Hickory (NC)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Red Tornadoes Colors: White/Vegas Gold Coach: Allen Wittenberg League: 3A/4A Northwestern Playoff Division: 3A Playoff Division Rank: #52 RATINGS 2018 Final Power Rating: 9 2018 National Rank: #4425 2018 State Rank: #139 Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -0.6 2019 Starting Power Rating: -6.9 2019 National Rank: #4472 2019 State Rank: #146 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 12.2 Dynasty National Rank: #5472 2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 19.1 Dynasty Record: 100-91-1 (63-48 in league) HISTORICAL 2018 Overall Record: 5-6 2018 League Record/Finish: 3-4 (tied for 4th) 2018 Points For Average: 29.3 2018 Points Against Average: 28.9 2018 Differential: +0.4 2018 Wins: #2257 Bandys (Catawba) (28-27), #7651 Newton-Conover (Newton) (35-6), #7927 South Caldwell (Hudson) (55-54), #8323 McDowell (Marion) (31-0), #13029 West Caldwell (Lenoir) (68-21) 2018 Losses: #415 Huss [Hunter] (Gastonia) (35-7), #876 Watauga (Boone) (43-23), #2656 Freedom (Morganton) (43-22), #2891 Statesville (30-15), #3273 Alexander Central (Taylorsville) (31-17), #7220 St. Stephens (Hickory) (28-21) 2018 Opponents W-L: 80-54 Recent League Championships: 2007 (Catawba Valley), 2005 (tied for 1st; Catawba Valley) Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: none SCHEDULE 2019 Schedule: 8/26 Statesville, 8/30 Hibriten (Lenoir), 9/6 Newton-Conover (Newton), 9/13 at Huss [Hunter] (Gastonia), 9/20 Reagan [Ronald] (Pfafftown), 9/27 at McDowell (Marion), 10/4 Freedom (Morganton), 10/11 at Watauga (Boone), 10/25 at South Caldwell (Hudson), 11/1 Alexander Central (Taylorsville), 11/8 at St. Stephens (Hickory) Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Huss [Hunter] (Gastonia) (37.6), Watauga (Boone) (18.1), Freedom (Morganton) (13.1) Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: McDowell (Marion) (-34.1), St. Stephens (Hickory) (-15.5), South Caldwell (Hudson) (-12.2) 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8.2 2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 3.1 2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -5.1 2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #48 2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1486 2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-7 2019 Projected League Finish: 4th 2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% We were unable to contact coach to obtain preview info.