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GENERAL
Nickname: Bison
Colors: Royal Blue/White
Coach: Ben Kramer
League: Black Hills - Crazy Horse (moving from Black Hills - Mount Rushmore)
Playoff Division: 11B
Playoff Division Rank: #11

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 7
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
Starting Quarterback Returning: no

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Players Understand Team Dynamics, Toughness
Team Weaknesses: Lost Great Senior Class To Graduation, Must Establish Leadership

RATINGS
2018 Final Power Rating: -12.9
2018 National Rank: #9267
2018 State Rank: #31
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5
2019 Starting Power Rating: -27.7
2019 National Rank: #9044
2019 State Rank: #34
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 1
Dynasty National Rank: #8836
2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 28.7
Dynasty Record: 96-62 (46-30 in league)

HISTORICAL
2018 Overall Record: 6-4
2018 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (tied for 2nd)
2018 Points For Average: 26.8
2018 Points Against Average: 16.5
2018 Differential: +10.3
2018 Wins: #9741 Belle Fourche (28-21), #10998 Tri-Valley (Colton) (24-14), #11892 Custer (56-13), #12290 Spearfish (16-0), #13439 Douglas (Box Elder) (46-0), #14060 Bennett County (Martin) (44-0)
2018 Losses: #1667 Tea (33-0), #6643 Douglas (WY) (28-13), #8862 More [St. Thomas] (Rapid City) (21-14), #10296 Sturgis Brown (Sturgis) (35-27)
2018 Opponents W-L: 41-52
Recent League Championships: 2012 (Black Hills), 2010 (tied for 1st; Black Hills), 2003 (11A Region 4)
Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2019 Schedule: 8/23 at More [St. Thomas] (Rapid City), 8/30 at Newcastle (WY), 9/6 Todd County (Mission), 9/13 at Douglas (WY), 9/13 Lead-Deadwood (Lead), 9/27 vs Bennett County (Martin), 10/4 Pine Ridge, 10/11 McLaughlin, 10/18 at Custer
Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Douglas (WY) (-15.6), More [St. Thomas] (Rapid City) (-20.8), Lead-Deadwood (Lead) (-31.9)
Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: McLaughlin (-81.4), Pine Ridge (-68.7), Bennett County (Martin) (-65.3)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -20.4 (-14.7 overall)
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -47.4
2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -27
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #54
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #13313
2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-2
2019 Projected League Finish: 1st
2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 1%