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GENERAL
Nickname: Thunderbirds
Colors: Purple/White
Coach: Mark Basil
League: Pequot (moving from Pequot - Sassacus)
Playoff Division: S
Playoff Division Rank: #18

RATINGS
2018 Final Power Rating: -19.1
2018 National Rank: #10446
2018 State Rank: #126
Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +6.1
2019 Starting Power Rating: -28.3
2019 National Rank: #9162
2019 State Rank: #110
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 5.7
Dynasty National Rank: #7432
2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 34
Dynasty Record: 108-65 [107-66 on the field] (73-42 in league)

HISTORICAL
2018 Overall Record: 2-8
2018 League Record/Finish: 1-6 (7th)
2018 Points For Average: 14.2
2018 Points Against Average: 25.6
2018 Differential: -11.4
2018 Wins: #7451 Granby Memorial (Granby) (18-14), #13255 Mills [Lewis] (Burlington) (26-0)
2018 Losses: #3565 Haddam-Killingworth (Higganum) (27-6), #4223 Stafford/Somers/East Windsor (Stafford Springs) (21-6), #5571 Branford (42-12), #5639 Valley Regional/Old Lyme (Deep River) (27-6), #6024 Cromwell/Portland (Cromwell) (28-20), #8331 Coginchaug Regional/East Hampton/Hale Ray (Durham) (29-8), #8871 Old Saybrook-Westbrook (Old Saybrook) (34-8), #9763 Morgan (Clinton) (34-32)
2018 Opponents W-L: 65-40
Recent League Championships: 2012 (Pequot - Sassacus), 2011 (tied for 1st; Pequot - Sassacus), 2008 (tied for 1st; Pequot - Sassacus)
Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2019 Schedule: 9/12 at Sports & Medical Sciences Academy/University Science & Engineering/Classical Magnet (Hartford), 9/20 Haddam-Killingworth (Higganum), 9/27 at Cromwell/Portland (Cromwell), 10/4 at Rockville (Vernon), 10/18 Old Saybrook-Westbrook (Old Saybrook), 10/25 Valley Regional/Old Lyme (Deep River), 11/2 at Ellington, 11/15 at Morgan (Clinton), 11/22 Windsor Locks/Suffield/East Granby (Windsor Locks), 11/27 Coginchaug Regional/East Hampton/Hale Ray (Durham)
Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Haddam-Killingworth (Higganum) (-5.3), Rockville (Vernon) (-11.1), Valley Regional/Old Lyme (Deep River) (-16.2)
Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Ellington (-45.1), Morgan (Clinton) (-41.1), Coginchaug Regional/East Hampton/Hale Ray (Durham) (-32)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -4.6
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -24.9
2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -20.3
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #112
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #9244
2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-6
2019 Projected League Finish: 8th
2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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