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GENERAL
Nickname: Blue Devils
Colors: Blue/Gold
Coach: Ben Kucia
League: Chagrin Valley - Metro (moving from Chagrin Valley - Valley)
Playoff Division: VII
Playoff Division Rank: #28

RATINGS
2018 Final Power Rating: -4.7
2018 National Rank: #7559
2018 State Rank: #466
Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.5
2019 Starting Power Rating: -20.5
2019 National Rank: #7510
2019 State Rank: #464
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 5.1
Dynasty National Rank: #7606
2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 25.6
Dynasty Record: 95-68 (45-33 in league)

HISTORICAL
2018 Overall Record: 6-4
2018 League Record/Finish: 4-3 (4th)
2018 Points For Average: 22.6
2018 Points Against Average: 26.3
2018 Differential: -3.7
2018 Wins: #8801 Cardinal (Middlefield) (28-14), #9224 Richmond Heights (36-16), #9361 Rhodes [James Ford] (Cleveland) (34-20), #11111 Berkshire (Burton) (38-35), #11347 Harding (Fairport Harbor) (35-14), #13030 Trinity (Garfield Heights) (31-8)
2018 Losses: #227 Kirtland (50-0), #3171 Columbia (Columbia Station) (35-6), #4057 Cuyahoga Heights (Cleveland) (31-12), #4600 Wickliffe (40-6)
2018 Opponents W-L: 57-54
Recent League Championships: 2005 (tied for 1st)
Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2019 Schedule: 8/30 at Columbia (Columbia Station), 9/6 Adams [John] (Cleveland), 9/13 at Manchester (Akron), 9/20 Brooklyn, 9/27 at Beachwood, 10/4 Richmond Heights, 10/11 Lutheran West (Rocky River), 10/18 Harding (Fairport Harbor), 10/26 at Trinity (Garfield Heights), 11/1 at Cuyahoga Heights (Cleveland)
Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Manchester (Akron) (14.2), Cuyahoga Heights (Cleveland) (1), Columbia (Columbia Station) (-12.2)
Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Brooklyn (-50.8), Trinity (Garfield Heights) (-44.7), Richmond Heights (-35.3)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -3.7
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -22.5
2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -18.8
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #545
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #8440
2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2019 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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