8
Ryan Pyles 5'11" 240 Junior C/DT 5.1

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience
Team Weaknesses: Decreased Roster Size, Line Size

RATINGS
2018 Final Power Rating: 13.4
2018 National Rank: #3609
2018 State Rank: #42
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +6.5
2019 Starting Power Rating: 4.5
2019 National Rank: #2527
2019 State Rank: #28
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 9.4
Dynasty National Rank: #6325
2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 4.9
Dynasty Record: 117-80 (44-22 in league)

HISTORICAL
2018 Overall Record: 8-5
2018 League Record/Finish: 4-0 (1st)
2018 Points For Average: 35.3
2018 Points Against Average: 24.8
2018 Differential: +10.5
2018 Wins: #3276 Paducah Tilghman (Paducah) (27-21), #4771 Larue County (Hodgenville) (42-14), #6524 Bardstown (31-7), #8526 Hart County (Munfordville) (34-7), #8906 Nelson [Thomas] (Bardstown) (47-7), #9120 Trigg County (Cadiz) (61-33), #11201 Edmonson County (Brownsville) (46-19), #12410 Adair County (Columbia) (56-14)
2018 Losses: #491 Christian Academy (Louisville) (48-10), #700 Franklin-Simpson (Franklin) (44-20), #2234 North Hardin (Radcliff) (34-19), #4697 Glasgow (35-34), #4771 Larue County (Hodgenville) (40-32)
2018 Opponents W-L: 101-60
Recent League Championships: 2018 (3A District 2), 2017 (3A District 2), 2016 (3A District 2), 2015 (3A District 2), 2004 (2A District 3), 2003 (2A District 3)
Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2019 Schedule: 8/23 vs Allen County-Scottsville (Scottsville), 8/30 North Hardin (Radcliff), 9/6 at Hardin [John] (Elizabethtown), 9/13 Central Hardin (Cecilia), 9/20 at Nelson [Thomas] (Bardstown), 9/27 at Nelson County (Bardstown), 10/11 Meade County (Brandenburg), 10/18 Larue County (Hodgenville), 10/25 Bardstown, 11/1 at Lloyd Memorial (Erlanger)
Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: North Hardin (Radcliff) (15.9), Larue County (Hodgenville) (-5.4), Meade County (Brandenburg) (-7.3)
Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Nelson County (Bardstown) (-50), Nelson [Thomas] (Bardstown) (-35.9), Hardin [John] (Elizabethtown) (-17.6)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 4.9 (3.7 overall)
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -14.1
2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -19
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #67
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5627
2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-1
2019 Projected League Finish: 1st
2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 7%