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GENERAL
Nickname: Trojans
Colors: Blue/Gold
Coach: Kreg Kephart
League: Montgomery County 4A - West (moving from Montgomery County 4A - East)
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #32

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2018 JV Record: 8-0
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Josh Ngobokah 6'2" 195 Senior WR/DB 4.6
Gabe Lara 6'1" 280 Junior OL/DL 5.1
Eric Carter 6'1" 275 Junior OL/DL 5.5

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: 5 Starting OL Returning, 6 Of 7 DL Are Back
Team Weaknesses: Lost 3 Of 4 Starting DBs To Graduation, New QB

RATINGS
2018 Final Power Rating: -4.6
2018 National Rank: #7551
2018 State Rank: #129
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5
2019 Starting Power Rating: -21.4
2019 National Rank: #7694
2019 State Rank: #131
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 15.3
Dynasty National Rank: #4549
2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 36.7
Dynasty Record: 82-86 (47-37 in league)

HISTORICAL
2018 Overall Record: 3-7
2018 League Record/Finish: 2-4 (7th)
2018 Points For Average: 18
2018 Points Against Average: 28.7
2018 Differential: -10.7
2018 Wins: #8262 Seneca Valley (Germantown) (19-14), #11409 Wheaton (Silver Spring) (37-20), #12580 Kennedy [John F.] (Silver Spring) (37-0)
2018 Losses: #132 Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg) (42-0), #1015 Paint Branch (Burtonsville) (48-22), #1081 Northwest (Germantown) (33-0), #2269 Churchill [Winston] (Potomac) (49-27), #3932 Watkins Mill (Gaithersburg) (40-18), #5292 Clarksburg (24-13), #7900 Einstein [Albert] (Kensington) (17-7)
2018 Opponents W-L: 62-47
Recent League Championships: 2013 (tied for 1st), 2010
Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2019 Schedule: 9/6 Montgomery [Richard] (Rockville), 9/13 at Johnson [Walter] (Bethesda), 9/20 at Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg), 9/27 Wootton [Thomas S.] (Rockville), 10/4 Northwest (Germantown), 10/11 at Clarksburg, 10/18 at Bethesda-Chevy Chase (Bethesda), 10/25 Watkins Mill (Gaithersburg), 11/1 at Whitman [Walt] (Bethesda)
Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg) (42.1), Northwest (Germantown) (18.6), Montgomery [Richard] (Rockville) (5.9)
Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Bethesda-Chevy Chase (Bethesda) (-24), Johnson [Walter] (Bethesda) (-15.9), Clarksburg (-13)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8.6
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -0.3
2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -8.9
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #21
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2055
2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 1-8
2019 Projected League Finish: 9th
2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%