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GENERAL
Nickname: Yellowjackets
Colors: Black/Gold
Coach: Butch Simpson
League: Blue Hen Flight - B (moving from Blue Hen Flight - A)
Playoff Division: II
Playoff Division Rank: #22

RATINGS
2018 Final Power Rating: -22.9
2018 National Rank: #11115
2018 State Rank: #32
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -3.4
2019 Starting Power Rating: -41.6
2019 National Rank: #11582
2019 State Rank: #38
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 12
Dynasty National Rank: #5533
2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 53.6
Dynasty Record: 89-84 [88-85 on the field] (65-57 in league)

HISTORICAL
2018 Overall Record: 2-8
2018 League Record/Finish: 2-5 (6th)
2018 Points For Average: 10.1
2018 Points Against Average: 31.2
2018 Differential: -21.1
2018 Wins: #11280 Concord (Wilmington) (9-3), #12945 Delcastle Vo-Tech (Wilmington) (35-22)
2018 Losses: #1893 Hodgson Vo-Tech [Paul M.] (Newark) (49-17), #2521 Middletown (41-3), #6201 St. Mark's (Wilmington) (26-0), #6247 Delaware Military Academy (Wilmington) (28-0), #6422 Appoquinimink (West Middletown) (36-0), #7201 Penn [William] (New Castle) (39-20), #7414 St. Georges Tech (Middletown) (33-17), #7974 St. Elizabeth (Wilmington) (35-0)
2018 Opponents W-L: 52-52
Recent State Championships: 2004 (I), 2003 (I)
Recent League Championships: 2011 (Blue Hen Flight - A), 2004 (tied for 1st; Blue Hen Flight A), 2003 (tied for 1st; Blue Hen Flight A)
Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2019 Schedule: 9/6 Glasgow (Newark), 9/14 at Mount Pleasant (Wilmington), 9/20 Lake Forest (Felton), 9/27 at DuPont [Alexis I.] (Wilmington), 10/4 Dickinson [John] (Wilmington), 10/11 at St. Mark's (Wilmington), 10/18 Howard (Wilmington), 10/25 at Brandywine (Wilmington), 11/1 McKean [Thomas] (Wilmington), 11/9 at Christiana (Newark)
Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: DuPont [Alexis I.] (Wilmington) (-15.2), Howard (Wilmington) (-17.3), Lake Forest (Felton) (-21)
Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Dickinson [John] (Wilmington) (-64.5), Glasgow (Newark) (-55.8), Mount Pleasant (Wilmington) (-41.1)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -2.8
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -34.1
2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -31.3
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #35
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #11624
2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-7
2019 Projected League Finish: 6th
2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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