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GENERAL
Nickname: Comets
Colors: Navy/White/Gold
Coach: Jim McQuaide
League: Greater Cleveland
Playoff Division: I
Playoff Division Rank: #35

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 3
Returning Defensive Starters: 4
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Ron Carr 6'5" 240 Senior OT
Trevon Raphael 6'3" 190 Senior WR
Nate Leskovec 6'3" 250 Senior SDE

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: WR/QB/RB/DB Experience
Team Weaknesses: Line Inexperience

RATINGS
2018 Final Power Rating: 41
2018 National Rank: #518
2018 State Rank: #46
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -7
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -2.4
Non-Senior D1 Talent Rating Bonus: +2.6
2019 Starting Power Rating: 18.8
2019 National Rank: #1011
2019 State Rank: #72
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 46
Dynasty National Rank: #222
2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 27.2
Dynasty Record: 133-50 (66-20 in league)

HISTORICAL
2018 Overall Record: 8-3
2018 League Record/Finish: 5-2 (3rd)
2018 Points For Average: 25.8
2018 Points Against Average: 15.6
2018 Differential: +10.2
2018 Wins: #25 Mentor (29-28), #666 Strongsville (17-9), #1286 Shaker Heights (20-7), #1686 Aurora (25-0), #1811 Stow-Munroe Falls (Stow) (28-14), #2964 Twinsburg (38-0), #3390 Brunswick (44-17), #6528 Elyria (44-21)
2018 Losses: #100 Euclid (21-0), #302 McKinley (Canton) (28-15), #766 Medina (27-24)
2018 Opponents W-L: 64-54
Recent League Championships: 2016, 2015 (tied for 1st; Northeast Ohio - Valley), 2010 (Northeast Ohio - Valley), 2009 (Northeast Ohio - Valley), 2005 (Western Reserve), 2004 (Western Reserve North), 2003 (Western Reserve North)
Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2019 Schedule: 8/30 Hudson, 9/6 at Twinsburg, 9/13 at Stow-Munroe Falls (Stow), 9/20 Brunswick, 9/28 at Shaker Heights, 10/4 Mentor, 10/11 at Euclid, 10/18 Medina, 10/25 Strongsville, 11/1 at Elyria
Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Mentor (63.2), Euclid (39.5), Medina (23.5)
Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Elyria (-13.6), Brunswick (-6.2), Twinsburg (-5.3)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 34.3 (34.1 overall)
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14.4
2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -19.9
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #50
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #432
2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2019 Projected League Finish: 4th
2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%