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GENERAL
Nickname: Fighting Gamecocks
Colors: Royal Blue/Gold
Coach: Paul Sorrells
League: AAAAA Region 4
Playoff Division: AAAAA
Playoff Division Rank: #4

D1 PROSPECTS
Tylee Craft 6'4" 170 Senior WR
O'Donnell Fortune 6'0.5" 165 Senior CB

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Zion Nelson 6'5" 240 Senior OT
Eric Watts 6'5" 235 Senior WDE

RATINGS
2018 Final Power Rating: 38.1
2018 National Rank: #674
2018 State Rank: #15
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.8
Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +3.8
2019 Starting Power Rating: 29.3
2019 National Rank: #444
2019 State Rank: #8
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 34.1
Dynasty National Rank: #975
2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 4.8
Dynasty Record: 129-72 (55-20 in league)

HISTORICAL
2018 Overall Record: 10-1
2018 League Record/Finish: 4-0 (1st)
2018 Points For Average: 36.7
2018 Points Against Average: 12.6
2018 Differential: +24.1
2018 Wins: #1101 Rock Hill (33-23), #1775 Spring Valley (Columbia) (21-13), #1775 Spring Valley (Columbia) (38-0), #2177 Blythewood (29-17), #2280 Irmo (Columbia) (27-9), #3620 Conway (34-10), #5436 Bluffton (56-7), #7216 Lugoff-Elgin (Lugoff) (45-0), #7315 Crestwood (Sumter) (49-20), #7372 Lakewood (Sumter) (49-7)
2018 Losses: #388 Byrnes [James F.] (Duncan) (33-23)
2018 Opponents W-L: 57-59
Recent League Championships: 2018, 2016 (AAAAA Region VI), 2015 (AAAA Region VI), 2009 (AAAA Region VI), 2007 (tied for 1st; AAAA Region VI), 2004 (tied for 1st; AAAA Region VI), 2003 (AAAA Region 5)
Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2019 Schedule: 8/23 at Rock Hill, 8/30 at Crestwood (Sumter), 9/6 Conway, 9/13 Lakewood (Sumter), 9/20 Northwestern (Rock Hill), 9/27 at Bluffton, 10/4 Lugoff-Elgin (Lugoff), 10/18 at Blythewood, 10/25 at Spring Valley (Columbia), 11/1 Irmo (Columbia)
Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Rock Hill (20.9), Northwestern (Rock Hill) (18.2), Blythewood (7.5)
Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Lakewood (Sumter) (-25.7), Crestwood (Sumter) (-19.3), Lugoff-Elgin (Lugoff) (-13)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 17.6 (19.6 overall)
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -1.6
2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -19.2
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #53
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2309
2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 10-0
2019 Projected League Finish: 1st
2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 65%



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